Workers' health surveillance for construction workers.

Job-specific workers' health surveillance for bricklayers and construction supervisors.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON25148

Enrollment

206

Registered

2011-08-05

Start date

2011-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

screening, surveillance, work functioning, work-related diseases, periodic health examination

Interventions

The job-specific WHS consists of three parts which together aim at the detection of signals of work-related health problems, reduced work capacity or reduced work functioning. The worker fills in a qu

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Workers with the occupation bricklayer or construction supervisor; 2. Male; 3. Able to read, speak and write Dutch sufficiently well; 4. No intention to leave the occupation in the future year.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: N/A

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome variable compares the number of workers who have undertaken one or more preventive actions advised by their occupational physician after attending their WHS in the past two to three months relative to the number of workers who attended their WHS.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome parameters are: 1. The proportion of officially registered preventive actions by the occupational physician (number of workers with one or more registered preventive actions relative to the number of workers that attended their WHS); 2. The proportion of workers with suggested preventive actions and advises of the occupational physician in the worker reportage (number of workers with one or more preventive actions or advises in their report relative to the number of workers that attended their WHS); 3. The number and type of preventive actions (job-specific or general health) advised by the OP; 4. The number and type of undertaken preventive actions (job-specific or general health) by the worker. Furthermore, the direct costs per worker for the funder of the preventive health examination will be determined.	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcome parameters are: 1. The proportion of officially registered preventive actions by the occupational physician (number of workers with one or more registered preventive actions relative to the number of workers that attended their WHS); 2. The proportion of workers with suggested preventive actions and advises of the occupational physician in the worker reportage (number of workers with one or more preventive actions or advises in their report relative to the number of workers that attended their WHS); 3. The number and type of preventive actions (job-specific or general health) advised by the OP; 4. The number and type of undertaken preventive actions (job-specific or general health) by the worker. Furthermore, the direct costs per worker for the funder of the preventive health examination will be determined.

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Contacts

Public ContactJ.S. Boschman

Coronel Instituut voor Arbeid en Gezondheid Academisch Medisch Centrum / UvA Postbus 22660

j.s.boschman@amc.uva.nl+31 (0)20 5665337

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)