Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 4iR0x3b4. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We tested the hpothesis that among older workers, disabilities in general, and hearing and visual impairments in particular, are risk factors for accupational injuries. Methods. Using the first 2 interviews of the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative survey of Americans aged 51 to 61 years, we conducted a prospective cohort study of 5600 employed nonfarmers. Results. Testing a logistic regression model developed in a previous cross-sectional study, we found that the following accoupations and risk factors were associated with occupational injury as estimated by odds ratios : service personnel, odds ratio=1.71 (95% confidence interval=1.13,2.57) ; mechanics and repairers, 3.47 (1.98,6.10) ; operators and assemblers, 2.33 (1.51,3.61) ; self-employment, 0.50 (0.34,0.73) ; and self-reported disability, 1.58 (1.14,2.19). Replacing the general disability variable with specific hearing and visual impairment variales, we found that poor hearing (1.35 [0.95,1.93]) and poor sight (1.45 [0.94,2.22]) both had elevated odds ratios. Conclusions. Poor sight and poor hearing, as well as work disabilities in general, are associated with occupational injuries among older workers.
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