Compensation for Work-Related Cerebrocardiovascular Diseasesopen access
- Authors
- Won, Jong-Uk; Kim, Inah
- Issue Date
- Jun-2014
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Cardiovascular diseases; Korea; Myocardial infarction; Overwork; Stroke; Workers' compensation
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.29, pp.12 - 17
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 29
- Start Page
- 12
- End Page
- 17
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/159686
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.S.S12
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to discuss the history of, and concerns regarding, the newly amended criteria of occupational cerebrovascular or cardiovascular diseases (CCVDs). Since the early 1990s, CCVDs have been the second most common occupational disease, despite fluctuations in their criteria. The first issue was the deletion of cerebral hemorrhage on duty as a recognized occupational disease in 2008. The second issue was the obscurity regarding definitions of an acute stressful event (within 24 hr before disease occurrence), short-term overwork (within 1 week), and chronic overwork (for 3 or more months). In this amendment, chronic overwork was defined as work exceeding 60 hr per week. If the average number of weekly working hours does not exceed 60 hr, night work, physical or psychological workload, or other risk factors should be considered for the recognition of occupational CCVDs. However, these newly amended criteria still have a few limitations, considering that there is research evidence for the occurrence of disease in those working fewer than 60 hr per week, and other risk factors, particularly night work, are underestimated in these criteria. Thus, we suggest that these concerns be actively considered during future amendment and approval processes.
- Files in This Item
-
- Appears in
Collections - 서울 의과대학 > 서울 직업환경의학교실 > 1. Journal Articles
![qrcode](https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?size=55x55&data=https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/159686)
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.