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Relationship between fatigue severity scale and occupational injury in Korean workers

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between fatigue and occupational injury. METHODS: This study was conducted at a university hospital in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, the fatigue severity scale (FSS) was used to evaluate workers' fatigue levels. Later, when the same...

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Autores principales: Ju, Hyeonwoo, Kim, Hwan-Cheol, Jang, Sung Wook, Won, Youna, Park, Shin-Goo, Leem, Jong-Han
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Publicado: Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8203839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754476
http://dx.doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2021.33.e15
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author Ju, Hyeonwoo
Kim, Hwan-Cheol
Jang, Sung Wook
Won, Youna
Park, Shin-Goo
Leem, Jong-Han
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Kim, Hwan-Cheol
Jang, Sung Wook
Won, Youna
Park, Shin-Goo
Leem, Jong-Han
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between fatigue and occupational injury. METHODS: This study was conducted at a university hospital in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, the fatigue severity scale (FSS) was used to evaluate workers' fatigue levels. Later, when the same workers were examined in 2015, a questionnaire survey was conducted to determine whether they had experienced absences or treatment for work-related accidents. The χ(2) test was used to analyse the relationship between demographic characteristics, fatigue levels, and occupational injuries. After controlling for confounders, a logistic regression analysis was performed to calculate the odds ratios (ORs). RESULTS: In 2014, 19,218 workers were screened during health examination and their fatigue level were evaluated using FSS questionnaires. in 2015, workers' occupational injury was evaluated. In result, men in the moderate- and high-fatigue groups, after adjusting for age, smoking and drinking habits, chronic diseases, and occupational factors such as size of company industrial classification and type of work (shift or non-shift), adjusted ORs for hospital treatment due to occupational injury were 1.76 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.39–2.24) and 2.61 (95% CI:1.68–4.06), respectively. Among men in the medium- and high-fatigue groups, the adjusted ORs for absence due to occupational injury were 2.06 (95% CI: 1.52–2.80) and 3.65 (95% CI: 2.20–6.05), respectively. No significant association was observed between fatigue and occupational injury in women. CONCLUSIONS: Male workers with high fatigue levels have a higher risk of experiencing work injuries. This study suggests that active intervention be considered to prevent injuries in workers with high scores on workplace fatigue evaluation scales.
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spelling pubmed-82038392021-06-17 Relationship between fatigue severity scale and occupational injury in Korean workers Ju, Hyeonwoo Kim, Hwan-Cheol Jang, Sung Wook Won, Youna Park, Shin-Goo Leem, Jong-Han Ann Occup Environ Med Research Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between fatigue and occupational injury. METHODS: This study was conducted at a university hospital in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, the fatigue severity scale (FSS) was used to evaluate workers' fatigue levels. Later, when the same workers were examined in 2015, a questionnaire survey was conducted to determine whether they had experienced absences or treatment for work-related accidents. The χ(2) test was used to analyse the relationship between demographic characteristics, fatigue levels, and occupational injuries. After controlling for confounders, a logistic regression analysis was performed to calculate the odds ratios (ORs). RESULTS: In 2014, 19,218 workers were screened during health examination and their fatigue level were evaluated using FSS questionnaires. in 2015, workers' occupational injury was evaluated. In result, men in the moderate- and high-fatigue groups, after adjusting for age, smoking and drinking habits, chronic diseases, and occupational factors such as size of company industrial classification and type of work (shift or non-shift), adjusted ORs for hospital treatment due to occupational injury were 1.76 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.39–2.24) and 2.61 (95% CI:1.68–4.06), respectively. Among men in the medium- and high-fatigue groups, the adjusted ORs for absence due to occupational injury were 2.06 (95% CI: 1.52–2.80) and 3.65 (95% CI: 2.20–6.05), respectively. No significant association was observed between fatigue and occupational injury in women. CONCLUSIONS: Male workers with high fatigue levels have a higher risk of experiencing work injuries. This study suggests that active intervention be considered to prevent injuries in workers with high scores on workplace fatigue evaluation scales. Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine 2021-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8203839/ /pubmed/34754476 http://dx.doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2021.33.e15 Text en Copyright © 2021 Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Park, Shin-Goo
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title_fullStr Relationship between fatigue severity scale and occupational injury in Korean workers
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title_short Relationship between fatigue severity scale and occupational injury in Korean workers
title_sort relationship between fatigue severity scale and occupational injury in korean workers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8203839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754476
http://dx.doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2021.33.e15
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