Bresnitz E A, Frumkin H, Goldstein L, Neumark D, Hodgson M, Needleman C
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
Am J Public Health. 1994 Nov;84(11):1786-90. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.11.1786.
The study goal was to assess the extent of workplace-related disease and injury among Social Security Disability Insurance applicants.
A convenience sample of 240 consecutive applicants to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Disability Determination was studied to assess the prevalence of work-related disorders. An applicant had a work-related condition if there was a clear statement of a workplace illness or injury associated with the impairment, or if the applicant had worked at an occupation with a high likelihood of exposures known or suspected to contribute to the condition of interest.
Of the 240 applicants, 166 (69%) were awarded disability insurance benefits; a total of 27 (11%) had work-related conditions, including 14 of the 166 (8%) who were found to be disabled. Forty percent of the 27 had a disorder that was musculoskeletal in origin. Of 59 applicants with cancer, 10.2% had some work-related etiological component. Of an estimated 71,680 adult disability insurance applicants in Pennsylvania in 1990, 5134 new insurance beneficiaries had a projected occupationally related disability.
A substantial number of applicants for disability insurance benefits suffer from an impairment caused or exacerbated by prior workplace exposures. These individuals may serve as sentinel events for initiating follow-up surveillance and prevention activities.
本研究的目标是评估社会保障残疾保险申请人中与工作场所相关的疾病和伤害的程度。
对宾夕法尼亚州残疾判定局连续240名申请人的便利样本进行研究，以评估与工作相关疾病的患病率。如果有明确陈述与损伤相关的工作场所疾病或伤害，或者申请人从事的职业有已知或疑似导致所关注疾病的高暴露可能性，则该申请人患有与工作相关的疾病。
在240名申请人中，166人（69%）获得了残疾保险福利；共有27人（11%）患有与工作相关的疾病，其中166人中有14人（8%）被认定为残疾。27名患者中有40%患有肌肉骨骼源性疾病。在59名癌症申请人中，10.2%有一些与工作相关的病因成分。1990年宾夕法尼亚州估计有71680名成年残疾保险申请人，其中5134名新保险受益人预计患有与职业相关的残疾。
大量残疾保险福利申请人患有由先前工作场所暴露引起或加重的损伤。这些个体可作为启动后续监测和预防活动的哨点事件。
