Occupational skin diseases: actual state analysis of patient management pathways in 28 European countries.

Mahler, V; Aalto-Korte, K; Alfonso, J H; Bakker, J G; Bauer, A; Bensefa-Colas, L; Boman, A; Bourke, J; Bubaš, M; Bulat, P; Chaloupka, J; Constandt, L; Danielsen, T E; Darlenski, R; Dugonik, A; Ettler, K; Gimenez-Arnau, A; Gonçalo, M; Johansen, J D; John, S M; ... (2017). Occupational skin diseases: actual state analysis of patient management pathways in 28 European countries. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 31(Suppl 4), pp. 12-30. Blackwell 10.1111/jdv.14316

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BACKGROUND

Work-related skin diseases (WSD) are caused or worsened by a professional activity. Occupational skin diseases (OSD) need to fulfil additional legal criteria which differ from country to country. OSD range amongst the five most frequently notified occupational diseases (musculoskeletal diseases, neurologic diseases, lung diseases, diseases of the sensory organs, skin diseases) in Europe.

OBJECTIVE

To retrieve information and compare the current state of national frameworks and pathways to manage patients with occupational skin disease with regard to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation in different European countries.

METHODS

A questionnaire-based survey of the current situation regarding OSD patient management pathways was carried out with experts on occupational dermatology and/or occupational medicine from 28 European countries contributing to the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action TD 1206 (StanDerm) (www.standerm.eu).

RESULTS

Besides a national health service or a statutory health insurance, most European member states implemented a second insurance scheme specifically geared at occupational diseases [insurance against occupational risks (synonyms: insurance against work accidents and occupational injuries; statutory social accident insurance)]. Legal standards for the assessment of occupationally triggered diseases with a genetic background differ between different countries, however, in most European member states recognition as OSD is possible. In one-third of the countries UV light-induced tumours can be recognized as OSD under specific conditions.

CONCLUSION

OSD definitions vary between European countries and are not directly comparable, which hampers comparisons between statistics collected in different countries. Awareness of this fact and further efforts for standardization are necessary.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Dermatology

UniBE Contributor:

Simon, Dagmar

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0926-9959

Publisher:

Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Studer-Gauch

Date Deposited:

05 Mar 2018 16:11

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:10

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/jdv.14316

PubMed ID:

28656731

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.110548

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/110548

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