Geographic and Temporal Patterns of Recognized Occupational Hernia Claims: A Nationwide Retrospective Administrative Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 4,500
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Distribution of Recognized Occupational Hernia Claims
研究概览
简要总结
This study examines recognized occupational hernia claims using existing national administrative records. The purpose is to describe how often hernia-related occupational claims occur and to evaluate their distribution according to worker characteristics, type of hernia, geographic area, and occupational factors. The study will also examine patterns of disability and work-related consequences associated with these claims.
This is a retrospective observational study. No participants will receive an intervention or be contacted for the study. All analyses are based on previously collected administrative data.
详细描述
This nationwide retrospective observational study will evaluate administrative records of recognized work-related hernia claims recorded in the National Insurance database between 2018 and 2026. The study is designed to characterize the burden and distribution of hernia-related occupational claims and to examine temporal and geographic variation in these claims.
Analyses will distinguish the number of claim records from the number of individual claimants and will evaluate patterns across administrative districts and local branches. Where available, demographic, clinical, claim-related, and disability characteristics will also be examined. Temporal analyses will assess changes in hernia-related occupational claims across calendar years and geographic analyses will identify variation in claim burden between regions.
Because the study is based on recognized occupational claims rather than direct measurement of workplace exposure, observed associations will be interpreted as patterns in occupational-claim burden and not as proof that a specific occupation or work activity caused the hernia. No intervention will be administered, and no participants will be contacted. All analyses will use previously collected administrative data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Recognized occupational hernia claim recorded in the national administrative database during the study period.
- •Hernia diagnosis documented as part of the occupational claim.
- •Claim recognized within the occupational-injury/occupational-disease ---compensation system.
- •Availability of sufficient administrative data for inclusion in the planned analyses.
排除标准
- •Hernia records not recognized as work-related occupational claims.
- •Claims outside the predefined study period.
- •Records without sufficient diagnostic information to confirm or classify the hernia.
- •Exact duplicate administrative records.
研究组 & 干预措施
occupational hernias
Individuals with recognized occupational hernia claims recorded in the national administrative database during the study period. The cohort includes claimants with work-related hernia diagnoses and associated demographic, geographic, claim-related, and disability information, where available. This is a retrospective observational cohort; no intervention or treatment is administered as part of the study.
结局指标
主要结局
Distribution of Recognized Occupational Hernia Claims
时间窗: Baseline (at recognition of the occupational hernia claim)
Number and proportion of recognized occupational hernia claims identified in the national administrative database, overall and according to hernia type and available claim characteristics.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Sergio Gabriel Susmallian
Medicine doctor
Assuta Medical Center