Occupational Injuries Among Older Workers with Visual, Auditory, and Other Impairments. A Validation Study

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• Personal Author:
  Davis CS ; Sprince NL ; Whitten PS ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  This study aims to validate a previously defined model of the risk of occupational injuries among older workers with visual, auditory, or other impairments. That model was based upon the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The previous logistic regression model was recalculated using data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The parameter estimates for impaired hearing (.181 in NHIS, 1.55 in HRS), impaired vision (2.42 in NHIS, 1.48 in HRS), and self-employment (0.22 in NHIS, 0.49 in HRS) were in same direction and of roughly the same magnitude. The previously defined model was confirmed using NHIS data. The data suggest that as the workforce ages, more attention must be paid to the accommodation of disabilities in the workplace, especially sensory impairments-poor vision and hearing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Epidemiology Eye Hearing Loss Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sense Organs Vision Disorders

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Auditory-system Demographic-characteristics Eyesight Hearing-loss Injuries Job-analysis Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Vision-disorders Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  40
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024793
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 1998 Aug; 40(8):720-723
• Contact Point Address:
  Craig Zwerling, MD, PhD, MPH, University of Iowa Prevention Research Center, 100 Oakdale Campus, 124 AMRF, Iowa City, IA 52242
• Email:
  craig-zwerling@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, School of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  19970929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c7bdc00ef00b006f0ef292db1ae8326fa72e24e01ae32dca9ff344e4e4dfcb3c01fd9cde55ef3b5bbefcd3e2325249dc42b83694257d0b652a5c497456470bbb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196413/cdc_196413_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 820.54 KB ]