Self-Reported Hand and Wrist Arthritis and Occupation: Data from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey-Occupational Health Supplement

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• Personal Author:
  Dillon C ; Petersen, Martin R. ; Tanaka, Shiro
• Description:
  There is a paucity of population-based studies examining occupational hand-wrist arthritis. We examined relationships between hand-wrist arthritis, occupation, and biomechanical exposures in the U.S. National Health Interview Survey-Occupational Health Supplement. A randomized, multi-stage, and cross-sectional national prevalence survey was carried out. Self-reported, medically attended hand-wrist arthritis was common among employed persons (period prevalence 1.58%; lifetime prevalence 3.58%). Highest prevalences occurred among technicians, machine operators, assemblers, and farmers, and in the mining, agriculture, and construction industries. Work requiring repetitive hand bending and twisting was associated with hand-wrist arthritis (Odds Ratio 1.43; 95%CI: 1.11-1.84; P = 0.005). Among workers with hand arthritis, 7.4% had made major changes in their work, 7.6% missed work, and 4.5% stopped working or changed jobs because of the problem. Our study links hand-wrist arthritis to occupation and potentially modifiable workplace ergonomic factors. The spectrum of hand-wrist "cumulative trauma" disorders may considerably exceed that of soft-tissue injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis, and may include arthritis, a widely prevalent, disabling condition. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Construction Industry Ergonomics Farmers Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Assembly-line-workers Author Keywords: Arthritis Carpal-tunnel-syndrome Construction-workers Hand Industry Machine-operators Mine-workers Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupations Prevalence Wrist

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  318-327
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022464
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2002 Oct; 42(4):318-327
• Contact Point Address:
  Charles Dillon, National Center for Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Room 1000, Hyattsville, MD 20782
• Email:
  cid2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:326f21ea32027c55c6d1422ed0f25c25c86c9f9cf9ea0d49dd57d69184df513c63b39c6611bf460f9a9ec32de596339666df430f1b3f6e0c247952cf2c96bab0
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199233/cdc_199233_DS1.pdf
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