A cohort study in the United Kingdom provides evidence for a causal link showing that a third of people who showed symptoms of arthritis had left work due to ill health (Oxford Economics, 2010). Workers who report arthritis or back pain have mean lost productive times of 5.2 hours per week in the United States (Stewart el al., Another US study showed arthritis to be associated with a 0.9 hour work loss per day (Goetzel et al.,