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Certification of occupational diseases as common diseases in a primary health care setting

✍ Scribed by Fernando G. Benavides; Jordi Castejón; David Gimeno; Miquel Porta; Jordi Mestres; Pere Simonet

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 84 KB
Volume: 47
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20128

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✦ Synopsis

Background It is often difficult to discern whether a disease is an occupational or common disease, especially in a primary care setting. Methods From a randomly selected sample of 322 workers attending a Primary Health Care Center, 207 workers (response rate of 64.3%) agreed to participate. An occupational questionnaire was administered. General practitioners provided medical records for each worker. Medical records and occupational questionnaires were independently reviewed by three professionals. They assessed whether a relationship between disease and working conditions was probable or improbable. Results Thirty-three of the 207 cases (15.9%) were considered probably related to working conditions according to the expert's opinion. The most frequent were musculoskeletal diseases (20 cases). Of the 207 workers, 74 (35.7%) judged that their diseases could be related to their working conditions. Conclusions A significant proportion of diseases attended in primary care setting was not recognized as occupational, and they were hence not reflected in official statistics.

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