Emily H Sparer1, Cassandra A Okechukwu2, Justin Manjourides3, Robert F Herrick1, Jeffrey N Katz1,4,5, Jack T Dennerlein1,3. 1. Department Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 2. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 3. Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. 4. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 5. Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Construction workers move frequently from jobsite to jobsite, yet little is documented about length of stay on-site and associations with worker characteristics. METHOD: Using cross-sectional data, we investigated associations between worker characteristics (including trade and musculoskeletal pain) and length of stay on-site (dichotomized as < 1 month, n = 554, and ≥ 1 month, n = 435). RESULTS: Approximately, 56% of workers remained on the worksite for at least 1 month. Length of stay was significantly associated with workers' race/ethnicity, union status, title, trade, and musculoskeletal pain (P-values < 0.05). Trades associated with longer length of stay included pipefitters and plumbers. Trades associated with shorter length of stay included operators and piledrivers. Workers with single-location pain had 2.21 times (95%CI: 1.52, 3.19) the odds of being short-term versus long-term, adjusting for trade, title, and race/ethnicity. CONCLUSION: The length of stay and associated characteristics provide important insight into how workers come and go on construction sites and the methodological challenges associated with traditional intervention evaluations.
BACKGROUND: Construction workers move frequently from jobsite to jobsite, yet little is documented about length of stay on-site and associations with worker characteristics. METHOD: Using cross-sectional data, we investigated associations between worker characteristics (including trade and musculoskeletal pain) and length of stay on-site (dichotomized as < 1 month, n = 554, and ≥ 1 month, n = 435). RESULTS: Approximately, 56% of workers remained on the worksite for at least 1 month. Length of stay was significantly associated with workers' race/ethnicity, union status, title, trade, and musculoskeletal pain (P-values < 0.05). Trades associated with longer length of stay included pipefitters and plumbers. Trades associated with shorter length of stay included operators and piledrivers. Workers with single-location pain had 2.21 times (95%CI: 1.52, 3.19) the odds of being short-term versus long-term, adjusting for trade, title, and race/ethnicity. CONCLUSION: The length of stay and associated characteristics provide important insight into how workers come and go on construction sites and the methodological challenges associated with traditional intervention evaluations.
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