Underreporting of Work-Related COVID-19 Cases in Norway.

IF 1.8 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-15 DOI:10.1177/10482911231191680

Yogindra Samant, Morten Støver, Ingrid Stette Haarberg, Signe Lohmann-Lafrenz, Tonje Strømholm

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Abstract

Background: This register-based study provides a profile of work-related Covid-19 cases reported by physicians to the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority (NLIA). Methods: All the reports of work-related Covid-19 cases reported by a physician to the NLIAs Registry for Work-Related Diseases (RAS) between February 2020 and February 2022 were included. Descriptive statistics and the incidence rate of reported cases were computed for age, gender, and occupation. Results: Two hundred and seventeen work-related Covid-19 cases were reported to RAS during the study period. Sixty-five percent of the cases were females (n = 141), and 35 percent (n = 76) were males. Doctors, nurses, and ambulance personnel yielded higher incidence rates than other healthcare and nonhealthcare occupations. Conclusions: This study indicates that women aged 25-39 and employed in the healthcare sector had the highest reported incidence and number of work-related Covid-19 cases. Physician underreporting of work-related Covid-19 cases is an important finding. Plausibly, underreporting is more substantial for at-risk non-healthcare occupations such as waiters, bartenders, food couriers, and taxi drivers than occupations in healthcare.

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挪威与工作有关的新冠肺炎病例报告不足。

背景：这项基于注册的研究提供了医生向挪威劳工检查局（NLIA）报告的与工作相关的新冠肺炎病例概况。方法：纳入2020年2月至2022年2月期间医生向NLIAs工作相关疾病登记处（RAS）报告的所有与工作相关的新冠肺炎病例报告。根据年龄、性别和职业计算描述性统计数据和报告病例的发病率。结果：研究期间，向RAS报告了217例与工作相关的新冠肺炎病例。65%的病例为女性（n = 141）和35%（n = 76）为男性。医生、护士和救护人员的发病率高于其他医疗保健和非医疗保健职业。结论：这项研究表明，25-39岁且受雇于医疗保健部门的女性报告的新冠肺炎发病率和与工作相关的病例数最高。医生少报与工作相关的新冠肺炎病例是一个重要发现。似乎，与医疗保健职业相比，服务员、调酒师、食品快递员和出租车司机等风险较高的非医疗保健职业的漏报更为严重。

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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3.50

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4.30%

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期刊介绍： New Solutions delivers authoritative responses to perplexing problems, with a worker’s voice, an activist’s commitment, a scientist’s approach, and a policy-maker’s experience. New Solutions explores the growing, changing common ground at the intersection of health, work, and the environment. The Journal makes plain how the issues in each area are interrelated and sets forth progressive, thoughtfully crafted public policy choices. It seeks a conversation on the issues between the grassroots labor and environmental activists and the professionals and researchers involved in charting society’s way forward with the understanding that lack of scientific knowledge is no excuse for doing nothing and that inaction is itself a choice.