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Occupational Medicine Advance Access originally published online on February 22, 2007
Occupational Medicine 2007 57(3):191-193; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqm001
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Ill-health retirement of schoolteachers in the Republic of Ireland

Mary Maguire and Tom O'Connell

Civil Service Occupational Health Department, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

Background To investigate the epidemiological profile and medical causes of ill-health retirement (IHR) of teachers in the Republic of Ireland.

Methods Medical file review of teacher IHR in Irish primary and secondary schools, between 2002 and 2005 inclusive.

Results In all, 466 employees were granted IHR between 2002 and 2005.The rate of IHR was 2.7/1000 teachers per annum, with an average age at IHR of 52 years. The most common reasons for IHR were mental disorders (46%), cancer (19%), circulatory (14%) and musculoskeletal disorders (10%).

Conclusions The rate of IHR among Irish teachers is similar to that of other occupational groups, with psychiatric conditions, cancer and circulatory diseases as the principal causes.

Keywords      Early retirement; ill-health retirement; schoolteacher; teacher

Correspondence to: Tom O' Connell, Civil Service Occupational Health Department, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel: 00353 1 6045341; fax: 00353 1 6773649; e-mail: tom.o'connell{at}cmo.gov.ie


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