Chronic diseases and functional limitations among older construction workers in the United States: a 10-year follow-up study

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• Personal Author:
  Daw C ; Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Ringen K ; Wang X
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: To examine the health status of older construction workers in the United States, and how occupation and the aging process affect health in workers' later years. METHODS: We analyzed six waves (1998 to 2008) of the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal survey of US residents age 50 plus. The study sample totaled 7200 male workers (510 in construction trades) in the baseline. Multiple logistic regression and paired "t" tests were conducted to compare health outcomes across occupations and within individuals over time. RESULTS: Compared with white-collar workers, construction workers had increased odds of arthritis, back problems, chronic lung disease, functional limitations, work disability, and work-related injuries after controlling for possible confounders. CONCLUSIONS: Safety and health interventions, as well as retirement and pension policy, should meet the needs of older construction workers, who face increasingly chronic health conditions over time. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Construction Industry Hazardous Substances Lung Diseases Men Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Back-injuries Construction Construction-workers Disabled-workers Diseases Employee-health Health-hazards Long-term-study Lung-disorders Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Physical-capacity Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  372-380
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039845
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Apr; 53(4):372-380
• Contact Point Address:
  Xiuwen Sue Dong, DrPH, CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Ave, Ste 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  SDong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:680340c76a12493a900c281cb45e04c6c088dc6b21f94ca2d2b886b88249736f604d8bc6742dc10dbc0471f0c5576585c47e77cd0576c12f15c2ada06e15838c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192915/cdc_192915_DS1.pdf
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