Development and validation of a work-related risk score for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in a French working population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim was to develop an easy-to-use risk score based on occupational factors and to validate its performance to identify workers either having (diagnostic setting) or developing (prognostic setting) upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders (UEMSD).

Methods

This study relied on data from the Cosali prospective cohort conducted in a French working population. Diagnostic status for six UEMSD at inclusion and at follow-up was assessed by a standardized clinical examination. Data on occupational factors were collected through a self-administered questionnaire completed before the clinical examination at inclusion. The risk score was derived from a prediction model developed on data of 2,468 workers included in 2002-2003, and the validation sample is composed of 1,05

SUBMITTER: Rapicault C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10858731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature