Beskrivelse af JEM

Name: Hand

Exposure: Daily duration of significant use of hand force – mean value.

Measure of exposure: The ratings of the hand-exposure were assessed by five experienced occupational physicians. They rated the daily duration of significant use of hand force in 33 job titles with representative goniometric measurements. This was rated in five categories and noted on rating cards for each job title scored 1-5. Each card included a short description of the work tasks performed during the measurements.

  1. No or an insignificant part of the time
  2. A small part of the time
  3.  Some of the time
  4. Much of the time
  5. Most of the time

The five categories were further split into two subcategories: low and high. The latter group was then scored with an addition of 0.5 points to the main category score, resulting in 10 scores (1– 5.5 by steps of 0.5 score points).

The combined mean value of the ratings was used as the exposure value.

Coverage: 33 job titles

Job title and industry classification system: DISCO-88

Uncertainty in exposure measures: The exposures were expert assessed. The partial Spearman’s correlations and overall agreement (weighted kappa) were both above 0.80

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Referencer og kontaktinformation

Contact information: Jonathan Aavang Petersen, Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2200 Copenhagen NV, Denmark. Mail: jonathan.aavang.petersen@regionh.dk

References: Aavang Petersen, Jonathan; Brauer, Charlotte;Thygesen, Lau Caspar; Flachs, Esben Meulengracht; Lund, Christina Bach; Thomsen, Jane Frølund. Repetitive and forceful movements of the hand as predictors of treatment for pain in the distal upper extremities.Occup Environ Med. . 2022 Jan;79(1):55-62.  doi: 10.1136/oemed-2021-107543. Epub 2021 Aug 20.

Forskningsprojekter om fysisk belastning i DOC*X

Inden for DOC*X er der flere projekter, som forsker i sammenhængen mellem fysisk belastning og sundhed, hvor jobeksponeringsmatricen håndbelastning er en af de eksponeringer der benyttes.

Der foretages blandt andet forskning, som undersøger sammenhængen mellem behandling af smerter i den distale del af øvre ekstremiteter og  gentagende og kraftfulde bevægelser af hånden. Undersøgelsen viser, at mænd, der arbejder med stor håndbelastning, har dobbelt så høj risiko for at søge behandling. Resultaterne for gentagne bevægelser er derimod uklare. For kvinder blev der ikke fundet tegn på en øget risiko – hverken ved tung belastning eller gentagne bevægelser.

Dette er blot eksempler på den forskning, som foretages i DOC*X regi. Her kan du se mere information om andre forskningsprojekter, som benytter DOC*X data.