Description of Main Predictors for Taking Sick Leave Associated with Work-Related Eye Injuries in Spain

Sergio Martín-Prieto, Cristina Alvarez-Peregrina, Israel Thuissard-Vassallo, Carlos Catalina-Romero, Eva Calvo-Bonacho, César Villa-Collar and Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Tena
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Sergio Martín-Prieto: Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Cristina Alvarez-Peregrina: Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Israel Thuissard-Vassallo: Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Carlos Catalina-Romero: Ibermutua (Mutual Collaborator of Social Security nº 274), 28043 Madrid, Spain
Eva Calvo-Bonacho: Ibermutua (Mutual Collaborator of Social Security nº 274), 28043 Madrid, Spain
César Villa-Collar: Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Tena: Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 10, 1-10

Abstract: Recent studies in Spain have shown that males, younger workers, and people involved in manual jobs had the highest risk of suffering a work-related eye injury (WREI). This study aims to assess the predictors of sick leave associated with WREI and to compare them with risk factors of initial injury. A retrospective and descriptive study of WREI that causes sick leave of one or more days among workers from an insurance labor mutual company in Spain was conducted over a period from 2008 to 2018. The variables of the study were sex, age, occupation, and type of injury. A total of 9352 (18.6% of 50,265 WREI) cases and 113,395 total days of sick leave were observed, with an estimated EUR 4,994,009.59 of associated labor cost. The main predictors of sick leave related to WREI were found to be female (highest incidence; 25.9 (95% CI (24.8–27.1))), >55 years of age (highest incidence; 20.5 (95% CI (19.3–21.7))), not working in the industry (lowest incidence; 13.8 (95% CI (13.3–14.2))), and not suffering “other disorders of conjunctiva” (lowest incidence; 5.7 (95% CI (4.7–6.8))). The consequences associated with WREI are worse for female and older workers, despite the main risk of suffering WREI being observed in males and younger workers.

Keywords: work-related eye injuries; sick leave; occupational injuries; injury epidemiology; ocular injuries; labor absence costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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