Physical activity levels at work and outside of work among commercial construction workers

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• Personal Author:
  Arias OE ; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Okechukwu CA ; Umukoro PE ; Arias OE ; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Okechukwu CA ; Umukoro PE
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Characterize the number of minutes of moderate and vigorous physical activities at work and outside of work during seven consecutive days, in a sample of 55 commercial construction workers. METHODS: Workers wore accelerometers during work and outside-of-work hours for seven consecutive days and completed brief survey at the seventh day of data collection. RESULTS: From the directly measured physical activity, the average number per participant of moderate minutes of occupational physical activity and physical activity outside of work obtained in short bouts were 243 minutes (65%) and 130 minutes (35%), respectively. Directly measured minutes of vigorous occupational physical activity were significant and positively correlated with self-reported fatigue. CONCLUSIONS: Among commercial construction workers, physical activity from work contributes significantly, approximately two thirds, toward a worker's total amount of weekly minutes of moderate physical activity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Fatigue Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-workers Physical-exercise Physical-fitness Physiological-effects Physiological-function Physiology Statistical-analysis Total-Worker-Health
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  73-78
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045503
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Jan; 57(1):73-78
• Contact Point Address:
  Jack T. Dennerlein, PhD, Northeastern University, Robinson Hall 301, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
• Email:
  j.dennerlein@northeastern.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Construction
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:393c409e3763b0be8d9e4c7b5a2b26b353010059847a7be3d2b46940372d3edb965bea772e1ecc8d459b74f034ed14d2f10a29daa9e4f26430e5fc428e21fba5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200901/cdc_200901_DS1.pdf
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