Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Construction Roofers – Physical Function and Disability

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• Personal Author:
  Boden LI ; Haile E ; Hunting KL ; Welch L
• Description:
  Objectives: this study investigated the relationships between work demands, chronic medical and musculoskeletal conditions, aging, and the ability to remain on the job in a longitudinal study of 979 construction roofers between the ages of 40 and 59 years. Methods: in a phone interview at baseline and 1 year later, the participants were asked about the presence of medical conditions and musculoskeletal disorders, work limitations and work accommodations, and social and economic functioning. Results: among the workers for whom a musculoskeletal disorder was their most serious condition at baseline, 8% left roofing due to a health condition during the first year of follow-up. A comparison between those who left and those who stayed identified older age and lower physical functioning as statistically significant predictors of leaving the trade. Workers with a musculoskeletal disorder and who, in the baseline interview, reported receiving some type of job accommodation for their musculoskeletal disorder had an odds ratio of 0.24 (P=0.07) for leaving work by the time of the 1-year follow-up when compared with workers with a musculoskeletal disorder and no job accommodation. The workers with three or more work limitations were also more likely to leave roofing, but this association disappeared after adjustment for other factors. Conclusions: musculoskeletal conditions among roofers are strongly associated with work limitation, missed work, and reduced physical functioning, factors that are predictive of premature departure from the workforce. Job accommodation was provided for 31% of the roofers with a musculoskeletal disorder, and it was associated with a reduced likelihood of subsequently leaving roofing for health-related reasons. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Blood Fatigue Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Author Keywords: Job Accommodation Blood-vessels Longitudinal Study Low-back Pain Medical-monitoring Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupation Physical-stress Physiological-effects Physiological-fatigue Physiological-function Physiological-measurements Physiological-response Physiological-stress Physiological-testing Physiology Questionnaires Sociological-factors Work-analysis Work-performance Work Ability Work Limitation Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0355-3140
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  56-63
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035417
• Citation:
  Scand J Work Environ Health 2009 Jan; 35(1):56-63
• Contact Point Address:
  The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Ave, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  lwelch@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  Center to Protect Workers Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:550bbe7783da5e7c279f9a95d77dcaca4c3da4739da92a7ab875c3c798b97dd6759ea804e925c4df45e48b87c8438a22470391d01defe192c772efdc11d34425
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187280/cdc_187280_DS1.pdf
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