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Prevalence of dermatitis in the working population, United States, 2010 National Health Interview Survey

Auteur     Sara E Luckhaupt
Auteur     James M Dahlhamer
Auteur     Brian W Ward
Auteur     Aaron L Sussell
Auteur     Marie H Sweeney
Auteur     John P Sestito
Auteur     Geoffrey M Calvert
Résumé     BACKGROUND: Prevalence patterns of dermatitis among workers offer clues about risk factors and targets for prevention, but population-based estimates of the burden of dermatitis among US workers are lacking. METHODS: Data from an occupational health supplement to the 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS-OHS) were used to estimate the prevalence of dermatitis overall and by demographic characteristics and industry and occupation (I&O) of current/recent employment. RESULTS: Data were available for 27,157 adults, including 17,524 current/recent workers. The overall prevalence rate of dermatitis among current/recent workers was 9.8% (range among I&O groups: 5.5-15.4%), representing approximately 15.2 million workers with dermatitis. The highest prevalence rates were among I&O groups related to health care. Overall, 5.6% of dermatitis cases among workers (9.2% among healthcare workers) were attributed to work by health professionals. CONCLUSIONS: Dermatitis affected over 15 million US workers in 2010, and its prevalence varied by demographic characteristics and industry and occupation of employment. The prevalence rate of work-related dermatitis based on the NHIS-OHS was approximately 100-fold higher than incidence rates based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Survey of Occupational Illness and Injury. Am. J. Ind. Med. Published 2012. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
Publication     American journal of industrial medicine
Date     Jun 5, 2012

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doi:10.1002/ajim.22080

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