TY - JOUR T1 - Occupational injuries among older workers with visual, auditory, and other impairments. A validation study. JF - J Occup Environ Med Y1 - 1998 A1 - Zwerling, Craig A1 - Paul S. Whitten A1 - Charles S. Davis A1 - Nancy L. Sprince KW - Accidents, Occupational KW - Aged KW - Cohort Studies KW - Disabled Persons KW - Female KW - Health Surveys KW - Humans KW - Logistic Models KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Persons With Hearing Impairments KW - Risk Factors KW - Visually Impaired Persons AB -

This study aims to validate a previously defined model of the risk of occupational injuries among older workers with visual, auditory, or other impairments. That model was based upon the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The previous logistic regression model was recalculated using data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The parameter estimates for impaired hearing (.181 in NHIS, 1.55 in HRS), impaired vision (2.42 in NHIS, 1.48 in HRS), and self-employment (0.22 in NHIS, 0.49 in HRS) were in same direction and of roughly the same magnitude. The previously defined model was confirmed using NHIS data. The data suggest that as the workforce ages, more attention must be paid to the accommodation of disabilities in the workplace, especially sensory impairments-poor vision and hearing.

PB - 40 VL - 40 UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9729756/ IS - 8 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9729756?dopt=Abstract U4 - Accidents, Occupational/Cohort Studies/Disabled Persons/Gender/Hearing Impaired Persons/Logistic Models/Middle Age/Risk Factors/Support, Non U.S. Government/Support, U.S. Government--PHS/Visually Impaired Persons ER -