ArticleJMIR research protocols2014
Heavy lifting at work and risk of ischemic heart disease: protocol for a register-based prospective cohort study.
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- The Impact of a Change in Employment on Three Work-Related Diseases: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study of 10,530 Belgian Employees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Occupational categories and cardiovascular diseases incidences: a cohort study in Iranian population.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- The Effect of Occupational Lifting on Hypertension Risk: Protocol for a Project Using Data From the Copenhagen City Heart Study.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Working Time Arrangements as Potential Risk Factors for Ischemic Heart Disease Among Workers in Denmark: A Study Protocol.JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are theoretical grounds to suspect that heavy lifting at work is an important risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD). However the relationship has not been sufficiently acknowledged by empirical studies. Positive and statistically significant associations have been found in studies that utilize self-reported exposure data. Such studies are, however, prone to reporting bias. All else equal, people with a poor cardiovascular fitness/health may have a higher propensity to perceive their work environment as heavy.
objectiveThe study described in the present protocol aims to investigate the relationship between heavy lifting at work and IHD by use of material and methods that are free from reporting bias.
methodsThis is a register-based prospective cohort study. Male blue-collar workers in Denmark will be identified and followed through national registers, from 2001-2010, for hospital treatment or death due to IHD. Relative rates of IHD between "workers in occupations likely to involve heavy lifting" and "other blue-collar workers" will be estimated through Poisson regression.
resultsResults are expected to be ready in mid-2015.
conclusionsSince this is not a randomized study, it cannot confirm etiological hypotheses. It may, however, confirm that employment in occupations that involve heavy lifting is a predictor for IHD and thereby lend support to the hypothesis of a causal relationship.
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