Occupational Diseases Survey

Dear Doctor,

Thank you for agreeing to participate in this survey about occupational diseases. Your responses are essential for improving surveillance of diseases contracted primarily from exposure to work-related risk factors in Trinidad and Tobago. The questionnaire can be completed in approximately five to seven (5-7) minutes and your responses will be kept confidential.

N.B. A request for the results of the survey can be sent to the office of the Chief Medical Officer.

1. How long have you been practicing medicine in Trinidad and Tobago?*

2. You practice in the:*

3. Do you require training to enable you to diagnose Occupational Diseases?*

4. Have you diagnosed Occupational Diseases within the past 12 months?*

Your selection allowed you to skip to Question 6.

5. What were the diagnoses? *

6. When attending to a patient for the first time, after undertaking the differential diagnosis, do you routinely consider occupational causes of the disorder or disease process?*

Your selection allowed you to skip to Question 8.

7. What prevents you from considering occupational causes? (Please select all that apply)*

It is not the focus of my medical practice.

I do not have adequate knowledge, training or experience in occupational medicine.

Adequate time is not available to pursue an occupational inquiry.

The cause of the disease is not my priority.

Others

8. Within the Trinidad and Tobago health care system, who do you think should be responsible for forming the opinion that a patient is suffering from an occupational disease?*

9. Which of the following do you think would better enable you to diagnose Occupational Diseases? (Please select all that apply)*

Availability of objective health-risk-assessment data for the patient.

Availability of adequate laboratory support.

Adequate time to fully investigate the patient.

Competence in occupational medicine practice.

Others

10. Are physicians in Trinidad and Tobago legally obligated to report Occupational Diseases?*

Please name the relevant legislation.

11. Is there a list of the Occupational Diseases that must be reported?*

If Yes, where can this list be found?

12. Are specific forms available at your workplace for reporting Occupational Diseases?*

13. Is there a legislative penalty for failing to report Occupational Diseases?*

Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with the statement below:

14. It is very important to collect data on work-related diseases in Trinidad and Tobago?*

Thank you for participating in this survey.

The space below is provided for any comments or suggestions that you would like to share about Occupational Disease reporting in Trinidad and Tobago.*

T&T Medical Association

Occupational Diseases Survey