@article{ref1,
title="Relationship between fatigue severity scale and occupational injury in Korean workers",
journal="Annals of occupational and environmental medicine",
year="2021",
author="Ju, Hyeonwoo and Kim, Hwan-Cheol and Jang, Sung Wook and Won, Youna and Park, Shin-Goo and Leem, Jong-Han",
volume="33",
number="",
pages="e15-e15",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between fatigue and occupational injury. <br><br>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). <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2052-4374",
doi="10.35371/aoem.2021.33.e15",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2021.33.e15"
}