Risk of opioid-related harms by occupation within a large cohort of formerly injured workers in Ontario, Canada: findings from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Working-age individuals have been disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis, prompting interest in the potential role of occupation as a contributor. This study aimed to estimate the risk of opioid-related poisonings and mental and behavioural disorders by occupation and industry within a cohort of 1.7 million formerly injured workers.

Methods

Workers were identified in the Occupational Disease Surveillance System, a system linking workers' compensation data (1983-2019) to emergency department and hospitalisation records (2006-2020) in Ontario, Canada. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate HRs and 95% CIs for hospital encounters for opioid-related poisonings and mental and behavioural disorders by occupation and industry compared with all oth

SUBMITTER: Carnide N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503144 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature