[Exertion-induced low back pain: a case-control study of health service workers in a local health unit].
Data concerning all accidents with absence from work exceeding three days were analysed in a cohort of 5000 workers (all employees of a Local Health Unit). A total of 1062 accidents were recorded in the file from 1987 to 1989, 118 coded as "low-back injury". A case-control study design was used to detect the main causes of these accidents, using accidents coded as other than low-back injury as controls. The odds ratios and related confidence limits were calculated in order to assess the degree of association, taking account of potentially confounding factors. A significant relationship was observed between hospital wards and other health service departments rated as "high exposure" and low-back injury (OR high exposure versus low exposure = 2.13; 95% C.L. 1.06-4.29). Selection bias and its influence on the results is also discussed.
Baldasseroni
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Servizio di Prevenzione, Igiene e Sicurezza nei Luoghi di Lavoro (SPISLL), Unità Sanitaria Locale 10/D, Firenze.
Tartaglia
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Biggeri
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Carnevale
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases
Lombalgia da sforzo: studio caso-controllo tra i lavoratori dei servizi sanitari di una unità sanitaria locale.