BACK PAIN AMONG WORKERS IN THE UNITED-STATES - NATIONAL ESTIMATES AND WORKERS AT HIGH-RISK
BACK PAIN AMONG WORKERS IN THE UNITED-STATES - NATIONAL ESTIMATES AND WORKERS AT HIGH-RISK
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DOI：
10.1002/ajim.4700280504
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发表时间：
1995-11-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
PUTZANDERSON, V
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作者：
GUO, HR;TANAKA, S;PUTZANDERSON, V
在美国，背部疼痛约占工人索赔的四分之一。1988年国民健康访谈调查的《职业健康补充资料》为评估这一问题的范围提供了机会。在面试前12个月内工作的30074名受访者被定义为“工作人员”，而在此期间每天背部疼痛持续一周或更长时间的受访者被定义为“病例”。对答案应用了一个加权系数，以得出国家估计数。1988年，约有2240万例背痛病例(患病率为12.6%)导致1.491亿个工作日的损失；65%的病例可归因于职业活动。对于因工作活动引起的背痛，男性建筑工人的风险最高(22.6%)，女性护理助理的风险最高(18.8%)。我们的分析表明，背痛是美国工人发病和丧失生产的主要原因，并确定了以前未被认识到的高风险职业，如木匠、汽车修理工、女佣、看门人和理发师，以供未来研究和预防。(C)1995 Wiley-Liss，Inc.
Back pain accounts for about one fourth of workers' compensation claims in the United States. The Occupational Health Supplement to the 1988 National Health Interview Survey provided an opportunity to assess the scope of this problem. The 30,074 respondents who worked in the 12 months before the interview were defined as ''workers'', and those with back pain every day for a week or more during that period were defined as ''cases.'' A weighting factor was applied to the answers to derive national estimates. In 1988, about 22.4 million back pain cases (prevalence 12.6%) were responsible for 149.1 million lost workdays; 65% of cases were attributable to occupational activities. For back pain attributed to activities at work, the risk was highest for construction laborers among males (prevalence 22.6%) and nursing aides among females (18.8%). Our analyses show that back pain is a major cause of morbidity and lost production for U.S. workers and identifies previously unrecognized high risk occupations, such as carpenters, automobile mechanics, maids, janitors, and hairdressers, for future research and prevention. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.*