ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2012
Work-related primary care in occupational health physician's practice.
Article in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Frequent attenders of three outpatient health care schemes in Finland: characteristics and association with long-term sickness absences, 2016-2018.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Management of work-related common mental disorders in general practice: a cross-sectional study.BMC family practice · 2020Article
- Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program.Industrial health · 2020Article
- Frequent attenders at risk of disability pension: a longitudinal study combining routine and register data.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2020Article
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- Comparing occasional and persistent frequent attenders in occupational health primary care - a longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Primary health care utilisation and its costs among middle-aged smokers.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionPrimary care is frequently integrated in Finnish occupational health services (OHS). This study examines the frequency of work-related health problems in occupational health (OH) physicians' consultations for primary care and associations between health problems and interventions carried out by OH physicians.
methodsOH physicians assessed the health problems of 651 consecutive visits in a private OHS unit. The health problem was regarded as work-related if it was caused or aggravated by work, or involved impaired work ability. Interventions carried out by OH physicians were analysed by logistic regression analysis.
resultsThe main health problem was caused either partially or mainly by work or symptoms were worsened by work (27%), or symptoms impaired work ability (52%). Musculoskeletal and mental disorders were the main work-related reasons for visits. In two-thirds of the cases of mental health problems, work caused or worsened symptoms, and the majority of long sickness absences were issued due to these problems. OH physicians carried out interventions concerning work or workplace in 21% of visits. Mental disorders were associated most strongly (OR 7.23, 95% CI 3.93-13.32) with interventions. The strongest association (OR 16.09, 95% CI 9.29-27.87) with work-related visits was, when the health problem was both work-induced and impaired work ability.
conclusionsWork-related health problems comprise a considerable part of Finnish OH physicians' work. OH physicians play an important role in early treatment, in the prevention of disability, and in interventions aimed at workplaces based on the knowledge they get through primary care in OHS.
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