Impact of COVID on the medical activity of occupational health departments.
<h4>Background</h4>To determine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the number of occupational health consultations and to highlight influencing factors.<h4>Method</h4>Retrospective observational study of consultations from an inter-company occupational health service. Dat...
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| author | Luther Dogbla Amine Ben Jaber Julien S Baker Gil Boudet Ilhem Karoui Ahmed Hajji Asma Korbi Ukadike Chris Ugbolue François-Xavier Lesage Marek Zak Aurélien Mulliez Frédéric Dutheil |
| author_facet | Luther Dogbla Amine Ben Jaber Julien S Baker Gil Boudet Ilhem Karoui Ahmed Hajji Asma Korbi Ukadike Chris Ugbolue François-Xavier Lesage Marek Zak Aurélien Mulliez Frédéric Dutheil |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>To determine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the number of occupational health consultations and to highlight influencing factors.<h4>Method</h4>Retrospective observational study of consultations from an inter-company occupational health service. Data were retrieved during three consecutive years: 2019 (baseline), and 2020-2021. For comparisons purposes, we used the number of occupational health consultations per day and per full-time equivalent occupational healthcare worker (n consultations/d/FTE). Multivariate analysis was performed using logistic regression, for each lockdown vs the same period one year before.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 103,351 consultations were included. The number of consultations decreased by 14.3% in 2020 compared to 2019 but increased by 33.7% in 2021 compared to 2020. There were 4.9 consultations/d/FTE, 4.69 to 5.12 in 2019; 4.07, 3.81 to 4.34 in 2020; and 5.35, 5.16 to 5.55 in 2021. The first lockdown had a massive impact on the number of consultations, whereas the activity returned to normal from August 2020 with an increase in 2021. Age was associated with a decrease in the propension of consulting for the three lockdown periods (p < 0.001). The proportion of consultations for return-to-work was multiplied by 2.44 (2.02 to 2.95, p < 0.001) during the first lockdown, associated with a reduced risk of being declared unfit to work (OR = 0.48, 95 CI 0.27 to 0.84, p = 0.010).<h4>Conclusion</h4>The Covid-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the medical activity of occupational health departments, with a massive decrease in 2020 followed by an increase in 2021 compared to 2019. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-46725486052f46bb8f5f581ccce381a32025-08-20T03:22:15ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01205e032301810.1371/journal.pone.0323018Impact of COVID on the medical activity of occupational health departments.Luther DogblaAmine Ben JaberJulien S BakerGil BoudetIlhem KarouiAhmed HajjiAsma KorbiUkadike Chris UgbolueFrançois-Xavier LesageMarek ZakAurélien MulliezFrédéric Dutheil<h4>Background</h4>To determine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the number of occupational health consultations and to highlight influencing factors.<h4>Method</h4>Retrospective observational study of consultations from an inter-company occupational health service. Data were retrieved during three consecutive years: 2019 (baseline), and 2020-2021. For comparisons purposes, we used the number of occupational health consultations per day and per full-time equivalent occupational healthcare worker (n consultations/d/FTE). Multivariate analysis was performed using logistic regression, for each lockdown vs the same period one year before.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 103,351 consultations were included. The number of consultations decreased by 14.3% in 2020 compared to 2019 but increased by 33.7% in 2021 compared to 2020. There were 4.9 consultations/d/FTE, 4.69 to 5.12 in 2019; 4.07, 3.81 to 4.34 in 2020; and 5.35, 5.16 to 5.55 in 2021. The first lockdown had a massive impact on the number of consultations, whereas the activity returned to normal from August 2020 with an increase in 2021. Age was associated with a decrease in the propension of consulting for the three lockdown periods (p < 0.001). The proportion of consultations for return-to-work was multiplied by 2.44 (2.02 to 2.95, p < 0.001) during the first lockdown, associated with a reduced risk of being declared unfit to work (OR = 0.48, 95 CI 0.27 to 0.84, p = 0.010).<h4>Conclusion</h4>The Covid-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the medical activity of occupational health departments, with a massive decrease in 2020 followed by an increase in 2021 compared to 2019.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323018 |
| spellingShingle | Luther Dogbla Amine Ben Jaber Julien S Baker Gil Boudet Ilhem Karoui Ahmed Hajji Asma Korbi Ukadike Chris Ugbolue François-Xavier Lesage Marek Zak Aurélien Mulliez Frédéric Dutheil Impact of COVID on the medical activity of occupational health departments. PLoS ONE |
| title | Impact of COVID on the medical activity of occupational health departments. |
| title_full | Impact of COVID on the medical activity of occupational health departments. |
| title_fullStr | Impact of COVID on the medical activity of occupational health departments. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID on the medical activity of occupational health departments. |
| title_short | Impact of COVID on the medical activity of occupational health departments. |
| title_sort | impact of covid on the medical activity of occupational health departments |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323018 |
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