title: Ill Health-Related Job Loss: A One-Year Follow-Up of 54,026 Employees.
abstract: The diagnoses of workers being unfit to work may be a relevant health indicator. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the one-year incidence of an unfit to work diagnosis.
  
  
  
  This one-year prospective study included all workers undergoing annual work medical examination from occupational health services in Troyes, France.
  
  
  
  Twenty-one occupational physicians followed 54,026 employees. The all-cause incidence of being unfit to return to work was 0.772%. The two main causes of being unfit to work were musculoskeletal disorders (61%) and psychopathologies (24%). The relative risk (RR) of being unfit to work, independent of the cause, was higher when employees were aged over 50 years (RR = 2.51), and female (RR = 1.51).
  
  
  
  Prospective results from occupational physicians' medical records may provide significant and cost-effective directions to prioritize actions and target health promotion in the workplace.
authors.affiliation: Australian Catholic University, Faculty of Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Dr Dutheil); University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand (CHU), Occupational Medicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France, University Clermont Auvergne, Laboratory of Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise in Physiological and Pathological conditions EA3533, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (Dr Naughton); Occupational Health Service of Troyes, France (Dr Sindyga); and University Hospital of Montpellier (CHU), Occupational Medicine, Montpellier, France, Epsylon research Unit EA 4556, Department of Psychology, Montpellier, France (Dr Lesage).
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dutheil
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Naughton
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sindyga
authors.forename: François-Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Lesage
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D014478:Unemployment; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation; D017132:Workplace