Workplace policies and prevalence of knee osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project

Objective:Previous studies on work and knee osteoarthritis (KOA) have been primarily focused on physical demands; very little is known about work-related organisational policies and KOA risks and outcomes. We examined the associations between workplace policies and KOA in a community-based populatio...

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Published in:Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2007-12, Vol.64 (12), p.798-805
Main Authors: Chen, Jiu-Chiuan, Linnan, Laura, Callahan, Leigh F, Yelin, Edward H, Renner, Jordan B, Jordan, Joanne M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arthritis
Biological and medical sciences
Common fisheries policy
Disabilities
Disabled Persons
Discrimination (Psychology)
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Employment
Female
Health risk assessment
Humans
Knee - diagnostic imaging
Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging
Knee osteoarthritis
Knees
Logistic Models
Longitudinal studies
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases
Multivariate Analysis
Occupational Health
Odds Ratio
Organizational Policy
Original
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis, Knee - complications
Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnostic imaging
Osteoarthritis, Knee - epidemiology
Payments
Prevalence
Radiography
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Sick Leave
Statistical significance
Studies
United States - epidemiology
Work
Workplace
Workplaces
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Summary:Objective:Previous studies on work and knee osteoarthritis (KOA) have been primarily focused on physical demands; very little is known about work-related organisational policies and KOA risks and outcomes. We examined the associations between workplace policies and KOA in a community-based population in the USA.Methods:The associations between employment offering accommodations (switch to physically less demanding jobs; part-time work for people needing reduced time) and benefits policies (paid sick leave; disability payment) with KOA outcomes (knee symptoms; symptomatic KOA [sKOA]; asymptomatic radiographic KOA [rKOA]) were analysed in participants (n = 1639) aged
ISSN:1351-0711
1470-7926
DOI:10.1136/oem.2006.030148