Citation

Chau N, Lemogne C, Legleye S, Choquet M, Falissard B, Fossati P. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2011; 53(12): 1452-1459.

Affiliation

INSERM (Drs Chau, Legleye, Choquet, and Falissard, and the Lorhandicap Group), Unit 669, Paris, France; Univ Paris-Sud (Drs Chau, Legleye, Choquet, and Falissard, and the Lorhandicap Group), Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes (Drs Chau, Legleye, Choquet, and Falissard), Faculté de médecine, Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes (Dr Lemogne), Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de médecine, Paris, France; INSERM UMR 894 (Dr Lemogne), Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France; Pierre et Marie Curie University (Dr Fossati), Paris, France; Institut national des études démographiques (Dr Legleye), Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Dr Lemogne), Department of C-L Psychiatry, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Dr Falissars), Villejuif, France; and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Dr Fossati), Department of Psychiatry, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0b013e318237a14b

PMID

22076039

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: To evaluate the associations between biomechanical, physical, and psychological demands and occupational injury according to depressive symptoms severity. METHODS:: Two thousand eight hundred eighty-two French working people completed a questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics, smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, job, chronic diseases, depressive symptoms, and injuries during the previous 2-year period. Data were analyzed using logistic regression. RESULTS:: Occupational injury (9.2%) strongly related to biomechanical, physical, and psychological demands among depressive-symptoms-free workers (odds ratios ranging from 1.35 to 3.15). These relationships were stronger among the workers with depressive symptoms without medical treatment (11.9%) and among those with persistent symptoms despite a treatment (1.7%), with odds ratios up to 12. These associations were partially confounded (up to 51%) by unhealthy behaviors, health status, and chronic diseases. CONCLUSIONS:: High-occupational demands and depressive symptoms can be early identified and monitored to prevent injury.

Language: en