泰国老年成人农场工人的工作能力
Teepapipat Lertvarayu1, Sara Arphorn1, Chaiyanun Tangtong1
1Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Journal of agricultural safety and health
|April 29, 2025
概括
泰国的老年农场工人有适度的工作能力 (WA),受运动和睡眠的影响. 改善这些因素可以提高他们的工作能力,预防伤害,减少提前退休.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 农业科学 农业科学
背景情况:
- 农场工作涉及体力苛刻的任务,具有固有的人体工程学和受伤风险.
- 老龄化会降低农场工人的精神运动能力和肌肉质量,增加受伤的易感性和降低工作能力.
- 工作能力 (WA) 对于保持生产力和预防农业人口老龄化中的过早退休至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估泰国老年农场工人的工作能力 (WA).
- 为了确定影响WA在这个人口中的人口,健康和行为因素.
- 提供基于证据的建议,以改善WA和减轻老年农场工人的风险.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及泰国170名老年成人农场工人的横截面研究.
- 使用了两部分自我评估问卷,包括工作能力指数 (WAI).
- 采用单变量和多变量相关性分析来识别与WAI分数相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 平均工作能力指数 (WAI) 得分为36.0,表明工作能力水平中等.
- 工作能力与运动行为 (OR=3.12) 和睡眠时间 (OR=2.44) 有意义地相关.
- 定期服用药物,运动,睡眠时间,健康状况,疼痛,身高和收入等因素与WAI相关.
结论:
- 泰国的老年农场工人通常表现出适度的工作能力,不论性别.
- 提高运动行为和睡眠时间是改善WA的关键干预措施.
- 专注于改善WA的干预措施可以促进健康,预防伤害,减少提前退休和与工作有关的残疾的可能性.
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