TY - JOUR
T1 - Is Obesity Associated with Adverse Workers' Compensation Claims Outcomes? A Pilot Study
AU - Tao, Xuguang
AU - Lavin, Robert A.
AU - Yuspeh, Larry
AU - Bernacki, Edward J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2015/7/30
Y1 - 2015/7/30
N2 - Obesity is associated with an increased risk for many chronic illnesses and disability. Objective: To assess the relationship between obesity and delayed return to work and workers' compensation claim costs for both minor and significant injuries. Method: There were 1107 workers who filed a workers' compensation claim with the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation in 2011 that were followed up to the end of the first quarter of 2014. Result: Adjusting for sex, age, marital status, and attorney involvement, the odds ratio of an obese versus normal weight claimant returning to work after a severe injury was 3.58 (95% confidence interval, 1.26 to 10.14) and claim expenses $100,000 or more, 3.19 (95% confidence interval, 1.18 to 8.62). Conclusions: Obesity was associated with increased time lost from work and costs among workers' compensation claimants sustaining severe, but not minor injuries.
AB - Obesity is associated with an increased risk for many chronic illnesses and disability. Objective: To assess the relationship between obesity and delayed return to work and workers' compensation claim costs for both minor and significant injuries. Method: There were 1107 workers who filed a workers' compensation claim with the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation in 2011 that were followed up to the end of the first quarter of 2014. Result: Adjusting for sex, age, marital status, and attorney involvement, the odds ratio of an obese versus normal weight claimant returning to work after a severe injury was 3.58 (95% confidence interval, 1.26 to 10.14) and claim expenses $100,000 or more, 3.19 (95% confidence interval, 1.18 to 8.62). Conclusions: Obesity was associated with increased time lost from work and costs among workers' compensation claimants sustaining severe, but not minor injuries.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000465
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000465
M3 - Article
C2 - 26147547
AN - SCOPUS:84938281522
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 57
SP - 795
EP - 800
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 7
ER -