ArticleAnnals of occupational and environmental medicine2017
Effectiveness of workers' general health examination in Korea by health examination period and compliance: retrospective cohort study using nationwide data.
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- Occupational determinants of national health screening participation: an analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 2007-2023.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
- Cardio-cerebrovascular disease risk factors among male night-shift workers in South Korea: a comparative analysis of drivers and security guards.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2025Article
- The current condition of the workers' general health examination in South Korea: a retrospective study.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundOur study evaluated the effectiveness of the Workers' General Health Examination by health examination period and compliance.
methodsA retrospective cohort of the health examination participants in 2006 (baseline year:
resultsThe compliant group presented a lower cumulative incidence of cardio-cerebrovascular disease than the non-compliant group; this result was consistent across sex, working age (40s and 50s), and workplace policyholder. Relative risk of cardio-cerebrovascular disease by health examination period (1 and 2 years) showed statistically significant results in ischemic heart disease for male participants. Of men in their 40s, office workers (over a 2-year period) presented statistically higher relative risk of ischemic heart disease than non-office workers (over a 1-year period: 1.03; 95% confidence interval, 1.02-1.03). However, there were no consistent results in ischemic cerebrovascular disease and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease for men or cardio-cerebrovascular disease for women.
conclusionA 1-year period of Workers' General Health Examinations in non-office workers had a more significant prevention effect on ischemic heart disease than a 2-year period in office workers among working age (40s-50s) men. It is, however, necessary to consider that prevention of cardio-cerebrovascular disease can be partially explained by their occupational characteristics rather than by health examination period.
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