| 1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION |
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Cohort name
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Heavy work in construction and healthcare
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Country
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Please provide any other information on the cohort location/s if needed
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Large Oslo area
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Name
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Kaj Bo Veiersted
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Institution
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National Institute of Occupational Health
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Email
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bo.veiersted@stami.no
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Phone
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+4723195100
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Name of committee
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Regional Ethical Committee South East
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Upload files
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Contact Principal Investigator (name)
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Kaj Bo Veiersted
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Is this cohort part of a consortium? (name consortium)
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No
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Participation in pooled analyses
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- The cohort is potentially interested in participating in pooled analyses of (European) occupational cohort studies (note pooled analyses also includes remote decentralized analyses that would not require any transfer of primary data as well as meta-analyses).
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Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
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Tha aim was to carry out a prospective study on the effects of physically demanding exposures on MSD, work ability and sickness absence among construction and healthcare workers, assessing exposure by questionnaires and objective field measurements of muscle activity, postures, physical activity and whole body load (ground re- action force). We will also collect data on psychosocial and organizational factors at work, as well as individual characteristics in order to understand their relationships with physical exposures.
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Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
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Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Industry / occupation-based
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Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Internal study population
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Inclusion criteria
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Employees in construction sector and of women in the health care sector. Subjects was only included in the study, if they have adequate skills in reading and writing Norwegian. Further, individuals will not be included in the technical measurements if they have known allergic reaction to plaster/tape/bandages or are pregnant.
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Exclusion criteria
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Individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, have reduced general condition, suffer from considerable musculoskeletal pain on the test day, or are diagnosed with back or shoulder disorders contradicting physical capacity testing could not be subjected to tests they cannot perform and excluded from the technical measurements.
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Enrollment
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Completed
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Age range at entry (main cohort)
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| Minimum |
Maximum |
Mean |
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76 |
43 |
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Age range at entry (subcohort)
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| Minimum |
Maximum |
Mean |
Please describe |
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76 |
42 |
Male |
| 21 |
67 |
44 |
Female |
| 17 |
76 |
42 |
Construction |
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74 |
44 |
Healthcare |
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Men at enrollment
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337
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Women at enrollment
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253
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Children (<18 years) at enrollment
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0
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Men at last follow-up
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156
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Women at last follow-up
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127
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Children (<18 years) at last follow-up
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0
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Participation rate at enrollment (if known)
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51
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| 2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP |
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Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Disease incidence records
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Disease incidence records (specify)
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- Self-reported musculoskeletal complaints. Future plans: work ability and sick leave
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First follow-up period (provide year)
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2014
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Last follow-up period (provide year)
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2017
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Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
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4
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Participation at last follow-up (if known)
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48
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Comments
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Participitation rate with regards to invited (1184 subjects) was 24%
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| 3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES |
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Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
- Other (specify)
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Specify: Other
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Technical measurements: accelerometers (actigraph), electromyography Mobi8), force insoles (Medilogic)
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Occupational history/time frame
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Follow-up period
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Occupational coding performed
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Yes
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Types of exposure measurements
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- Personal external sampling
- Workplace sampling
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Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Measurements (external sampling, biomarkers)
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Main categories
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- Ergonomics, physical workload, and injury related
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Ergonomics, physical workload, and injury related
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- Awkward work postures (e.g. kneeling/squatting, elevated arms, neck flection, back bent forward without support)
- Physical work load (e.g. heavy lifting of people or objects, pushing/pulling)
- Repetitive work movements
- Sedentary work
- Standing work
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| 4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED |
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Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Medical records
- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
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Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
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- M Disorders of muscles, bones, synovialis, bursa, cartilage
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M Disorders of muscles, bones, synovialis, bursa, cartilage
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- Chronic crepitant synovitis of hand and wrist
- Impingement syndrome of shoulder
- Lateral epicondylitis
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Other health related outcomes
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| 6. Other Information |
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- Anthropometry
- Education
- Medical history
- Physical exercise
- Smoking
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Possibility for linkage to data registries/data enrichment via data linkage
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Specify: Other
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Sick leave
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