Socioeconomic consequences of occupational asthma
| Country of study | ||||||
| UK | British Columbia, Canada | Quebec, Canada | UK | France | Belgium | |
| 1st author [ref. no] | Gannon 80 | Marabini 81 | Dewitte 82 | Cannon 83 | Ameille 84 | Larbanois 87 |
| Population | 112/140 | 128/181 | 134/211 | 87/113 | 209/257 | 86/95 |
| Duration of follow-up yr | median: 1.4 | mean: 4.8/5.6 | range: 2–5 | 5 | mean: 3.1 | median: 3.3 |
| Not working | 35 | 41 | 25 | 39 | 34 | 38 |
| Unemployment | 20 | 38 | 8 | NA | 25 | 26 |
| Early retirement | 15 | 4 | 16 | NA | 3 | 2 |
| Chronic sick leave | 5 | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 10 |
| Currently working | 65 | 58 | 75 | 61 | 66 | 62 |
| Other job, same employer | 21 | NA | 31 | 21 | 18 | 15 |
| New employer | 14 | NA | 36 | NA | 16 | 26 |
| Retraining for another job | NA | NA | 8 | NA | NA | 0 |
| Persistence of exposure | 30 | 38 | 0 | NA | 32 | 33 |
| Loss of income | ||||||
| Exposed: | 44# | NA | NA | 55 | 46 | 42# |
| Unexposed: | 74 | NA | NA | 78 | ||
| Compensation | 24 | 70 | 100 | 28 | 49 | 87 |
| Loss of income offset by compensation¶ | NA | NA | NA | NA | 44 | 22 |
| Job retraining program | NA | NA | 22 | NA | NA | 5 |
Data are expressed as per cent of the total number of subjects included in the study unless otherwise stated
#: per cent of subjects included in each exposure category
¶: expressed as per cent of subjects who were compensated
NA: data not available