Alali, Hanan

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Work-related accident absence: A comparison between shift and non-shift workers in Belgium. Findings from the fifth European working conditions survey

Work-related accident absence: A comparison between shift and non-shift workers in Belgium. Findings from the fifth European working conditions survey Hanan Alali1, Lutgart Braeckman2 , Magd Abdel Wahab1, Tanja Van Hecke3, Bart De Clercq2, and Heidi Janssens2 1Department of Electrical Energy, Metals, Mechanical Construction and Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture , Ghent University 2Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University 3Department of Industrial Technology and Construction, Ghent University. Hanan.Alali@Ugent.be Objective           Results  Conclusions   Shift work was significantly associated with work- related accident absence.   To reduce the burden of occupational injuries, not only risk reduction strategies and interventions are needed but also policy efforts should be undertaken to limit shift work.  These findings could be used as an important element in creating and implementing health and safety policies at the Belgian and international levels.  The authors acknowledge the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions as the original data creator. Also, the first author wishes to thank Al-Baath University for the financial support and The Ministry of High Education in Syria for the research grant.  The fast growth of non-standard working arrangements in advanced countries highlights the importance of studying the influence of non-standard work arrangements indicators on employee’s health and safety.  Our study purpose is to investigate whether or not Belgian shift workers have more absence due to work accidents than workers from regular daytime schedules, using a representative Belgian sample and taking into account several sociodemographic and work characteristics. From 43816  persons in EWCS  only 3343 workers included Study design 5th European working condition survey (EWCS) 2010 Organization Eurofound Questionnaire Sample number For the purpose of this analysis, the analytical sample was restricted to a subgroup of 3343 respondents from Belgium, who were all employed workers. Characteristics of the study population (n =3343) Odds ratios OR and 95% confidence intervals [95% CI] for work-related accident absence from multivariate logistic regression model with non shift workers as reference group. Calculated according to the percentage of the valid count Individual and work-related factors Total study sample n (%) Mean age / yr (SD) 39.42 (10.91) Gender Male 1769 (52.9) Female 1574 (47.1) Work-related accident absence  No 1973 (88.3) Yes 262 (11.7) Contract type Precarious contract 428 (13.1) Permanent contract 2847 (86.9) Long hours Long hours 202 (6.1) Normal hours 3087 (93.9) Multiple jobs  No 3026 (90.9) Yes 303 (9.1) Shift work  No 2815 (84.4) Yes 520 (15.6) Presented at the) 13th edition of  Knowledge for Growth (KFG) Flanders Bio’s annual life sciences Conference”, taking place on May 18, 2017 in Ghent, Belgium.  Model 3 Shift work Yes Vs.noc 1.546 [1.074- 2.224]* Gender  Men Vs. women c 0.752 [0.561- 1.007] Age 1.014 [0.996- 1.032] Self-rated health Bad Vs.goodc 2.153 [1.531- 3.028]* Education Low Vs. high c 2.420 [1.044- 5.607]* Work experience                (Continuous) 0.986 [0.966- 1.006] Company size Small Vs. large c  0.739 [0.442- 1.236] Economic activity  Construction Vs. servicesc 1.866 [1.119- 3.111]* Overall fatigue Yes Vs. noc 1.263 [0.905- 1.763] Sleep difficulties Yes Vs. noc 0.896 [0.614- 1.308] Risk information  Not well informed Vs. well informed c 1.194 [0.799- 1.784] Physical exposure (PH)  Yes Vs. noc 0.748 [0.535- 1.045] Chemical exposure (CH)  Yes Vs. noc 1.211 [0.857- 1.711] Biological exposure (BL)  Yes Vs. noc 0.693 [0.463- 1.037] Biomechanical exposure (BM) Yes Vs. noc 1.670 [1.225- 2.277]* Model 3: adjusted for socio-demographic factors and, in addition, for all work-related factors. The proportion of the explained variance of the multivariate model is 10.7 %  = 0.107 (Nagelkerke R Square) for work-related accident absence. C: reference category     

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Work-related accident absence: A comparison between shift and non-shift workers in Belgium. Findings from the fifth European working conditions survey

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