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Health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in Egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVES: Occupational injuries can have severe socioeconomic consequences; however, little research has examined the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of workers following occupational injuries, especially in developing countries. This study was to employ the European Quality of Life Five Di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23187968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000413 |
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author | Salah Eldin, Waleed Hirshon, Jon Mark Smith, Gordon S Kamal, Abdel-Aziz Mohamad Abou-El-Fetouh, Aisha El-Setouhy, Maged |
author_facet | Salah Eldin, Waleed Hirshon, Jon Mark Smith, Gordon S Kamal, Abdel-Aziz Mohamad Abou-El-Fetouh, Aisha El-Setouhy, Maged |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Occupational injuries can have severe socioeconomic consequences; however, little research has examined the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of workers following occupational injuries, especially in developing countries. This study was to employ the European Quality of Life Five Dimensions (EQ-5D) tool to measure HRQoL 6 months following serious occupational injury sustained by insured workers in the East Delta Region of Egypt. DESIGN: This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to December 2008 among workers injured severely enough to be off work for at least 6 months after an occupational injury. SETTING: The Nile Insurance Hospital in Qalyubia, Egypt. PARTICIPANTS: Adult workers returning for follow-up evaluation after being given 6 months off work by a physician for an occupational injury. OUTCOMES: The workers described their health and quality of life using the EQ-5D instrument. RESULTS: Most study participants were male (n=118 (90%)), with mean age of 41.5 years. Fractures were the most common type of injury (n=96 (73%)), mostly involving the lower limbs (n=70 (53%)). Participants identified persistent problems related to mobility (n=78 (60%)), self-care (n=69 (53%)), performing usual activities (n=109 (83%)), pain/discomfort (n=119 (91%)) and anxiety/depression (n=51 (40%)). The perceived HRQoL estimated by the mean (±SD) visual analogue scale (VAS) score among injured workers was 61.6±17.9. Multivariate linear regression showed an association between poor VAS score and amputations, mobility limitation, self-care problems, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. CONCLUSIONS: Some people with occupational injuries experience significant problems such as pain/discomfort, functional limitations and anxiety/depression, long after the injury. Improvement in pain management strategies and physical and psychological rehabilitation may improve their health-related quality of life. |
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spelling | pubmed-35331072013-01-04 Health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in Egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study Salah Eldin, Waleed Hirshon, Jon Mark Smith, Gordon S Kamal, Abdel-Aziz Mohamad Abou-El-Fetouh, Aisha El-Setouhy, Maged BMJ Open Occupational and Environmental Medicine OBJECTIVES: Occupational injuries can have severe socioeconomic consequences; however, little research has examined the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of workers following occupational injuries, especially in developing countries. This study was to employ the European Quality of Life Five Dimensions (EQ-5D) tool to measure HRQoL 6 months following serious occupational injury sustained by insured workers in the East Delta Region of Egypt. DESIGN: This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to December 2008 among workers injured severely enough to be off work for at least 6 months after an occupational injury. SETTING: The Nile Insurance Hospital in Qalyubia, Egypt. PARTICIPANTS: Adult workers returning for follow-up evaluation after being given 6 months off work by a physician for an occupational injury. OUTCOMES: The workers described their health and quality of life using the EQ-5D instrument. RESULTS: Most study participants were male (n=118 (90%)), with mean age of 41.5 years. Fractures were the most common type of injury (n=96 (73%)), mostly involving the lower limbs (n=70 (53%)). Participants identified persistent problems related to mobility (n=78 (60%)), self-care (n=69 (53%)), performing usual activities (n=109 (83%)), pain/discomfort (n=119 (91%)) and anxiety/depression (n=51 (40%)). The perceived HRQoL estimated by the mean (±SD) visual analogue scale (VAS) score among injured workers was 61.6±17.9. Multivariate linear regression showed an association between poor VAS score and amputations, mobility limitation, self-care problems, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. CONCLUSIONS: Some people with occupational injuries experience significant problems such as pain/discomfort, functional limitations and anxiety/depression, long after the injury. Improvement in pain management strategies and physical and psychological rehabilitation may improve their health-related quality of life. BMJ Publishing Group 2012-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3533107/ /pubmed/23187968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000413 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode. |
spellingShingle | Occupational and Environmental Medicine Salah Eldin, Waleed Hirshon, Jon Mark Smith, Gordon S Kamal, Abdel-Aziz Mohamad Abou-El-Fetouh, Aisha El-Setouhy, Maged Health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in Egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study |
title | Health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in Egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in Egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in Egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in Egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in Egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | health-related quality of life after serious occupational injury in egyptian workers: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23187968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000413 |
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