Adjusting work conditions to meet the declined health and functional capacity of older construction workers in Hong Kong

Peng, Lu; Chan, Alan H. S.

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104711

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“…Like previous studies [40,41], this study found that older workers had more occupational health problems than younger workers. Of the elderly construction workers, 40.3% experienced overall fatigue, 56.6% felt musculoskeletal pain in one or more areas, and 41.9% had depression symptoms.…”

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Older Male Construction Workers and Sustainability: Work-Related Risk Factors and Health Problems

Park

Jeong

2021

Sustainability

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This study aims to analyze the characteristics of working conditions, exposure to risk factors, and health-related problems of older male construction workers. In this study, 1519 male construction workers were the subjects of study, and the working conditions, exposure to occupational risk factors, and physical health-related problems were compared among workers under 50 years, in their 50s, and 60 or over. Older male construction workers have lower educational backgrounds and lower average salaries. The degree of exposure to risk factors was higher in workers aged 60 or over than other age groups, such as high temperature, awkward posture, manual material handling, standing posture, repetitive motion, fumes/dust, vapor, skin contact, and tobacco smoke. In addition, the complaint rate of hearing problems, overall fatigue, backache, upper limb pain, or lower limb pain was higher in older workers. In particular, the complaint rate of musculoskeletal pain was 56.6%, overall fatigue was 40.3%, and the rate of depression symptoms was 41.9%. This study shows a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, overall fatigue, and depression symptoms of male elderly construction workers, suggesting that comprehensive support is needed to improve not only the working conditions of workers but also psychological health problems.

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Older Male Construction Workers and Sustainability: Work-Related Risk Factors and Health Problems

Park

Jeong

2021

Sustainability

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“…on safety climate and safety citizenship behavior; 2 the personal characteristic influencing the effectiveness of training on risk perception and recognition; and 3 the design of safety caring and management for particular types of workers (elderly, females, etc.) [32,[45][46][47][48]. As shown in keywords co-occurrence network, BIM and VR can be applied as the auxiliary tools of safety management thus achieving visualization [42][43][44].…”

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“…For instance, visual simulation and proximity warning system were recognized as effective tools for safety training and management [42][43][44]. Moreover, research on safety management inclined to combine with the characteristics of vulnerable groups, such as minority, elderly, and females (gender issue) [45][46][47][48]. Although cluster 6 involved only four keywords (safety behavior, safety awareness, social identity, and social influence), its extensive correlation with clusters 3, 4, and 1 revealed its significance (i.e., connected with safety perception in cluster 3, safety management in cluster 4, and safety climate in cluster 1).…”

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Current States and Future Trends in Safety Research of Construction Personnel: A Quantitative Analysis Based on Social Network Approach

Meng

Chan

2021

IJERPH

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The construction industry is recognized as a high-risk industry given that safety accidents and personnel injuries frequently occur. This study provided a systematic and quantitative review of existing research achievements by conducting social network approach to identify current states and future trends for the occupational safety of construction personnel. A total of 250 peer-reviewed articles were collected to examine the research on safety issues of workers in construction industry. Social network approach was applied to analyze the interrelationship among authors, keywords, and citations of these articles using VOS viewer and CitNetExplorer. A knowledge structure map was drawn using main path analysis (MPA) towards the collected papers, which was implemented by Pajek. In line with the findings of social network analysis, five research groups, and six keyword themes were identified in accordance with the times of cooperation of researchers and correlation among keywords of the papers. Core papers were identified by using main path analysis for each research domain to represent the key process and backbone for the corresponding area. Based on the finding of the research, significant implications and insights in terms of current research status and further research trends were provided for the scholars, thus helping generate a targeted development plan for occupational safety in construction industry.

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“…Work value perception generally refers to workers' perception of the value category, such as economic value, emotional value, social value, respect value, ability value, and interest value, and these above values in regard to the work that they are engaged in [8][9][10]. Workers' health has recently become an important topic in the field of labor economics [11][12][13][14][15]. Workers' health is not only related to labor productivity and economic development [16][17][18], but also is a crucial aspect of labor welfare [19][20][21][22][23].…”

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Impact of Work Value Perception on Workers’ Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

Yang

Yao

2021

Healthcare

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Research on the effect of work value perception on workers’ health, especially in emerging economies, is scarce. This study, therefore, explored how work value perception affects the physical and mental health of workers in China. We also examined the mediating role of life satisfaction in the relationship between work value perception and health. Taking a random sample of 16,890 individuals in China, we used ordered probit regression and instrumental variable ordered probit regression to test the links between work value perception and workers’ health based on existence, relatedness, and growth (ERG) theory. The results showed that work value perception significantly affected both the physical and mental health of workers; the results remained robust after solving the endogeneity problem. The subsample regression results showed that work value perception significantly affected the physical and mental health of female, male, married, unmarried, religious, and nonreligious workers. Furthermore, life satisfaction mediated the effect of work value perception on workers’ health. These results shed light on the relationship between work value perception and health and thus have implications for improving workers’ physical and mental health. This study can provide a reference for both governmental and corporate policymakers in emerging economies.

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Adjusting work conditions to meet the declined health and functional capacity of older construction workers in Hong Kong

Cited by 33 publications

References 61 publications

Older Male Construction Workers and Sustainability: Work-Related Risk Factors and Health Problems

Older Male Construction Workers and Sustainability: Work-Related Risk Factors and Health Problems

Current States and Future Trends in Safety Research of Construction Personnel: A Quantitative Analysis Based on Social Network Approach

Impact of Work Value Perception on Workers’ Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

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