Health and employment after a diagnosis of occupational asthma: a descriptive study

摘要

The objectives of this study were to describe changes in asthma and employment after diagnoses of occupational asthma reported to the SWORD project. Questionnaires were sent to 312 physicians for all 1,940 cases of occupational Asthma reported form 1989-92; 1,769 (91/100) were returned but information was Available for only 1,317 (68/100). Of patients reported by occupational physicans, 45/100 had recovered from asthma compared to only 14/100 of those reported by chest physicians (excluding medicolegal cases), presumably because of differences in severity. Proportions with the same employer were 49 /100 and 48/100 respectively.