SynthesisOccupational and environmental medicine2019
How to improve the assessment of the impact of occupational diseases at a national level? The Netherlands as an example.
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- Work-relatedness of lateral epicondylitis: Systematic review including meta-analysis and GRADE work-relatedness of lateral epicondylitis.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Goodbye work-related musculoskeletal disorders, welcome musculoskeletal health! A call for action.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Article
- Feasibility of acquiring occupational data from cancer patients' medical records in Malaysian oncology centres.BMC public health · 2025Article
- What have we learned about risk assessment and interventions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and support work participation?Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Review
- A Health-Impact Assessment of an Ergonomic Measure to Reduce the Risk of Work-Related Lower Back Pain, Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome and Knee Osteoarthritis among Floor Layers in The Netherlands.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The economic burden of knee and hip osteoarthritis: absenteeism and costs in the Dutch workforce.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders: how many cases can be prevented? Estimates from the COSALI cohort.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2020Article
- Proportion of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders attributable to personal and occupational factors: results from the French Pays de la Loire study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Modifiable risk factors in knee osteoarthritis: treatment implications.Rheumatology international · 2019Review
- Occupational Diseases among Workers in Lower and Higher Socioeconomic Positions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Association between Work and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).Journal of clinical medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the impact of occupational diseases (ODs) through estimations of population attributable fractions (PAFs) in a national context.
methodsPAFs were calculated for eight prevalent ODs using existing data on the prevalence of exposure to risk factors at work and the strength of their association with diseases based on systematic reviews. Six systematic reviews with meta-analyses and two overview papers were selected. All addressed the relationship between occupational exposure to work-related risk factors for these eight prevalent ODs. Prevalence figures for exposure to work-related risk factors were retrieved from the Dutch National Working Conditions Survey (NWCS) based on self-reports by approximately 40 000 workers. The specific risk factors retrieved from the reviews were matched with the available and dichotomised self-reported exposure items from the NWCS by two authors.
resultsThe eight frequently reported ODs among the Dutch working population revealed PAFs varying between 3% and 25%. Lateral epicondylitis and distress/burnout had the highest attributable fractions, with percentages of 25% and 18%, respectively. For knee osteoarthritis (13%), shoulder soft tissue disorders (10%) and non-specific low back pain (10%) approximately 1 in 10 cases were attributable to work. PAFs for irritant contact dermatitis, noise-induced hearing loss and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were 15%, 6% and 3%, respectively.
conclusionData from systematic reviews and self-reported data on exposure provide opportunities to estimate the impact of ODs. For the Netherlands, they revealed substantial and varying attributions of work for prevalent diseases.
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