Reliability of O*NET Physical Exposures Between Italian and US Databases

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• Journal Article:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  D'Errico, A. ; Gallo, F. ; Evanoff, Bradley A. ; Descatha, A. ; Dale, Ann M.
• Description:
  Background:
  
  Comparison between cross-national job-exposure matrices (JEMs) may provide indications on their reliability, particularly if created using the same items. This study evaluated concordance between two JEMs created from United States (US) and Italian O*NET data, using job codes linked through international job codes.
  
  Methods:
  
  21 physical exposures were obtained from the US and Italian O*NET databases. Italian O*NET items were direct translations of US O*NET items. 684 US and 586 Italian job codes were linked via crosswalks to 281 ISCO-08 job codes. A sensitivity study also assessed concordance on 258 jobs matched one to one across the two national job classifications. Concordance of US and Italian O*NET exposures was estimated by Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) in multilevel models adjusted and not adjusted for country.
  
  Results:
  
  ICCs showed moderate to poor agreement for all physical exposures in jobs linked through ISCO-08 codes. There was good to moderate agreement for 14 out of 21 exposures in models with one-to-one matched jobs between countries; greater agreement was found in all models adjusted for country. Exposure to whole-body vibration, time standing, and working outdoor exposed to weather showed the highest agreement.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  These results showed moderate to good agreement for most physical exposures across the two JEMs when US and Italian jobs were matched one-to-one and the analysis was adjusted for country. Job code assignments through crosswalks and differences in exposure levels between countries might greatly influence the observed cross-country agreement. Future multinational epidemiological studies should consider the quality of the cross-national job matching, and potential cross-national differences in exposure levels.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Job Description Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Reproducibility Of Results
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Concordance; Cross-national Comparison; Ergonomic Factors; Job-exposure Matrix; Work Job Exposure Matrix; JEM; Exposure Assessment; Databases; Computer Software; Occupations; Job Analysis; Ergonomics; Epidemiology;
• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 65(10):790-799
• Pubmed ID:
  35985834
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9463122
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  R01 OH011076/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR002345/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Italy
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  16 pdf pages
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065875
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:eee5ac7307b86e622fa92874156bfaec26e500c6cde13879ffc590021b708142ff1a64f8baf3f70d8cb37bcc427e2b409cac6c8f534ebb0f5ee1f0297489b200
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121202/cdc_121202_DS1.pdf
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