Citation

Nakamura T, Oyama I, Fujino Y, Kubo T, Kadowaki K, Kunimoto M, Odoi H, Tabata H, Matsuda S. Ind. Health 2016; 54(4): 354-360.

Affiliation

Asahi Kasei Chemicals Mizushima Works, Health Care Center, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, National Institute of Industrial Health, Japan)

DOI

10.2486/indhealth.2015-0125

PMID

27021057

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the efficacy of the occupational slip, trip and fall (STF) risk assessment-test developed by the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA). We further intended to simplify the test to improve efficiency. A previous cohort study was performed using 540 employees aged ≥50 years who took the JISHA's STF risk assessment-test. We conducted multivariate analysis using these previous results as baseline values and answers to questionnaire items or score on physical fitness tests as variables. The screening efficiency of each model was evaluated based on the obtained receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The area under the ROC obtained in multivariate analysis was 0.79 when using all items. Six of the 25 questionnaire items were selected for stepwise analysis, giving an area under the ROC curve of 0.77. Based on the results of follow-up performed one year after the initial examination, we successfully determined the usefulness of the STF risk assessment-test. Administering a questionnaire alone is sufficient for screening subjects at risk of STF during the subsequent one-year period.

Language: en