The impact of self-reported exposure to whole-body-vibrations on the risk of disability pension among men: a 15 year prospective study

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Karl B Christensen¹  Finn Tüchsen²  Helene Feveile²  Niklas Krause³ 

[1] Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1014, Copenhagen K, Copenhagen, Denmark;Department of Epidemiology and surveillance, The National Research Centre for Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark;Department of medicine, University of California at San Francisco, University of Copenhagen, 1301 South 46th St, Building 163, 94804, Richmond, CA, USA;

关键词: Disability Pension;    Male Employee;    Disability Retirement;    Dream Register;    Sickness Absence Spell;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-10-305

 received in 2009-04-05, accepted in 2010-06-03,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWhole-body-vibrations are often associated with adverse health effect but the long term effects are less known. This study investigates the association between occupational exposures to whole-body vibrations, and subsequent transition to disability pension.MethodsA total of 4215 male employees were followed up for subsequent disability pension retirement. Exposure to whole-body-vibration was self-reported while new cases of disability pension were retrieved from a national register.ResultsThe hazard ratio (HR) for disability pension retirement among men exposed to whole-body-vibrations was 1.61 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.07-2.40) after adjustment for age, smoking habits, BMI, physical job demands and awkward work postures. In our model, with the available explanatory variables, 5.6% of the male disability pension cases were attributable to whole-body-vibrations.ConclusionsExposure to whole-body-vibrations predicts subsequent disability pension retirement. Continued reduction of whole-body-vibrations may reduce the number of new cases of disability pension.

【 授权许可】

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