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Diane Gyi
Reader in Health Ergonomics and Design, Loughborough Design School
Roger Haslam
Professor of Ergonomics, Loughborough Design School
Alistair Gibb
Professor of Construction Engineering Management, Department of Civil and Building Engineering
This project is funded by all five UK Research councils; AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC & MRC
Peoples ability to stay in work is affected by their health: increased physical illness as people get older
Some of the health effects from work can take years to surface, therefore employees of all ages should be given attention
Design
flexible
sustainable
What is OWL?
The OWL resource will support line managers in facilitating healthy ageing at work through design. It will be made up of education & training tools
Generic tool kit tool box talks, discussion tools Personal Stories - design examples, video stories
OWL will empower and support worker involvement in design decision making processes especially when Working Late.
Phase
1 (Dec 2009)
Research activities
Questionnaire survey of workers. Triangulation interviews .
Progress
21 participated 719 questionnaires after data cleaning. Triangulation interviews with 5 organisations (26 workers). Data analysis complete discussion document presented to 5 collaborating organisations. Decisions made regarding focus of Phase 2.
In-depth rich data collection (interviews, observations , objective measures). Co-develop solutions to workplace design problems.
Data collection complete with 4 organisations. Co-designing focus groups completed with 2 organisations. Complete in Jan 2012. Development and synthesis of OWL resource images, audio, video. ALL organisations keen to be involved.
3 4 5 (Nov 2012)
Create a tool/resource (Organiser for Working Late - OWL) Evaluation and refinement of OWL. Data analysis and report writing.
Introduction
Construction company
Environment constantly changes
Method
Collaboration: Construction company
New Build Domestic
Gaining participation
Site visits and presentations to management and team leaders Site tour & meeting employees Open to all employees 10 minutes to complete Online and paper
Questionnaire survey
Questionnaire survey
Construction Other Transport
Manufacturing
Disproportionate sampling
Banking & Financial Energy & Utilities
Computing & IT
Work Ability
High WAI best to current scores High WAI physical & WAI mental ability scores
High scores indicate that respondents feel they have good work ability and are able to perform work tasks
n WAI best to current (0=unable to work 10 =work at best ability) WAI in respect to physical demands of job (1=very good 5=poor) WAI in respect to mental demands of job (1=very good 5=poor) 24 24 24 Mean (SD) 8.9 (1.6) 1.6 (0.7) 1.7 (0.7) Range 5 10 14 13
Results: NMQ
100 90 80 Frequency (%) 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Neck Shoulders Elbows Wrists and hands Middle of back Lower back Body Area Period (12 months) Point (7 days) Severity Attributing symptoms to work tasks Hips, thighs and buttocks Knees Ankles or feet
Work related statements according to age group; 49 and 50. Statistically significant (p0.05) Statistical difference Yes (0.001) Positive agreement 50
Statement I feel more tired now due to my job then I did when I was younger
Only one of the 13 statements showed that there was a statistically significant difference (p0.05) in the responses from both groups, based upon two-tailed independent samples t-test.
Conclusion
MSDs were experienced by construction workers. Observations helped identify that some MSDs could be attributed to specific work tasks. Worker experiences can inform healthy design-decision making.
Thank you!
Any questions please contact: Elaine Yolande Williams e.y.williams2@lboro.ac.uk + 44 (0) 1509 228816 Diane Gyi d.e.gyi@lboro.ac.uk +44 (0) 1509 223043