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Employment status changes of workers after referral to an occupational disease clinic

OBJECTIVE: Occupational diseases (OD) are among the most significant issues of work life, with economic, medical, social, and ethical aspects. The majority of studies concerning OD focus on the causes or medical outcomes of OD. There are a limited number of studies investigating the social and econo...

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Autores principales: Beyan, Ayse Coskun, Demiral, Yucel, Cimrin, Arif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Society for Occupational Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1539/joh.2017-0282-OA
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description OBJECTIVE: Occupational diseases (OD) are among the most significant issues of work life, with economic, medical, social, and ethical aspects. The majority of studies concerning OD focus on the causes or medical outcomes of OD. There are a limited number of studies investigating the social and economic impacts of being diagnosed with an OD. One of the important social aspects of OD is the employability of workers after an OD diagnosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the changes in employment status after the OD diagnosis process. METHODS: This is a cross sectional study. There were 204 eligible cases, and 198 (97%) completed the study. The study data were obtained from patient files, including OD Committee reports and questionnaires applied via telephone interview. RESULTS: Among the 198 applicants, 170 (85.9%) were male and 146 (73.7%) were diagnosed with an OD. Of these workers, 106 (53.5%) had quit their current jobs. Of those workers, 89 out of 106 were in the OD group, and 17 were in the non-OD group. Diagnosis with OD (OR: 3.1 CI: 1.4-6.8) and non-union membership (OR: 11.1 CI: 5.2-23.5) increased the likelihood of quitting the job after an OD diagnosis. CONCLUSION: The short-term prognosis of OD was relatively poor. OD diagnosis or even referral to an outpatient clinic may cause quitting the job. Policies should account for the risk of unemployment after an OD diagnosis, and OD surveillance systems should obtain data on the employment status of workers following diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-62816352018-12-10 Employment status changes of workers after referral to an occupational disease clinic Beyan, Ayse Coskun Demiral, Yucel Cimrin, Arif J Occup Health Original OBJECTIVE: Occupational diseases (OD) are among the most significant issues of work life, with economic, medical, social, and ethical aspects. The majority of studies concerning OD focus on the causes or medical outcomes of OD. There are a limited number of studies investigating the social and economic impacts of being diagnosed with an OD. One of the important social aspects of OD is the employability of workers after an OD diagnosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the changes in employment status after the OD diagnosis process. METHODS: This is a cross sectional study. There were 204 eligible cases, and 198 (97%) completed the study. The study data were obtained from patient files, including OD Committee reports and questionnaires applied via telephone interview. RESULTS: Among the 198 applicants, 170 (85.9%) were male and 146 (73.7%) were diagnosed with an OD. Of these workers, 106 (53.5%) had quit their current jobs. Of those workers, 89 out of 106 were in the OD group, and 17 were in the non-OD group. Diagnosis with OD (OR: 3.1 CI: 1.4-6.8) and non-union membership (OR: 11.1 CI: 5.2-23.5) increased the likelihood of quitting the job after an OD diagnosis. CONCLUSION: The short-term prognosis of OD was relatively poor. OD diagnosis or even referral to an outpatient clinic may cause quitting the job. Policies should account for the risk of unemployment after an OD diagnosis, and OD surveillance systems should obtain data on the employment status of workers following diagnosis. Japan Society for Occupational Health 2018-10-10 2018-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6281635/ /pubmed/30305480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1539/joh.2017-0282-OA Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ ©Article author(s). This is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Demiral, Yucel
Cimrin, Arif
Employment status changes of workers after referral to an occupational disease clinic
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title_short Employment status changes of workers after referral to an occupational disease clinic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1539/joh.2017-0282-OA
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