TY - JOUR
T1 - Work Ability and Its Related Factors among Workers in Small and Medium Enterprises
T2 - Comparison among Four ASEAN Countries
AU - Kaewboonchoo, Orawan
AU - Isahak, Marzuki
AU - Susilowati, Indri
AU - Phuong, Toai Nguyen
AU - Morioka, Ikuharu
AU - Harncharoen, Kitiphong
AU - Low, Wah Yun
AU - Ratanasiripong, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Work ability is related to many factors that might influence one's capacity to work. This study aimed to examine the work ability and its related factors among small and medium enterprises (SME) workers in 4 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The participants in this study included 2098 workers from food and textile industries in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. A cross-sectional survey of anonymous self-administrated questionnaire was designed to collect information on sociodemographic factors, work environment and ergonomic condition, musculoskeletal disorders, and work ability. Bivariate correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression analyses were used to predict the work ability. Results of this study confirm that work ability in 4 ASEAN countries was similar to that in European countries, and that the sociodemographic factors, work environment and ergonomic condition, and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) were associated with work ability. These factors are important for considering occupational health and safety policy to promote work ability in food, textile, and other SME workers.
AB - Work ability is related to many factors that might influence one's capacity to work. This study aimed to examine the work ability and its related factors among small and medium enterprises (SME) workers in 4 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The participants in this study included 2098 workers from food and textile industries in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. A cross-sectional survey of anonymous self-administrated questionnaire was designed to collect information on sociodemographic factors, work environment and ergonomic condition, musculoskeletal disorders, and work ability. Bivariate correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression analyses were used to predict the work ability. Results of this study confirm that work ability in 4 ASEAN countries was similar to that in European countries, and that the sociodemographic factors, work environment and ergonomic condition, and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) were associated with work ability. These factors are important for considering occupational health and safety policy to promote work ability in food, textile, and other SME workers.
KW - ASEAN
KW - ergonomic
KW - occupational health
KW - small and medium enterprises (SME)
KW - work ability
KW - work environment
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U2 - 10.1177/1010539516651957
DO - 10.1177/1010539516651957
M3 - Article
C2 - 27273897
AN - SCOPUS:84976902843
SN - 1010-5395
VL - 28
SP - 438
EP - 449
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
IS - 5
ER -