Surveillance programme for uncompensated work-related diseases in France.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_64809730A050
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Surveillance programme for uncompensated work-related diseases in France.
Journal
Occupational medicine
Author(s)
Valenty M., Homère J., Lemaitre A., Plaine J., Ruhlman M., Cohidon C., Imbernon E.
ISSN
1471-8405 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0962-7480
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
65
Number
8
Pages
642-650
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The surveillance programme for uncompensated work-related diseases (UWRDs) in France relies on a network of occupational physicians (OPs) who volunteer to report all UWRDs diagnosed during a biannual 2-week observation period.
To describe this programme and the usefulness of its results.
During the observation period, OPs record job title and employment sector for each worker. For each potential UWRD, they complete a one-page report form.
Between 2007 and 2012, the number of reporting OPs ranged from 705 to 965 and they saw between 78884 and 114154 employees annually. The UWRD incidence rate reports varied from 5 to 5.3% for men and from 6.5 to 7.7% for women, with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) being most frequent, followed by mental ill-health. Incidence rates, except for hearing loss, were higher for women than men in all categories and, in 2012, were twice as high for women (3.1%) as for men (1.4%) for mental ill-health. Incidence rates in every category increased with age up to 54 years. The highest rates for MSDs were observed among blue-collar workers (6.9% in women and 4% in men in 2012) and the lowest rates in professionals/managers (1.1 and 0.4%, respectively). Conversely, the latter had the highest incidence of mental health disorders (5.9 and 3.3%).
This 'Fortnight' protocol provides useful data on the frequency of diseases linked to employment and allows us to estimate the incidence of UWRDs, whether recognized as compensable or not, as well as their trends over time.

Keywords
Female, France/epidemiology, Hearing Loss/economics, Hearing Loss/epidemiology, Humans, Incidence, Male, Mental Disorders/economics, Mental Disorders/epidemiology, Musculoskeletal Diseases/economics, Musculoskeletal Diseases/epidemiology, Occupational Diseases/economics, Occupational Diseases/epidemiology, Occupational Exposure/adverse effects, Occupations/statistics & numerical data, Social Environment, Stress, Psychological/economics, Stress, Psychological/epidemiology, Workers' Compensation/statistics & numerical data, Workplace, occupational physicians, surveillance programme, work-related diseases.
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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07/11/2017 10:16
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20/08/2019 14:20
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