| Document ID (ISN) | 107012 |
| CIS number |
07-1057 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rivas Recio J.R., Sesé Madrazo C. |
| Title |
Study of permanent work invalidity. Valencia: 2002-2005 |
| Original title |
Estudio sobre la incapacidad laboral permanente. Valencia: 2002-2005 [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2006, Vol.LII, No.204, p.7-42. 5 ref. |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study on the causes and duration of incapacity to work was to determine the main diseases responsible for permanent incapacity (PI). It was carried out in Valencia, Spain, in two medical practices, between 2003 and 2005. It involved 5184 patients with or without work incapacity (59.36% men and 40.64% women). Permanent incapacity was declared for 48.3% of the evaluated patients. The main diseases responsible for total incapacity to work were musculoskeletal diseases (43.33% of PI); mental disorders (15.85%); injury and poisoning (10.86%); cardiovascular diseases (9.45%); neoplasms (7.9%); disorders of the nervous system and sensory organs (5.92%) and respiratory disorders (2.46%). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Spain; handicapped workers; sickness absenteeism |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
mental disorders; musculoskeletal diseases; social aspects; sex-linked differences; degree of disability |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Workers with disabilities
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