Only few studies have compared health of self-employed workers to that of employees.Self-employed seem to have a higher risk to catch occupational diseases than employees, with consequently a lower health level.
We conducted one of the first cross sectional study with the aim to compare health level of self-employed woodworking crafsmen to staff workers.Clinical and paraclinical data for self-employed craftsmen and employees were collected by occupational heath doctors according to a standardized protocol. Health data and professional status relationships were analysed by logistic regression with adjustement for age, sex, food exposure, and smoking. A total of 208 craftmen and 281 staff workers were included. Craftmen had more dermatologic pathologies, ear/nose/throat symptoms, musculoskeletal symptoms and hearing loss. The two populations did not differ regarding cardiovascular, neurologic, digestive symptoms or spirometric results.
This survey confirm a high morbidity rate among self-employed craftsmen, suggesting that self-employed status can be a risk factor for health.
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