title: [Syncope and work: role of the occupational physician and global risk stratification].
abstract: Safety risk for subjects suffering from syncope while working has not been as yet addressed by occupational medicine. The present study was aimed at evaluating a new developed methodology for job tasks risk stratification in patients with syncope. During a work-shop on syncope and occupational risk, 149 occupational physicians (OP) with about 10 years of clinical experience were asked to fulfil a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) concerning the doctor's estimated potential damage (D) to the worker and the probability of a damage to occur (P) should syncope take place during the job task. Five job tasks characterized by different risk for safety (1, driving; 2, toxic products handling; 3, job performed closed to hot surfaces o free flames; 4, surgical activity; 5, office job) were identified. OP correctly stratified the risk associated to the different job tasks in patients with syncope. Unexpectedly, task #3 was given a risk similar to that obtained in drivers. This might be of paramount clinical and social importance when patients with syncope have to return to their job tasks.
authors: Unità Sincopi Ospedale Bolognini, Seriate, Bergamo, Italy. francabarbic@virgilio.it
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authors: Barbic
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authors: Angaroni
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authors: Orlandi
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authors: Costantino
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authors: Dipaola
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mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010819:Physician's Role; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013575:Syncope / Q000517:prevention & control