Occupational and Health-Related Risk Factors for Incident and Recurrent Back Disorders in Danish Fishers-A Register-Based Study

Line Nørgaard Remmen; Ulrich Halekoh; David Høyrup Christiansen; Kimmo Herttua; Heidi Klakk; Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff

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Occupational and Health-Related Risk Factors for Incident and Recurrent Back Disorders in Danish Fishers-A Register-Based Study

Line Nørgaard Remmen, Ulrich Halekoh, David Høyrup Christiansen, Kimmo Herttua, Heidi Klakk, Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff

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BACKGROUND: Fishers are at risk of back disorders due to their physically demanding work. The aim was to investigate risk factors for back disorders in fishers in Denmark.

METHODS: All male Danish registered fishers between 1994 and 2017 were included. ICD-10 codes classified back disorders (M40-M54* and DM99.1-4*). A multistate model on a cause-specific cox regression model was conducted.

RESULTS: Of 13,165 fishers included, 16% had a hospital contact with an incident back disorder, and 52% at least had 1 recurrent episode. Having worked in another occupation (HR 1.14; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.27) and another musculoskeletal disorder (HR 1.84; 95% CI: 1.69, 2.01) were significant risk factors for the incident back disorder. No risk factors were seen for recurrent episodes.

CONCLUSIONS: Risk factors for incident and recurrent back disorders were different; thus, episode-specific initiatives are needed to reduce back disorders among fishers.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	66
Issue	9
Pages (from-to)	772-778
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1076-2752
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003157
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2024

Keywords

Adult
Denmark/epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal Diseases/epidemiology
Occupational Diseases/epidemiology
Proportional Hazards Models
Recurrence
Registries
Risk Factors
Young Adult
fishers
back disorder
occupational epidemiology

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Occupational and Health-Related Risk Factors for Incident and Recurrent Back Disorders in Danish Fishers-A Register-Based Study. / Remmen, Line Nørgaard; Halekoh, Ulrich; Christiansen, David Høyrup et al.
In: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 66, No. 9, 01.09.2024, p. 772-778.

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