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The influence of age on fatal work accidents and lost days in Chile between 201...
Bravo, G.; Castellucci, H. I.; Lavallière, M.; Arezes, P.; Martínez, M.; Duarte, G.The workforce ageing and the relationship between workers’ age and work accidents are factors of great concern worldwide. The aim of this article is twofold: to explore the association between workers’ age and work accidents registered by one mutual insurance company between 2015 and 2019; and to analyze the odds ratio (OR) trend of fatal accidents and accidents causing lost workdays over the same period. The o...
Productivity in older versus younger workers: A systematic literature review
Viviani, C. A.; Bravo, G.; Lavalliere, M.; Arezes, P.; Martinez, M.; Dianat, I; Braganca, S.; Castellucci, H., IBACKGROUND: Worldwide ageing and thus, workforce ageing, is a concern for both developed and developing nations.OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current research was to determine, through a systematic literature review, the effects of age in three dimensions that are often used to define or assess productivity at work.METHODS: PICO framework was used to generate search strategies, inclusion criteria and terms. Scopus ...
Secular changes in the anthropometrics of Chilean workers and its implication i...
Castellucci, H., I; Viviani, C. A.; Molenbroek, J. F. M.; Arezes, P.; Martinez, M.; Aparici, V; Braganca, S.; Bravo, G.BACKGROUND: Anthropometrics is very important when ensuring a physical match between end users and product or workstations.OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study are twofold, to provide anthropometric data for the design of products and to examine the secular changes in the adult Chilean workers in a period of more than 20 years.METHODS: Nineteen anthropometric measurements from two samples from 1995 and 2016 wer...
Are interventions effective at improving driving in older drivers?: A systemati...
Castellucci, H. I.; Bravo, G.; Arezes, P.; Lavalliere, M.Background With the aging of the population, the number of older drivers is on the rise. This poses significant challenges for public health initiatives, as older drivers have a relatively higher risk for collisions. While many studies focus on developing screening tools to identify medically at-risk drivers, little research has been done to develop training programs or interventions to promote, maintain or enh...
A literature review of anthropometric studies of school students for ergonomics...
Bravo, G.; Braganca, S.; Arezes, P.; Molenbroek, J. F. M.; Castellucci, H. I.BACKGROUND: Despite offering many benefits, direct manual anthropometric measurement method can be problematic due to their vulnerability to measurement errors.OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this literature review was to determine, whether or not the currently published anthropometric studies of school children, related to ergonomics, mentioned or evaluated the variables precision, reliability or accuracy in the dir...