Improving fit to work assessments for rail safety workers by exploring work limitations
| Autor: | Judith K. Sluiter, J. S. Boschman, Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen, C. T. J. Hulshof |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Amsterdam Public Health, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Cancer Center Amsterdam |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
Adult Male Work Work Capacity Evaluation media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Transportation Logistic regression Work fitness Occupational safety and health Health status 03 medical and health sciences Diagnostic Self Evaluation Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine McNemar's test Risk Factors Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Occupational safety Railroads media_common Rehabilitation Occupational health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Age Factors Middle Aged 030210 environmental & occupational health Logistic Models Work (electrical) Original Article Psychology Vigilance (psychology) |
| Zdroj: | International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health International archives of occupational and environmental health, 89(5), 803-811. Springer Verlag |
| ISSN: | 1432-1246 0340-0131 |
| Popis: | Purpose We aim to provide evidence for improving fit to work assessments for rail safety workers and raised the question whether adding an assessment of work limitations is useful. Therefore, we assessed differences in the proportions of perceived work limitations and reported health complaints and whether older age or having health complaints are risk factors for having work limitations. Methods Job requirements for rail safety workers are ‘vigilance and clear judgment’, ‘good communication abilities’, ‘sufficient eye sight’ and ‘task-required physical abilities’. We invited 1000 workers to fill in a questionnaire about perceived work limitations and health problems related to their job requirements. Proportions of the two were compared by using the McNemar test. Associations were analyzed by using univariate logistic regression. Results Among 484 rail safety workers, we found statistically significant differences between the proportions of reported health complaints (2–26 %) and work limitations (10–32 %). No significant associations were found between older age and work limitations, except for workers in the age group 40–50 years regarding physical abilities. This was not found for the age group over 50 years. For each age category, workers reporting health complaints related to ‘vigilance and clear judgment’ and ‘sufficient physical abilities’ had a statistically significant increased risk for reporting work limitations as well (ORs 2.4–17.9). Conclusions Our results indicate that fit to work assessments should include both health complaints and work limitations. Our results do not substantiate the assumption that workers over 40 years of age are at increased risk for work limitations in general. |
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