Background: Presenteeism can be defined as the reduction in work performance due to ill-health at the workplace. Musculoskeletal conditions, including inflammatory arthritis (IA), are one of the most common causes for presenteeism. There are no ‘gold standard’ methods to identify, measure, or value the impact of presenteeism. Some evidence suggests the impact of presenteeism can be indirectly estimated using measures of health status and well-being. To explore whether selected measures of health status and well-being, commonly used in economic evaluations are conceptually useful to capture aspects of IA that are associated with presenteeism.