Effect of recall period on the reporting of occupational injuries among older workers in the health and retirement study

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• Personal Author:
  Davis CS ; Heeringa SG ; Sprince NL ; Wallace RB ; Whitten PS ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  A study was conducted on the effect of recall period on occupational injury rates among older workers as well as on the rate ratios of these injuries for nine risk factors. Data obtained from the Health and Retirement Study performed by the Institute for Social Research were evaluated for risk factors including age, sex, education, income, economic class, job classification, residence, depressive symptoms, and memory. From the over 12,000 respondents, 9,089 were chosen who where aged 51 to 61, and who were employed during the preceding year. Thirteen separate annualized incidence rates of occupational injury for the 4 week periods preceding the date of the interview were calculated. A simple linear model was found to provide the best fit for the calculated injury incidence rates. The model suggested a 36% increase in the adjusted injury incidence rate if a recall period of 4 weeks was used rather than 1 year. An average increase of 37.5% was seen in adjusted injury rates compared with unadjusted rates for the subgroups of workers defined by the nine risk factors. Rate ratios, however, were much less affected by adjustment for recall period and generally varied by less than 10%. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Aged Age Factors Analytical Methods Author Keywords: Wounds And Injuries Bias (epidemiology) Demographic Characteristics Epidemiologic Methods Medical Surveys Occupation Occupational Accidents Recall Sex Factors Traumatic Injuries

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00229789
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1995 Nov; 28(5):583-590
• Contact Point Address:
  Prev Med & Environmental Hlth University of Iowa 100 Oakdale Campus, 124 Amrf Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  19970929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1f0b439aa9d1fb9cb7c7aa37b795afb7fde5779c04857e88b9dea6919792196369994f23c94b82cce41d9eef9288df45db1baf6699f3d79acc277bebdc81d7f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204535/cdc_204535_DS1.pdf
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