BACKGROUND Opioid use and dosing for patients with chronic non-cancer pain have dramatically increased over the past decade, resulting in a national epidemic of mortality associated with unintentional overdose, and increased risk of disability among injured workers. We assessed changes in opioid dosing patterns and opioid-related mortality in the Washington State (WA) workers' compensation syst...

Published guidelines for treating injured workers include the need for personalized treatment to manage chronic pain symptoms and increase functional status. However, they often fail to clarify how to objectively personalize these treatments. Further, certain patients need analgesic relief beyond the short term. In these cases, it is not sufficient or reasonable to utilize the typical broad pro...

QUESTIONS Can clinical prediction rules be derived for injured Australian workers with persistent musculoskeletal pain? Are they valid? DESIGN Longitudinal observational study. PARTICIPANTS 847 injured workers with persistent musculoskeletal pain undergoing rehabilitation. OUTCOME MEASURES At baseline, 12 putative predictors were measured. At 9 weeks, short-term outcomes such as pain (vis...

STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis. OBJECTIVES To describe the early health care utilization for occupational back pain. To identify factors associated with health care seeking and provider choice among persons with occupational back pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Back pain is the most prevalent work-related injury, yet little is known about patterns of care for occupational back pain....

background occupational accidents are a major problem in industries and work environments. objectives this study aimed to study the relationship between workers' life quality and occupational accidents. materials and methods this historical cohort study was conducted on 114 wood industry workers (living in the north of iran) involved in a job related accident over the past 10 years. among those...

Little is known about gender differences in the association between occupational injury and depression. We investigated the bidirectional association and gender differences between work-related injury and depression using the same cohort in the US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). In Analysis 1, the association of occupational injury and subsequent depression was investigated from 35,155...

In order to better understand the work-related injuries sustained on central New York dairy farms, we undertook a two-year population-based study of 600 farmers and farm workers on 201 dairy farms. During the observation period, 1984-1986, 151 persons had 200 injuries, giving an injury rate of 16.6%/year (166 injuries/1,000 workers/year). Men were injured more often than women (p less than or e...

California Assembly Bill 1124 required the state's Division of Workers' Compensation in the Department of Industrial Relations to establish a drug formulary for all injured workers covered by the state's workers' compensation program. Such formularies serve to reinforce safe and effective prescribing patterns for practitioners and payers. In California, the formulary will need to be consistent ...

Animal production is a dangerous industry and increasingly reliant on a Latino workforce. Within animal production, little is known about the risks or the occupational hazards of working on farms involved in various aspects of thoroughbred horse breeding. Extant research suggests that horse workers are at risk of musculoskeletal and respiratory symptoms, kicks, and other injuries. However, limi...