Incidence rates of injury, musculoskeletal, skin, pulmonary and chronic diseases among construction workers by classification of occupations in South Korea: a 1,027 subject-based cohort of the Korean Construction Worker's Cohort (KCWC).
Classification of occupations
Incidence rates
Korean Construction Worker’s Cohort (KCWC)
Occupational diseases
Subject-based cohort
Journal
Annals of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 2052-4374
Titre abrégé: Ann Occup Environ Med
Pays: Korea (South)
ID NLM: 101609244
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
26
12
2022
revised:
23
05
2023
accepted:
12
06
2023
medline:
24
8
2023
pubmed:
24
8
2023
entrez:
24
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The objective of this study is to investigate the differences in incidence rates of targeted diseases by classification of occupations among construction workers in Korea. In a subject-based cohort of the Korean Construction Worker's Cohort, we surveyed a total of 1,027 construction workers. As occupational exposure, the classification of occupations was developed using two axes: construction business and job type. To analyze disease incidence, we linked survey data with National Health Insurance Service data. Eleven target disease categories with high prevalence or estimated work-relatedness among construction workers were evaluated in our study. The average incidence rates were calculated as cases per 1,000 person-years (PY). Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes had the highest incidence rate of 344.08 per 1,000 PY, followed by disease of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue for 208.64 and diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue for 197.87 in our cohort. We especially found that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was more common in construction painters, civil engineering welders, and civil engineering frame mold carpenters, asthma in construction painters, landscape, and construction water proofers, interstitial lung diseases in construction water proofers. This is the first study to systematically classify complex construction occupations in order to analyze occupational diseases in Korean construction workers. There were differences in disease incidences among construction workers based on the classification of occupations. It is necessary to develop customized occupational safety and health policies for high-risk occupations for each disease in the construction industry.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
The objective of this study is to investigate the differences in incidence rates of targeted diseases by classification of occupations among construction workers in Korea.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
In a subject-based cohort of the Korean Construction Worker's Cohort, we surveyed a total of 1,027 construction workers. As occupational exposure, the classification of occupations was developed using two axes: construction business and job type. To analyze disease incidence, we linked survey data with National Health Insurance Service data. Eleven target disease categories with high prevalence or estimated work-relatedness among construction workers were evaluated in our study. The average incidence rates were calculated as cases per 1,000 person-years (PY).
Results
UNASSIGNED
Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes had the highest incidence rate of 344.08 per 1,000 PY, followed by disease of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue for 208.64 and diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue for 197.87 in our cohort. We especially found that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was more common in construction painters, civil engineering welders, and civil engineering frame mold carpenters, asthma in construction painters, landscape, and construction water proofers, interstitial lung diseases in construction water proofers.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
This is the first study to systematically classify complex construction occupations in order to analyze occupational diseases in Korean construction workers. There were differences in disease incidences among construction workers based on the classification of occupations. It is necessary to develop customized occupational safety and health policies for high-risk occupations for each disease in the construction industry.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37614337
doi: 10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e26
pmc: PMC10442585
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e26Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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