Resumen
Purpose: The main goal was to identify the variables (sociodemographic, work, psychosocial, perceived health, and personality) associated with occupational accidents sufered in the past by women in the cleaning sector.
Methods: A sample of 455 women was evaluated.
Results: A total of 23.5% of the workers (n=107) had sufered an occupational accident with medical leave. In general,
women who ha ...
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Purpose: The main goal was to identify the variables (sociodemographic, work, psychosocial, perceived health, and personality) associated with occupational accidents sufered in the past by women in the cleaning sector.
Methods: A sample of 455 women was evaluated.
Results: A total of 23.5% of the workers (n=107) had sufered an occupational accident with medical leave. In general,
women who had sufered some accident in their life had a worse situation in all areas evaluated. Two subsamples of women
had a greater association with accidents. Specifcally, the presence of work accidents was 15.9 times higher among those
who presented a worse perception of their physical efort and a greater tendency towards risky behaviours and 13.5 times
higher among those who had a moderate perception of physical exertion and a disability.
Conclusion: In general, the characteristics of female workers were found to be associated with diferent accident rates. Preventive actions should be designed individually. [--]
Materias
Accident rate,
Working women,
Health perception,
Risk behaviour,
Psychosocial risk
Publicado en
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2022
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Osasun Zientziak Saila
Entidades Financiadoras
Open Access funding provided by Universidad Pública de Navarra.