Epidemiology of occupational orthopedic injuries in a hospital of Manizales

Abstract

Background: In Colombia, both accidents and occupational diseases are increasing, with a greater prevalence of the musculoskeletal system. However, to date there are no epidemiological studies that identify the pathologies and their prevalence, which makes it impossible to create prevention and intervention programs aimed at reducing the incidence of various pathologies. This work is intended to contribute to achieving this objective.
Methods: We obtained the records of people with occupational pathology who were admitted to the orthopedics service in a hospital in Manizales during the last 5 years; The selected diagnoses classified by ICD10 code will be used and divided according to gender and age group to estimate the prevalence of these pathologies according to the variables.
Results: They obtained a total of 3724 diagnoses, the minimum age was 15 years and the maximum age of 69 years, of these diagnoses 79% corresponded to men, and 21% to women, the pathologies that were considered most frequently were fractures (28.09%), sequelae (20.09%) and sprains and sprains (16.19%). Of each of them the most frequent lesion was the fracture of the lower epiphysis of the radius (11.47%), the sequelae of lower limb fractures (40.11%) and sprains and ankle sprains (22.46%) respectively.
Discussion: Epidemiological studies are needed to focus prevention campaigns and timely intervention of the most prevalent pathologies, this research is also expected to serve as a basis for future studies to compare results.
Evidence Level: II