[The importance of work conditions in the textile industry to worker absenteeism].

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  • Author(s): Belojević G; Kocijancić R; Stanković T
  • Source:
    Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju [Arh Hig Rada Toksikol] 1990 Mar; Vol. 41 (1), pp. 25-34.
  • Publication Type:
    English Abstract; Journal Article
  • Language:
    Croatian
  • Additional Information
    • Transliterated Title:
      Znacaj uslova rada u tekstilnoj industriji za apsentizam radnica.
    • Source:
      Publisher: Institut za medicinska istraz̆ivanja i medicinu rada Country of Publication: Croatia NLM ID: 0373100 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0004-1254 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00041254 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arh Hig Rada Toksikol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: <2016>- : Zagreb, Croatia : Institut za medicinska istraz̆ivanja i medicinu rada
      Original Publication: Zagreb, Croatia : Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
    • Subject Terms:
      Absenteeism* ; Environment* ; Textile Industry*; Occupational Diseases/*epidemiology; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Diseases/pathology ; Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology ; Wounds and Injuries/pathology ; Yugoslavia/epidemiology
    • Abstract:
      A study was performed in the "Belgrade Wool Co." as a retrospective epidemiological investigation, for a three-year period (1985-1987), on a sample of 134 blue-collar female workers. The following statistically significant facts were established: in favourable working conditions (sewing department) the older workers (above the age of 35 years) were absent from work because of illness longer than the younger workers; the number of the younger workers (age 35 years or under) with sick absences increased as working conditions worsened (wool-mills compared to sewing departments). Respiratory diseases made the most frequent cause of absence from work. Harder working conditions influenced the morbidity structure as cause of absenteeism resulting in the rise of prevalence of mental disorders among the younger workers, and of locomotor and circulatory diseases among the older ones. The younger workers showed a rising trend in the severity and frequency of injuries as causes of absence from work, which correlated with the degree of deterioration of working conditions. Finally, under extremely hard working conditions (wool-mills) the rate of occupationally induced injuries among the younger workers was as much as three times higher than among the older ones, and the duration of sick absences was longer.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19900301 Date Completed: 19901010 Latest Revision: 20161205
    • Publication Date:
      20221208
    • Accession Number:
      2396897