[Back pain at the French National Electricity and Gas Company].
Frequency and severity of sickness absence due to back pain were studied among workers in the French National Electric and Gas Company. The results showed that the prevalence of back pain was less than 10% a year but the annual duration of absence that it involved was relatively important: 30 days in the average per disabled person. In a second part, the prevalence was studied according to individual and occupational variables. Differences according to occupational category are very important: between the occupations the most prone to absence, those of "switchboard operator", "mechanics driver" and "warehouseman" and the ones least exposed "managerial staff" and "skilled technician and upper management", the ratio for the prevalences was 10.
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Electricité de France, Gaz de France, Service Général de Médecine de Contrôle, Paris.
Lambrozo
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Marboutin
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JP
D000041:Absenteeism; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001416:Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
Les douleurs du rachis parmi les travailleurs d'Electricité de France et Gaz de France.