Correlates of employment status in individuals with asthma: a cross-sectional survey
| Title: | Correlates of employment status in individuals with asthma: a cross-sectional survey |
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| Authors: | Saara Taponen, Lauri Lehtimäki, Kirsi Karvala, Ritva Luukkonen, Jukka Uitti |
| Source: | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017) |
| Publisher Information: | BMC, 2017. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Collection: | LCC:Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene |
| Subject Terms: | Asthma symptoms, Asthma, Work ability, Work, Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene, RC963-969 |
| More Details: | Abstract Background This study aims to elucidate factors that among adults with asthma are associated with working full-time. Methods This cross-sectional survey of 2613 working-age adults with asthma included questions on asthma history, symptoms and use of asthma medication, socioeconomic factors and health behavior. Full-time workers were compared to groups according to employment status: unemployed, work disability and retired due to age. Results Adults with asthma working full time were younger and more often nonmanual workers, experienced less asthma symptoms, used less asthma medication and smoked less than subjects with work disability. After adjusting for age, gender, smoking and professional status, having frequent symptoms of asthma during last month was associated with an increase in the risk of unemployment (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.3–4.2) and with an increase in the risk of work disability (OR 4.4, 95% CI 2.3–8.2). Conclusions Among adults with asthma, full-time work was associated with younger age, less symptomatic asthma despite of less medication, nonmanual work and less smoking. Having more severe symptoms of asthma was associated with undesirable employment status such as unemployment or work disability. Possibilities to change from manual to nonmanual work may be important in preventing work disability and early exit from work. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1745-6673 93498896 |
| Relation: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12995-017-0165-6; https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6673 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12995-017-0165-6 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/ec23d63b8f9349889630bd2854fb6e80 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.23d63b8f9349889630bd2854fb6e80 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 17456673 93498896 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s12995-017-0165-6 |
| Published in: | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology |
| Language: | English |