Back pain prevalence in US industry and estimates of lost workdays.
| Autor: | Guo HR; Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. hrguo@mail.ncku.edu.tw, Tanaka S, Halperin WE, Cameron LL |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 1999 Jul; Vol. 89 (7), pp. 1029-35. |
| DOI: | 10.2105/ajph.89.7.1029 |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: Back pain is the most common reason for filing workers' compensation claims and often causes lost workdays. Data from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey were analyzed to identify high-risk industries and to estimate the prevalence of work-related back pain and number of workdays lost. Methods: Analyses included 30074 respondents who worked during the 12 months before the interview. A case patient was defined as a respondent who had back pain every day for a week or more during that period. Results: The prevalence of lost-workday back pain was 4.6%, and individuals with work-related cases lost 101.8 million workdays owing to back pain. Male and female case patients lost about the same number of workdays. Industries in high-risk categories were also identified for future research and intervention, including those seldom studied. Conclusions: This study provides statistically reliable national estimates of the prevalence of back pain among workers and the enormous effect of this condition on American industry in terms of lost workdays. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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