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Reoccurring injury, chronic health conditions, and behavioral health: Gender differences in the causes of workers’ compensation claims
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August 2018
Source: J Occup Environ Med. 60(8):710-716
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Alternative Title:J Occup Environ Med
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Description:Objective:
To examine how work and non-work health-related factors contribute to workers’ compensation (WC) claims by gender.
Methods:
Workers (N=16,926) were enrolled in the Pinnacol Assurance Health Risk Management study, a multiyear, longitudinal research program assessing small and medium-sized enterprises in Colorado. Hypotheses were tested using gender stratified logistic regression models.
Results:
For both females and males, having incurred a prior WC claim increased the odds of a future claim. The combination of incurring a prior claim and having certain metabolic health conditions resulted in lower odds of a future claim. Behavioral health risk factors increased the odds of having a claim more so among females than among males.
Conclusions:
This study provides data to support multifactorial injury theories, and the need for injury prevention efforts that consider workplace conditions as well as worker health.
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Pubmed ID:29438153
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC7082842
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