1. Occupational Risk Factors by Sectors: An Observational Study of 20,000 Workers
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Luther Dogbla, Cédric Gouvenelle, Florence Thorin, François-Xavier Lesage, Marek Zak, Ukadike Chris Ugbolue, Barbara Charbotel, Julien S. Baker, Bruno Pereira, Frédéric Dutheil, Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive (LAPSCO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Service Santé Travail Environnement [CHU Clermont-Ferrand], CHU Gabriel Montpied [Clermont-Ferrand], CHU Clermont-Ferrand-CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Association de Prévention Santé au Travail du Cher ((APST18)), Activité, Connaissance, Transmission, éducation (ACTé ), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Institut Desbrest de santé publique (IDESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Jan Kochanowski University, University of the West of Scotland (UWS), Unité Mixte de Recherche Epidémiologique et de Surveillance Transport Travail Environnement (UMRESTTE UMR_T9405), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Gustave Eiffel, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Unité de Biostatistiques [CHU Clermont-Ferrand], and Direction de la recherche clinique et de l’innovation [CHU Clermont-Ferrand] (DRCI)
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Occupational health ,sectors of activity ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,prevalence ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences ,Occupational Diseases ,[STAT]Statistics [stat] ,Logistic Models ,Risk Factors ,Occupational Exposure ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,Work exposure ,Self Report - Abstract
International audience; Objective: We aimed to assess the prevalence of exposure by sector and the sectors of activity most exposed to each exposure, using routine occupational health data, and to quantify the risk of being exposed. Method: Occupational risk factors were assessed by workers followed by the Occupational Health Service of Cher, using self-reported questionnaires. The sectors of activity were grouped into seven sectors, and the risks were grouped into six occupational exposure groups. Comparisons were made using the Chi-squared test and Cramer’s V, and the odds ratios were calculated by using logistic regression. Results: We included 19,891 workers. The construction sector had the highest prevalence (p < 0.05 vs. all other sectors) of exposure to physical (76%) and biomechanical factors (82%), as well as chemical risks (75%). Human health and social work was the sector with the highest prevalence of exposure to biological factors (69%), psychosocial factors (90%), and atypical working hours (61%). With workers from administrative and support sectors as the reference, construction workers had more chance of declaring exposure to physical factors (OR = 3.28, 95%CI = 2.89 to 3.72), biomechanical factors (1.82, 1.58 to 2.09), and chemical agents (3.83, 3.38 to 4.33). Workers from the human health and social sectors had more chance of being exposed to biological agents (13.4, 11.9 to 15.2), atypical working hours (1.93, 1.75 to 2.14), and psychosocial factors (2.74, 2.38 to 3.16). Conclusion: Psychosocial risk factors were commonly reported in all sectors. Workers in the construction, human health, and social sectors seem to report more exposures than those in other sectors. The analysis of occupational exposures is a necessary basis to build an efficient preventive strategy for occupational health.
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- 2023