Road casualties in work-related and private contexts: occupational medical impact. Results from the ESPARR cohort.
Work
; 60(1): 117-128, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Road accidents may impact victims' physical and/or mental health and socio-occupational life, notably including return to work.OBJECTIVES:
To assess whether the occupational medical consequences sustained by subjects injured in road accidents occurring in a work-related context differ from those associated with private accidents.METHODS:
778 adults who were in work or occupational training at the time of their accident were included. Two groups were distinguished 354 (45.5%) injured in road accidents occurring in a work-related context (commuting or on duty) and 424 (54.5%) injured in a private accident. The groups were compared on medical and occupational factors assessed on prospective follow-up at 6 months and 1 and 3 years. Multivariate analysis explored for factors associated at 6 months and 1 year with sick leave following the accident and duration of sick leave.RESULTS:
There were no significant differences between groups for demographic data apart from a slightly higher injury severity in private accidents (32.5% of private accidents with MAIS3+(Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale greater or equal to 3) vs. 23.7% for work-related accidents, p = 0.007). Victims of work-related accidents were more often on sick leave (OR = 1.8; 95% CI, 1.1-2.9). Although the length of sick leave is higher for work-related accidents that for private accidents, multivariate analysis showed that the injury severity and the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are significant factors to explain the time to return to work. There were no significant differences according to occupational impact during follow-up, notably including sick-leave duration, number of victims returning to work within 3 years and number of victims out of work due to incapacity.CONCLUSIONS:
In the ESPARR (follow-up study of a road-accident population in the Rhône administrative county Etude de Suivi d'une Population d'Accidentés de la Route dans le Rhône) cohort, the fact that a road accident occurred in a work-related context did not affect the occupational consequences.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Accidents, Traffic
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Occupational Injuries
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Return to Work
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Work
Journal subject:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France