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KMID : 0371019990320020130
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
1999 Volume.32 No. 2 p.130 ~ p.140
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Characteristics of Occupational Skin Disease Reported by Surveillance System
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Ahn Yeon-Soon
Kim Hyung-Ok
Lee Jun-Young
Cheong Ho-Keun
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was carried out to estimate the magnitude of skin disease related to occupation and to find out the characteristics of it.
Methods: We collected and analyzed the cases of occupational skin disease reported by surveillance system composed of doctors and nurses in 150 enterprises with dispensary or attached hospital and physicians in 92 specific health examination institutes and 150 dematologists from May to November, 1998.
Results: Among members of surveillance system, 66 enterprises and 47 specific health examination institutes and 55 dematologists reported 571 cases of occupational skin disease in 512 workers. Excepting 81 cases reported by dematologists. We analyzed 490 cases reported by enterprises and specific health examination institutes. Among 490 cases, contact dermatitis was most common(368 cases, 75.1%) and the second was hyper or hypopigmentation(36 cases, 7.3%). When we analyzed the characteristics of workers with occupational contact dermatitis, male workers were 281(79.2%) and female were 74(20.8%). 165 workers(64.5%) had chronic skin disease with repeated cure and relapse. 245 workers(72.5%) answered positively that their coworkers had similar skin disease. 27 workers(8.7%) experienced absence due to contact dermatitis related to occupation. To analyze the type of industries of workers with occupational contact dermatitis, automobile and trailer manufacturing industry was most common(105 case, 29.6%) and the second was manufacturing industry for image, second and communication equipments(55 cases, 15.5%). Organic solvent(183 cases, 46.7%) was the most common treating material of workers with contact dermatitis and the second was various kinds of chemicals(59 cases, 15.1%).
conclusions: This is the first study using nationwide surveillance system to collect data of occupational skin disease. We found that many workers had skin disease related to occupation and characteristics of occupational skin disease were chronic and clustering. Therefore, we had to establish counterplan to manage occupational skin disease and to operate surveillance system to identify trends of occupational skin disease, continuously.
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KEYWORD
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Surveillance system, Occupational skin disease, Contact dermatitis
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