Prevalence of, and Factors Related, related to Taking Sick Leave due to Work-Related Injuries Among the Workers those Seeking Care at a Government Hospital in Samut Prakan Province
Keywords:
prevalence, number of days off, work-related injury, workerAbstract
Workers working in industrial factories are at risk of accidents resulting in work-related injuries that require them to take a leave of absence. This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of, and factors related to, taking sick leave due to work-related injury among workers seeking care at a government hospital in Samut Prakan province, Thailand. The participants were purposively selected from 1,098 work-related injury cases treated in the emergency room of a government hospital in Samut Prakan province. Personal and occupational information was obtained from the hospital’s electronic medical records (EMR) then the information was harvested by a data recorder that have content validity index of 1.0 from three experts. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regressions. Results showed that the prevalence work-related injuries that required three or more days of sick leave was 25.4%. The factors related to having to take sick leave due to a work-related injury were: male gender (aOR = 1.78, 95%CI[1.27-2.62]), age less than or equal to 30 years old (aOR = 1.30, 95%CI[1.01-1.61]), being a foreign worker (aOR = 1.53, 95%CI[1.15-1.93]), working during the afternoon shift time (4:01 p.m.–12:00 a.m.; aOR = 1.32, 95%CI[1.00-1.75]), and working in the agriculture and livestock industries (aOR = 1.88, 95%CI[1.03-3.75]). Therefore, these factors should be taken into consideration when performing occupational safety risk assessments and should be used to help develop more effective workplace safety measures in the future.
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