The hypothesis that healthcare-seeking behaviours of foreign migrant workers in Thailand differ among different occupational groups was supported.
There were no statistically significance differences between the different occupational groups' ability to characterise basic cough quality (wheeze p = 0.54 and mucus p = 0.38) or to assign a diagnosis (p = 0.36).
The 5-year risk differences were higher in the group aged ≥50 than for all ages, but the risk differences were relatively similar in the different occupational groups.
The differences in probabilities for types of tobacco use in different occupational groups underscore the need to understand how these employment relations are driving tobacco use in India.
Two studies exist that seem to point to differences in the risk for DP due to MSD between different occupational groups [ 4, 15].
We hypothesized that there would be significant differences in the magnitude and direction of the associations of different occupational groups defined by sector and psychosocial working conditions, with future DP due to MSD.
The internal disputes within the field of dentistry occur between different occupational groups, especially because the jurisdiction is generally shared with subordinate occupations.
Further research is needed in this area to determine how different occupational groups with specific types of traumatic exposure might respond differently to work-tailored treatments.
The effect of job strain on total mortality in different occupational groups is not well known, which warrants further investigations into these differences.
Hospital-based health promotion programs could take the differences of occupational groups into consideration to tailor programs to the needs of different occupational groups.
Hospital-based health promotion programs could take differences in occupational groups into consideration to tailor programs to the needs of different occupational groups.
