Observational Surveillance Approach to Detect Novel Work-Related Diseases and Hazards: An Application to a Belgian Occupational Health and Safety Database. Issue 9 (September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bosson-Rieutort, Delphine; Schouteden, Martijn; Godderis, Lode; Bicout, Dominique J.
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 60:Issue 9(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-09
• Subjects: agricultural -- emergent risks -- health database -- IDEWE -- occupational disease -- occupational exposures -- occupational health surveillance -- occupational risks -- RNV3P -- sore throat -- spectrosome -- work-related problems; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001399
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objectives: Rapid changes in working conditions give rise to new occupational health risks. We applied the Spectrosome approach, a network-based analysis, to investigate associations between disease and multiple occupational exposures. Methods: We investigated work and health's associations in a specific sector: the agricultural sector and for a specific and frequent health complaint: sore throat; using PRECUBE dataset of the Belgian Occupational Health and Safety, containing 381.615 occupational health observations. We compared the results of the spectrosome with classic frequency analyses. Results: Spectrosome approach reports more significant signals of multiple associations of agents compare to the frequency analysis. Conclusion: This difference justifies the usefulness of taking into account the multiplicity of causes leading to a health event, which is a clear asset of the Spectrosome method. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text