Guo H R, Tanaka S, Halperin W E, Cameron L L
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1999 Jul;89(7):1029-35. doi: 10.2105/ajph.89.7.1029.
Back pain is the most common reason for filing workers' compensation claims and often causes lost workdays. Data from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey were analyzed to identify high-risk industries and to estimate the prevalence of work-related back pain and number of workdays lost.
Analyses included 30074 respondents who worked during the 12 months before the interview. A case patient was defined as a respondent who had back pain every day for a week or more during that period.
The prevalence of lost-workday back pain was 4.6%, and individuals with work-related cases lost 101.8 million workdays owing to back pain. Male and female case patients lost about the same number of workdays. Industries in high-risk categories were also identified for future research and intervention, including those seldom studied.
This study provides statistically reliable national estimates of the prevalence of back pain among workers and the enormous effect of this condition on American industry in terms of lost workdays.
背痛是提出工伤赔偿申请的最常见原因,且常常导致工作日损失。对1988年全国健康访谈调查的数据进行分析,以确定高风险行业,并估算与工作相关的背痛患病率及工作日损失数量。
分析纳入了在访谈前12个月内工作的30074名受访者。病例患者定义为在该期间内每周至少有一天背痛持续一周或更长时间的受访者。
导致工作日损失的背痛患病率为4.6%,与工作相关病例的个体因背痛损失了1.018亿个工作日。男性和女性病例患者损失的工作日数量大致相同。还确定了高风险类别的行业,以供未来研究和干预,包括那些很少被研究的行业。
本研究提供了关于工人背痛患病率的统计学上可靠的全国性估计,以及这种状况对美国工业在工作日损失方面的巨大影响。