Relationship between job, lifestyle, age and occupational injuries

Has your work worked you too hard? Physically demanding work and disability in a sample of the older Irish population

“…The results for the complete sample parallel previous findings [8,10,16,30]. Although physically demanding work influences the functional ability experienced in older age, there are other factors involved.…”

“…Although physically demanding work influences the functional ability experienced in older age, there are other factors involved. Some potential explanatory factors such as smoking [8] and alcohol intake [16] were not explored due to data restrictions. Explanatory factors looked at; educational levels and WHtR, were similar to previous findings.…”

“…Occupational risk factors from current and past work, especially physically demanding work (also referred to as manual work/manual workers), may give an explanation, although research is controversial. For example, on the one hand studies find that physical work is linked with injury and reduced mobility [7][8][9]. In addition, after the age of 45, musculoskeletal capacity depreciates at a quicker pace [10] with a poorer outcome for recovery [11].…”

“…Chau [8] found a strong exposure-response association between physical job demands and injury in older workers with males and manual workers having the greatest risk of injury. Physically demanding work may, through a higher workload, and less control over the work environment [9], increase the risk of osteoarthritis and resultant limitations.…”

Transient risk factors of acute occupational injuries: a case-crossover study in two Danish emergency departments

“…This implies that factors like age, experience, and gender that are known to affect the risk of an injury are not confounding the results (33,34). However, there are especially two limitations in regards to the case-crossover study: exposure suspicious and recall bias (35,36).…”