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Injury, Musculoskeletal Symptoms, and Stress as a Function of Aging in Agricultural Operators in the Central United States.
- Source :
- Workplace Health & Safety; Dec2023, Vol. 71 Issue 12, p597-605, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Studies show conflicting evidence on the association of age and occupational injury in agriculture, and few studies have addressed the effect of age on work-related chronic conditions or preventive practices among farmers. Methods: We examined the probability of injury, work-related stress, musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS), and preventive practices for MSS as a function of aging using surveillance data of 7,711 farm and ranch operators in the central United States. Findings: Segmented regression analyses of men (85% of sample) indicated that the probability of all four outcomes increased up to a certain age and then decreased; the changepoints in years of age being 59.6 for injury, 55.4 for work-related stress, 59.6 for MSS, and 67.9 for MSS preventive practices. Female operators had an increasing trend for stress up to age 29.7, while they showed no changepoints across their age spectrum in the proportion of injury, MSS, and prevention techniques. Conclusion/Application to Practice: These findings emphasize the need for preventive efforts particularly among younger and middle-aged farmers and ranchers, and the need to modify work duties to match work abilities at older ages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- OCCUPATIONAL disease risk factors
OCCUPATIONAL disease prevention
JOB stress prevention
WORK-related injuries risk factors
MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases
INDUSTRIAL safety
CONFIDENCE intervals
JOB stress
PSYCHOLOGY of agricultural laborers
CROSS-sectional method
HEALTH behavior
AGING
RESEARCH funding
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
INDUSTRIAL hygiene
LOGISTIC regression analysis
STATISTICAL sampling
DATA analysis software
DISEASE risk factors
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21650799
- Volume :
- 71
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173825001
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799231186155