Are workers who leave a job exposed to similar physical demands as workers who develop clinically meaningful declines in low-back function?
Hum Factors
; 56(1): 58-72, 2014 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-24669543
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The objective is to quantify differences in physical exposures for those who stayed on a job (survivor) versus those who left the job (turnover).BACKGROUND:
It has been suggested that high physical job demands lead to greater turnover and that turnover rates may supplement low-back disorder incidence rates in passive surveillance systems.METHOD:
A prospective study with 811 participants was conducted. The physical exposure of distribution center work was quantified using a moment monitor. A total of 68 quantitative physical exposure measures in three categories (load, position, and timing) were examined. Low-back health function was quantified using the lumbar motion monitor at baseline and 6-month follow-up.RESULTS:
There were 365 turnover employees within the 6-month follow-up period and 446 "survivors" who remained on the same job, of which 126 survivors had a clinically meaningful decline in low-back functional performance (cases) and 320 survivors did not have a meaningful decline in low-back functional performance (noncases). Of the job exposure measures, 6% were significantly different between turnover and cases compared to 69% between turnover and noncases. Turnover employees had significantly greater exposure compared to noncases.CONCLUSION:
Turnover employees had similar physical job exposures to workers who remained on the job and had a clinically meaningful decline in low-back functional performance. Thus, ergonomists and HR should be aware that high turnover jobs appear to have similar physical exposure as those jobs that put workers at risk for a decline in low-back functional performance.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Reorganización del Personal
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Dolor de la Región Lumbar
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Enfermedades Profesionales
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Factors
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article