Cent Eur J Public Health 2020, 28(4):274-278 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6109

Association of the role of personal variables and nonoccupational risk factors for work-related carpal tunnel syndrome

Romana Ulbrichtová1, Viera Jakušová1, Oto Osina2, Jana Zibolenová1, Stanislav Kuka1, Henrieta Hudečková1
1 Department of Public Health, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia
2 Clinic of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, University Hospital in Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify personal variables and nonoccupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome and to analyse the strength of association of these factors.

Methods: We performed a case-control study with 162 cases and 300 controls. We studied consecutive patients with an electrophysiologically confirmed diagnosis of symptomatic carpal tunnel syndrome. Univariate analysis was performed in the case group and control comparing them for presence of various risk factors. Multivariate analysis was carried out through logistic regression.

Results: The mean BMI and age were greater in the case group than in the control. Multivariate analysis showed that BMI (OR = 1.05, 95% CI = 1.01-1.11) and arterial hypertension (OR = 4.63, 95% CI = 2.88-7.44) were the only factors significantly associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. The age, cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking were at the edge of significance.

Conclusions: Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common peripheral neuropathy and has been related to occupational activities in some but not all studies. Clarifying this relationship has important implications for workers' compensation systems. Based on our findings, BMI and arterial hypertension are considered to be the most significant risk factors of carpal tunnel syndrome in our study.

Keywords: carpal tunnel syndrome, risk factors, arterial hypertension, body mass index, age

Received: January 23, 2020; Revised: November 10, 2020; Accepted: November 10, 2020; Published: December 18, 2020  Show citation

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Ulbrichtová R, Jakušová V, Osina O, Zibolenová J, Kuka S, Hudečková H. Association of the role of personal variables and nonoccupational risk factors for work-related carpal tunnel syndrome. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2020;28(4):274-278. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a6109. PubMed PMID: 33338362.
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