| Document ID (ISN) | 109576 |
| CIS number |
09-540 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Spreeuwers D., de Boer A.G.E.M., Verbeek J.H.A.M., van Beurden M.M., van Dijk F.J.H. |
| Title |
Diagnosing and reporting of occupational diseases: A quality improvement study |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2008, Vol.58, No.2, p.115-121. 23 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/58/2/115 [in English]
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| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to assess the need of quality improvement in the diagnosis and reporting of noise-induced occupational hearing loss and occupational adjustment disorder. Questionnaires were sent to occupational physicians in the Netherlands. Twenty-three questionnaires on noise-induced hearing loss and 125 questionnaires on adjustment disorder were available for analysis. For noise-induced hearing loss, there was a need for quality improvement of the aspects of medical history, audiometric measurement, clinical diagnosis of the disease and reporting. For adjustment disorder, the assessment of other non-occupational causes needed improvement. Other findings are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Netherlands; mental health; diagnosis; industrial physicians; notification of occupational diseases; occupational medicine; hearing loss |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
noise; stress factors; questionnaire survey; reliability |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Finland; Netherlands |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Mental health
Psychological factors
Notification of accidents and diseases
Diseases of the ear and hearing damage
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