Surveillance of Work-Related Diseases by Occupational Physicians in the UK: OPRA 1996 1999

Cherry, Nicola; Meyer, John D.; Holt, D. L.; Chen, Yiqun; Jc, McDonald

doi:10.1093/occmed/50.7.496

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“…Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common type of physical injury reported by workers worldwide (Cherry, Meyer, & Holt, 2000;Eurofound, 2007; EU-OSHA, the most costly in terms of workers' compensation claims (Schultz, Stowell, Feuerstein, & Gatchel, 2007). Therefore, it is important to investigate the causes of MSDs and workers' compensation claims for physical injury in order to identify appropriate targets for intervention.…”

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Psychosocial safety climate, psychosocial and physical factors in the aetiology of musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and workplace injury compensation claims

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Causal agents for workers' compensation claims and physical injury have largely been identified as physical demands. We proposed an integrated theory of physical injury (i.e. musculoskeletal disorder symptoms [MSDs]) and workers' compensation claims, which combined psychosocial and physical mechanisms. A random, population-based sample of 1095 Australian workers completed a telephone interview on two occasions 12 months apart. As expected, the physical mechanism was confirmed; physical demands were related to MSDs, which in turn predicted workers' compensation claims. Further, a novel psychosocial mechanism was confirmed. Psychosocial safety climate (PSC; perceptions about the organisation's climate for psychological health) was a precursor to psychosocial risks (e.g. harassment, violence, bullying and work pressure). In turn, these psychosocial risks were related to emotional exhaustion, MSDs and then workers' compensation claims. Evidence was therefore provided for psychosocial-physical processes in explaining MSDs and workers' compensation for claims for physical injury. Occupational health and safety legislators and policy makers should be aware that, beyond physical demands, factors usually associated with risk for mental stress claims (e.g. harassment, bullying, and violence) may additionally manifest in physical health problems and workers' compensation injury claims. Focusing on modifying the PSC in an organisation, "the cause of the causes", may be an effective injury prevention and intervention strategy.

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“…5 The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimated in 2001/2002 that about 39 000 people in Great Britain were suffering from a skin disease caused by their work, 6 and there are an estimated 4300 new cases diagnosed each year, of which approximately 80% were contact dermatitis. 7 The economic impact is considerable and in the UK it has been estimated that there are about 237 000 days lost each year due to occupational skin disease, with an average of 8 days lost per case.…”

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Intervention development in occupational research: an example from the printing industry

Brown

Rushton²,

Williams³

et al. 2006

Occup Environ Med

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Background: Intervention development research is an essential prerequisite of any study that attempts to determine whether specific interventions work to prevent work related injury and illness. Methods: Focus groups (n = 5) and direct observational studies (n = 21) of printers were used to elicit key issues that would aid the development of subsequent interventions. Transcripts from these were analysed by standard qualitative methods to identify common and related themes. Results: The views of managers differed significantly from those of print workers in a number of areas, and working practices did not always follow policy. The majority of printers did not perceive dermatitis to be a major problem, although many complained of dry hands. Other key results included: the lack of skin care policy in most companies; poor understanding of the nature, causes, and treatment of dermatitis; low priority of dermatitis within health and safety concerns; little or no provision of occupational health services, particularly skin checks; variability in provision of and access to appropriate skin protection; and lack of accessible washing facilities. Conclusions: As a result it was decided to evaluate the implementation of four interventions: provision of (1) skin checks and treatment advice; (2) gloves of the correct type and size, and use of an after-work cream; (3) information on dermatitis within the printing industry; and (4) development of best practice skin care policy.

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“…One source of such information is The Health and Occupation Reporting network (THOR), 3 comprising surveillance schemes that collect anonymised case reports of work-related ill health as seen by clinical specialists and occupational physicians. [4][5][6][7] There is little published research on work-related ill health seen by GPs, 8 although some estimates suggest that over one-third of patients in general practice settings attribute their problems to work. 9,10 Non-recognition and under-reporting of workrelated ill health have also been recognised as important factors within community-based studies, 11 with a lack of vocational occupational medicine training being a possible contributing factor.…”

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“…This paper describes THOR-GP's methodology and data collected from the first two full calendar years (2006)(2007) THOR-GP reporting, coding, and analytical methods were developed from those within an established THOR scheme, known as OPRA (Occupational Physicians Reporting Activity). 7 This incorporates newly developed electronic reporting systems using a webform located on the THOR-GP website. 17 GPs complete details of any cases they see in their general practice, which they believe to have been caused or aggravated by work.…”

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Work-related ill health in general practice, as reported to a UK-wide surveillance scheme

Hussey¹,

Turner²,

Thorley³

et al. 2008

Br J Gen Pract

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GPs with training in occupational medicine report cases of work-related ill health and sickness absence to The Health and Occupation Reporting network in General Practice (THOR-GP) using an online webform. This report describes the data reported in 2006 and 2007. GPs mainly reported musculoskeletal disorders and mental ill-health. A much larger proportion of the mental ill-health cases were sickness-absence certified, making up 55.9% of the total days certified. Musculoskeletal disorders are the most frequently reported diagnoses of work-related ill health, but mental ill-health is responsible for most work-related sickness absence.

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Surveillance of Work-Related Diseases by Occupational Physicians in the UK: OPRA 1996 1999

Cited by 57 publications

References 2 publications

Psychosocial safety climate, psychosocial and physical factors in the aetiology of musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and workplace injury compensation claims

Psychosocial safety climate, psychosocial and physical factors in the aetiology of musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and workplace injury compensation claims

Intervention development in occupational research: an example from the printing industry

Work-related ill health in general practice, as reported to a UK-wide surveillance scheme

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