Besen Elyssa, Young Amanda E, Gaines Brittany, Pransky Glenn
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (Dr Besen, Dr Young, Dr Pransky), Center for Disability Research, Hopkinton, MA; Department of Gerontology (Ms Gaines), University of Massachusetts Boston.
J Occup Environ Med. 2016 Feb;58(2):140-7. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000623.
The aim of the study was to examine the relationships among age, tenure, and the length of disability following a work-related injury/illness.
This study utilized 361,754 administrative workers' compensation claims. The relationships between age, tenure, and disability duration was estimated with random-effects models.
The age-disability duration relationship was stronger than the tenure-disability duration relationship. An interaction was observed between age and tenure. At younger ages, disability duration varied little based on tenure. In midlife, disability duration was greater for workers with lower tenure than for workers with higher tenure. At the oldest ages, disability duration increased as tenure increased.
Findings indicate that age is a more important factor in disability duration than tenure; however, the relationship between age and disability duration varies based on tenure, suggesting that both age and tenure are important influences in the work-disability process.
本研究旨在探讨年龄、工作年限与工伤/疾病后残疾时长之间的关系。
本研究使用了361754份行政工伤赔偿申请。采用随机效应模型估计年龄、工作年限与残疾时长之间的关系。
年龄与残疾时长的关系比工作年限与残疾时长的关系更强。观察到年龄与工作年限之间存在交互作用。在较年轻年龄段,残疾时长随工作年限变化不大。在中年,工作年限较低的工人的残疾时长比工作年限较高的工人更长。在最年长的年龄段,残疾时长随着工作年限的增加而增加。
研究结果表明,在残疾时长方面,年龄比工作年限是更重要的因素;然而,年龄与残疾时长之间的关系因工作年限而异,这表明年龄和工作年限在工作-残疾过程中都是重要的影响因素。