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

نویسندگان

  • Louise Hussey
  • Susan Turner
  • Kevan Thorley
  • Roseanne McNamee
  • Raymond Agius
چکیده

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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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

دوره 58 554  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008