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[open access] Abstract: Quantifying the contribution of rheumatoid arthritis to the acquisition of subsequent health care costs is an emerging focus of the rheumatologic community and payers of health care. [...] [open access] Abstract: Background: The use of virtual reality in treating pain symptoms is a new and emerging modality that has gained more traction, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to a rise in the remote care of patients. [...] OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore clients' perceptions of social validity of work ability evaluations and the following official decisions concerning sickness benefits within the Swedish sickness insurance system. [...] CONCLUSION: The work ability evaluations indicate low acceptability due to lack of individual adaptation, the comprehensibility varied depending on the applicability of the evaluation and information provided, while the dimension 'importance' indicated as higher degree of social validity. [...] To reduce occupational exposure to diisocyanates and consequently the cases of diisocyanate-induced asthma, a restriction on diisocyanates was recently adopted under the REACH Regulation in the European Union.