Labbafinejad Yasser, Ghaffari Mostafa, Bahadori Baharak, Mohammadi Saber, Abdi Alireza, Namvar Mohamad, Attarchi Mirsaeed
1. Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, Occupational Medicine Department and Occupational Medicine Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2. Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine, Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center (BASIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2014 Oct 14;28:111. eCollection 2014.
Work ability assessment and its affecting factors are important in the field of occupational health. One of the factors affecting work ability is sleep disorder, which is very common among workers. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess work ability and its relationship with sleep disorder in workers of a manufacturing plant.
This cross- sectional study was conducted in a manufacturing plant in Tehran in 2013. All the 931 male workers of this plant were enrolled in the study, and their work ability was assessed using the Work Ability Index (WAI). The scores of this index range from 7 to 49, and the higher work ability score indicates a better work ability status. In this study, sleep disorder was assessed using the MUSIC-Norrtalje Questionnaire.
The average score of WAI was 42.81, ranging from 22 to 49. This score was significantly lower in the group with sleep disorder (41.28) than in the group without sleep disorder (44.10) (p< 0.001). The results of the logistic regression analysis revealed a significant relationship between work ability and sleep disorder even after adjustment for the confounding variables (OR= 2.52, 95% CI= 1.07 - 5.93, p= 0.033).
The results of this study found a relationship between sleep disorder and work ability. Therefore, it is recommended to identify workers with sleep disorder and attend to their problem in order to increase their work ability.
工作能力评估及其影响因素在职业健康领域至关重要。影响工作能力的因素之一是睡眠障碍,这在工人中非常普遍。因此,本研究旨在评估一家制造工厂工人的工作能力及其与睡眠障碍的关系。
这项横断面研究于2013年在德黑兰的一家制造工厂进行。该工厂的所有931名男性工人均纳入研究,其工作能力使用工作能力指数(WAI)进行评估。该指数的分数范围为7至49分,工作能力得分越高表明工作能力状态越好。在本研究中,睡眠障碍使用MUSIC - Norrtalje问卷进行评估。
WAI的平均得分为42.81,范围为22至49分。睡眠障碍组的该得分(41.28)显著低于无睡眠障碍组(44.10)(p<0.001)。逻辑回归分析结果显示,即使在对混杂变量进行调整后,工作能力与睡眠障碍之间仍存在显著关系(OR = 2.52,95%CI = 1.07 - 5.93,p = 0.033)。
本研究结果发现睡眠障碍与工作能力之间存在关联。因此,建议识别出有睡眠障碍的工人并关注他们的问题,以提高他们的工作能力。