Citation

Belevska M, Jovanović J, Dastevska EG, Velkovski Z. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-10.

Affiliation

Spec.department of medical biochemistry , Clinical Hospital Bitola , R.Macedonia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10803548.2019.1613811

PMID

31038396

Abstract

PURPOSE: This investigation was aimed at clarifying the importance of the individual predictors and psychosocial working conditions in estimating the Work Ability Index (WAI) of people with impaired vision.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study utilized a quantitative cross-sectional design involving 450 respondents who had low vision with visual acuity in the range of 0.05-0.3 and 150 respondents with visual acuity in the range of 0.5-0.3 as a control group. The investigation was conducted using the standardized instruments Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) and WAI.

RESULTS: The average WAI score of the respondents with low vision was 30.1 ± 4.1 and that of the control group was 34.7 ± 3.4.

RESULTS indicated a positive COPSOQ/WAI correlation in the following domains: work importance, career prospects, rewards/feedback, role and the definition, quality of management, social support, job satisfaction, and health condition. Negative correlations were indicated in the following domains: quantitative, cognitive, and emotional demands; exhaustion; and stress.

CONCLUSIONS: The WAI of people with low vision is both positively and negatively impacted via different intensities associated with complex correlations, including gender; age; profession; stress propensity; quantitative, qualitative, and emotional demands of work; specificity of work, professional education; and the presence of stressors.

Language: en

Keywords

Work Ability Index; individual predictors; people with low vision; psychosocial conditions