@Article{PetitLeManach2011, author = "Petit Le Manac’h, Audrey and Roquelaure, Yves and Ha, Catherine and Bodin, Julie and Meyer, Geraldine and Bigot, Frederic and Veaudor, Martin and Descatha, Alexis and Goldberg, Marcel and Imbernon, Ellen", title = "Risk factors for de Quervain’s disease in a French working population", journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health", year = "2011", month = "Sep", day = "37", number = "5", pages = "394--401", keywords = "de Quervain's disease; France; personal factor; physical exposure; risk factor; work; working population", abstract = "'
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OBJECTIVE ': 'De Quervain’s disease (DQD) is a significant cause of musculoskeletal pain among workers. The aim of this study was to assess the relative importance of personal and occupational risk factors for DQD in a working population.
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METHODS ': 'A total of 3710 workers from a French region were randomly included in the cross-sectional study between 2002–2005. There were 45 subjects with DQD (of these, 5 subjects had a bilateral condition), diagnosed by 83 trained occupational physicians performing a standardized physical examination. Individual factors and work exposure were assessed by a standardized physical and a self-administered questionnaire. Statistical associations between DQD and individual and occupational factors were analyzed using logistic regression modeling in the whole sample and among women.
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RESULTS ': 'The prevalence rates of uni- or bilateral DQD for the whole, male and female working populations were 1.2% [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.9–1.6], 0.6% (95% CI 0.3–0.9) and 2.1% (95% CI 1.4–2.8), respectively. Personal risk factors for DQD were mainly age (1.1 for 1-year increase in age) and female gender [odds ratio (OR) 4.9, 95% CI 2.4–10.1]. Work-related factors were workpace dependent on (i) technical organization (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.0–4.0), (ii) repeated or sustained wrist bending in extreme posture (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.3–5.3) and (iii) repeated movements associated with the twisting or driving of screws (OR 3.4, 95% CI 1.7–7.1). No association was found with psychosocial factors.
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CONCLUSIONS ': 'Personal and work-related factors were associated with DQD in the working population; wrist bending and movements associated with the twisting or driving of screws were the most significant of the work-related factors.
", issn = "0355-3140", doi = "10.5271/sjweh.3160", url = "https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3160", url = "https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3160" }