title: Compensation for work-related cerebrocardiovascular diseases.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to discuss the history of, and concerns regarding, the newly amended criteria of occupational cerebrovascular or cardiovascular diseases (CCVDs). Since the early 1990s, CCVDs have been the second most common occupational disease, despite fluctuations in their criteria. The first issue was the deletion of cerebral hemorrhage on duty as a recognized occupational disease in 2008. The second issue was the obscurity regarding definitions of an acute stressful event (within 24 hr before disease occurrence), short-term overwork (within 1 week), and chronic overwork (for 3 or more months). In this amendment, chronic overwork was defined as work exceeding 60 hr per week. If the average number of weekly working hours does not exceed 60 hr, night work, physical or psychological workload, or other risk factors should be considered for the recognition of occupational CCVDs. However, these newly amended criteria still have a few limitations, considering that there is research evidence for the occurrence of disease in those working fewer than 60 hr per week, and other risk factors, particularly night work, are underestimated in these criteria. Thus, we suggest that these concerns be actively considered during future amendment and approval processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Uk
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9200-3297
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Won
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Inah
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3568-4484
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D009934:Organization and Administration; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000191:economics*; D016526:Workload
keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases; Korea; Myocardial Infarction; Overwork; Stroke; Workers' Compensation