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Study the relation between Work Ability Index and Life Style in Mechanics of Thermal power plant
Muhandisī-i bihdāsht-i ḥirfah/ī, 2016 Introduction: Maintenance of work ability and continuous effort to improve reduced work ability of employees is a major concern for managers. This study aimed to determine the level of work ability index and relation with life style in mechanics of ...
Keivan Saedpanah +5 more
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A comparative analysis of the Work Ability Index [PDF]
Occupational Medicine, 2010 The Work Ability Index (WAI) is a well-established instrument to measure work ability. However, the dimensionality of the WAI remains controversial.To identify the dimensionality of the WAI and to investigate dependencies of factors and subscales.The sample analysed in this study consisted of 371 subjects of different occupational groups (teachers ...
P, Martus +4 more
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Factorial Validity of the Work Ability Index Among Employees in Germany. [PDF]
J Occup Rehabil, 2019 Purpose The Work Ability Index (WAI) is a routinely applied instrument for the assessment of work ability. It is a single score index, based on the implicit assumption of a single factor underlying the construct of work ability. The few studies with a focus on the WAI's factor structure are mainly based on non-representative samples.
Freyer M, Formazin M, Rose U.
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Lifestyle Index and Work Ability
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2006 In many countries around the world, negative changes in lifestyles are observed. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of selected lifestyle indicators on work ability among professionally active individuals.The study was performed in the randomly selected group of full-time employees (94 men and 93 women) living in the city of Lódź.
Dorota, Kaleta +2 more
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Classification of Work Ability Index among young employees [PDF]
Occupational Medicine, 2005 The reference values of the Work Ability Index (WAI) are best known for people aged over 45 years. However, the WAI score is highly dependent on age and population-based reference values for young employees are needed.To present WAI scores calculated for a population-based sample of employees in their early 30s.A self-administered questionnaire ...
Veikko, Kujala +4 more
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Test-retest reliability of the Work Ability Index questionnaire [PDF]
Occupational Medicine, 2002 The goal of the study was to assess the test-retest reliability of the Work Ability Index (WAI) questionnaire. Reliability was tested using a test-retest design with a 4 week interval between measurements. Valid data were collected among 97 elderly construction workers aged 40 years and older.
de Zwart, B. C. H. +2 more
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Interaction of lifestyle and work ability index in blue collar workers. [PDF]
Glob J Health Sci, 2014 Early labor force exit is one of the major problems worldwide. The present study investigates the relationship between work ability and lifestyle.This study was conducted at a manufacturing plant in Tehran in 2012. All 851 male workers in this plant were included into the study and their work ability was assessed using the Work Ability Index (WAI ...
Mohammadi S +6 more
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The Work Ability Index (WAI) [PDF]
Occupational Medicine, 2006 Our multidisciplinary study group (occupational physiol-ogy, psychology, medicine, epidemiology and biostatis-tics) started cross-sectional studies among municipalemployees in 1981. The study participants were followedfor 16 years [1,2]. Since the beginning, the use of WorkAbility Index (WAI) both in research and practice haswidened to various ...
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Shift work, quality of life and work ability among Croatian hospital nurses [Smjenski rad, kvaliteta života i radna sposobnost kod medicinskih sestara u Hrvatskim bolnicama] [PDF]
, 2013 This paper is a report of a study of the associations of shift work with work ability and quality of life (QoL) among clinical nurses. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2007-2008 on 1124 nurses using the Work Ability Index Questionnaire and the ...
Juras, Karin +4 more
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International Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2021 Shift work is a social phenomenon with adverse effects on the lives and health of people in various aspects. This adverse effect decreases shift workers’ ability over a time period.
Leila Ibrahimi Ghavamabadi +2 more
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