European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Methodologies to identify work-related diseases: Review of sentinel and alert approaches
European Risk Observatory Literature Review
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
Executive summary
1 Introduction
1.1 The burden of work-related diseases
1.2 Definitions and typology of new work-related diseases
1.3 Monitoring new work-related diseases
1.4 Objective and research questions
2 Methodology
2.1 Review of scientific literature
2.2 Grey literature review
2.3 Selection of studies
2.4 Data extraction and management
2.5 Clarification of concepts
3 Results
3.1 Identification and basic typology of systems
3.2 Availability of data and selection of systems
3.3 Validation and collection of missing information
4 Compensation-based national systems
4.1 Main characteristics
4.2 Report mechanism and data collection
4.3 Evaluation of work-relatedness and use of data
5 Non-compensation-related systems for data collection and statistics
5.1 Main characteristics
5.2 Reporting mechanism and data collection
5.3 Evaluation of work-relatedness and use of data
6 Sentinel systems
6.2 Reporting mechanism and data collection
6.3 Evaluation of work-relatedness and use of data
7 Public health surveillance aimed at workers and non-workers
7.1 Main characteristics
7.2 Reporting mechanism and data collection
7.3 Evaluation of work-relatedness and use of data
8 Conclusions and recommendations
8.1 Integrating different approaches to detect new/emerging WRDs
8.2 Comprehensive data collection and coverage
8.3 Linking data on exposure and health effects monitoring
8.4 Exchange of information and better link with prevention
8.5 Role of the present review in the overall project
9 Appendix A - Search protocol
10 Appendix B - Long list of identified surveillance systems
11 Appendix C - Table of system codes
12 References
13 List of abbreviations
List of figures and tables
Table 1: Algorithm for classification of surveillance systems
Table 2: Categories and examples of new work-related diseases
Table 3: Algorithm for classification of systems
Table 4: Typology of all identified 75 systems (see Table 5 for list of systems belonging to each code)
Table 5: List of systems belonging to code categories defined in Table 4
Table 6: List of 25 systems excluded from the report
Table 7: Typology of 50 systems described in report
Table 8: Main characteristics of nine selected compensation-based systems
Table 9: Reporting and data collection in nine selected compensation-based systems
Table 10: Evaluation of work relatedness and use of data in compensation-based systems
Table 11: Main characteristics of non-compensation-related systems primarily designed for data collection and statistics
Table 12: Reporting and data collection in non-compensation-related systems primarily designed for data collection and statistics
Table 13: Evaluation of work-relatedness and use of data in non-compensation-related systems primarily designed for data collection and statistics
Table 14: Main characteristics of sentinel systems
Table 15: Reporting and data collection in sentinel systems
Table 16: Evaluation of new/emerging risks and use of data in sentinel systems
Table 17: Main characteristics of public health surveillance systems
Table 18: Reporting and data collection in public health surveillance systems
Table 19: Evaluation of work-relatedness and use of data in public health surveillance systems
Figure 1: Typology of systems described in the report
Figure 2: PRISMA flow chart
Pubblicato sul sito OSHA il 22 agosto 2017
Fonte: https://osha.europa.eu/
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