TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Evaluation and simplification of the occupational slip, trip and fall risk-assessment-test JO - Industrial health A1 - Nakamura, Takehiro A1 - Oyama, Ichiro A1 - Fujino, Yoshihisa A1 - Kubo, Tatsuhiko A1 - Kadowaki, Koji A1 - Kunimoto, Masamizu A1 - Odoi, Haruka A1 - Tabata, Hidetoshi A1 - Matsuda, Shinya SP - 354 EP - 360 VL - 54 IS - 4 N2 - The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the efficacy of the occupational slip, trip and fall (STF) risk assessment-test developed by the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA). We further intended to simplify the test to improve efficiency. A previous cohort study was performed using 540 employees aged ≥50 years who took the JISHA's STF risk assessment-test. We conducted multivariate analysis using these previous results as baseline values and answers to questionnaire items or score on physical fitness tests as variables. The screening efficiency of each model was evaluated based on the obtained receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The area under the ROC obtained in multivariate analysis was 0.79 when using all items. Six of the 25 questionnaire items were selected for stepwise analysis, giving an area under the ROC curve of 0.77. Based on the results of follow-up performed one year after the initial examination, we successfully determined the usefulness of the STF risk assessment-test. Administering a questionnaire alone is sufficient for screening subjects at risk of STF during the subsequent one-year period.

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LA - en SN - 0019-8366 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2015-0125 ID - ref1 ER -