Hong Qiu

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  Article: Work-related injuries and musculoskeletal disorders among factory workers in a major city of China.

  Wenzhou Yu, Ignatius T S Yu, Zhimin Li, Xiaorong Wang, Trevor Sun, Hui Lin, Sabrina Wan, Hong Qiu, Shaohua Xie
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  ABSTRACT: This study describes the frequency of occurrence of work-related injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among factory workers in Shenzhen, China, and examines the determinants of injuries and MSDs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 3479 frontline workers in 60 factories during 2008-2009. We calculated the annual incidence rates of work-related injuries and the prevalence rates of MSD (based on the Nordic Standard Form) for the factory workers. Logistic regression analysis was applied to explore the associations between potential risk factors and occupational injury and MSD. Among all participating workers, 8.3% reported acute traumatic injuries in the previous 12 months. The event-based incidence rate was 119.6 per 1000 person-years. About half of the frontline workers reported suffering from MSDs during the previous 12 months. The injury risk was reduced for female workers (Odds ratio, OR: 0.48; 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.36-0.66) and those with higher educational levels, but increased in workers with over 55 work hours/week (OR: 1.64; 95% CI: 1.21-2.22), high mental stress at work (OR: 3.50; 95% CI: 1.70-7.19) and previous injury history (OR: 3.94; 95% CI: 2.78-5.58). The MSD risk was increased among female workers (OR: 1.58; 95% CI: 1.34-1.87), and those with over 55 work hours/week (OR: 1.56; 95% CI: 1.28-1.90), high mental stress at work (OR: 3.16; 95% CI: 2.04-4.89) and a past injury history (OR: 3.04; 95% CI: 2.14-4.32). High proportions of frontline workers were affected by work injuries and MSDs in these factories in China. Long work hours, high mental stress at work and previous injury history were important risk factors for work-related injury and MSD.
  Accident Analysis & Prevention 09/2012; 48:457-63. · 1.87 Impact Factor
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  Article: Effectiveness of participatory training for prevention of musculoskeletal disorders: a randomized controlled trial.

  Wenzhou Yu, Ignatius T S Yu, Xiaorong Wang, Zhimin Li, Sabrina Wan, Hong Qiu, Hui Lin, Shaohua Xie, Trevor Sun
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  ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: Health and safety training program has been applied to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in workplace. We evaluated the effectiveness of participatory training and didactic training programs on MSD prevention among frontline workers in Shenzhen, China. METHODS: The authors randomly assigned 918 workers from intervention factories to receive participatory training (intervention group), and 907 workers from intervention factories and 1,654 workers from control factories to receive didactic training (control_1 group, control_2 group, respectively) from June 1, 2008 to November 30, 2009. Participants were asked to report experience of ache, pain or discomfort in 10 body parts at baseline and 1 year after training. Data were analyzed to compare the MSD prevalence 1 year before and 1 year after training in different groups from 2009 to 2010. RESULTS: The follow-up rate was 61 % (2,120/3,479) at 1 year after training. In the year after training, there were no statistically significant changes in the proportion of workers who reported MSD in any body part. MSD prevalence rates in the intervention group reduced from 16.8 to 9.9 % for lower extremities (χ(2) = 13.102, p < 0.001) and from 12.9 to 8.3 % (χ(2) = 9.433, p = 0.002) for wrist and finger at 1 year after training. However, the rates did not change significantly for upper back, lower back, neck, shoulder and elbow in the intervention group and for all 10 body parts in two control groups. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the training programs did not seem to prevent the occurrence of MSD among frontline workers. However, participatory training might be effective to reduce MSD in the lower extremities and wrist and finger.
  International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 04/2012; · 1.89 Impact Factor