Morbilidad laboral en el sector agrícola en trabajadores afiliados a una administradora de riesgos laborales (ARL) de Colombia, durante el periodo 2011-2012.
Thesis
This study shows the prevalence of occupational disease by a group of workers belonging to an ARL in Colombia. Compare the job morbidity between two groups of workers exposed and not exposed to agricultural work and between the group of agricultural workers grouped in the activities of cutting sugarcane, banana cultivation and flowers. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted during the period 2011-2012, by reviewing a database of occupational morbidity. An analysis was performed uni-variate and bi-variate, and was compared morbidity data with sociodemographic data, groups of agricultural and non-agricultural workers and production activities in the agricultural sector. 3129 occupational disease diagnoses were reviewed during the study period, 433 diagnoses were farmworkers and 2696 belonged to other groups of workers. Musculoskeletal disorders were the most prevalent diagnoses on farmers group 92% and Non-farmers 86%, as well in the activities of cutting sugarcane, banana cultivation and flowers. Between agricultural and non-agricultural group significant differences were found the following diagnoses: Carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff syndrome, synovitis and tenosynovitis, Unspecified Lumbago, Bilateral Sensorineural hearing loss and lateral epicondylitis; the same differences between the activities of cutting cane and banana growing and flowers in diagnoses were found: Epicondylitis, synovitis, Carpal tunnel syndrome and lumbar disorder. The most prevalent risk factor in the agricultural group was the Ergonomic with 92.8% of cases.
