Publications by authors named "Kezhi Jin"
Background: Studies of health-related quality of life among workers have generated varying results. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review to synthesize the scores of health-related quality of life measured by the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire among Chinese workers and compare the results across gender, age, occupation and region.
Methods: Six databases including China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang Data, China Science and Technology Journal Database, PubMed, Web of science and Scopus were searched for relevant publications in both English and Chinese from their inception to February 2021.
Hotspots of road traffic crashes in a redeveloping area of Shanghai.
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot
September 2018
To identify high-risk locations (hotspots) of road traffic crashes (RTC) in a redeveloping area of Shanghai, for formulating relevant countermeasures in similar areas. After geocoding the crash locations on electronic map, assessment of spatial clustering of accidents and hotspots spatial densities was conducted following Moran's I method, the kernel density estimation, the Ripley's K-function and the network-based kernel density estimation (NKDE). A total of 21,679 RTC incidents resulting in 24,147 victims were recorded from 2010 to 2012.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are a leading cause of death. In low and middle income countries (LMIC) data to conduct hotspot analyses and safety audits are usually incomplete, poor quality, and not computerized. Police data are often limited, but there are no alternative gold standards.
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- Early and night shift start times negatively impact sleep duration and quality, leading to increased fatigue and health issues among workers.
- The study examined hospitalized adults in China with severe hand injuries to assess how shift start times affect their sleep patterns and alertness.
- Results showed significant differences in sleep duration across different shift times, with males averaging 5.6 hours of sleep and females averaging 4.3 hours, highlighting a gender interaction in sleep duration related to shift times.
Background: Whereas the majority of previous research on social capital and health has been on residential neighborhoods and communities, the evidence remains sparse on workplace social capital. To address this gap in the literature, we examined the association between workplace social capital and health status among Chinese employees in a large, multi-level, cross-sectional study.
Methods: By employing a two-stage stratified random sampling procedure, 2,796 employees were identified from 35 workplaces in Shanghai during March to November 2012.
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- The study aimed to explore how the length and timing of rest breaks impact the risk of severe hand injuries among hospitalized workers in China.
- Researchers examined a large group of injured workers and used statistical methods to analyze the influence of rest break duration alongside various personal and work-related factors.
- Findings highlighted that taking breaks—regardless of length—helped workers sustain longer work hours without injury, with the effectiveness of breaks varying depending on the shift's start time.
A case-crossover study of work-related acute traumatic hand injuries in the People's Republic of China.
Scand J Work Environ Health
March 2012
Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify potential transient risk factors for occupational acute hand injury among hospitalized workers in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Methods: Participants were recruited from 11 medical facilities in 3 cities of the PRC. A face-to-face interview was used to collect information on the occurrence of 8 potential risk factors within a 90-minute time period before an acute traumatic hand injury and during a control period within the month before the injury.
Objectives: This study describes the type, location and severity of work-related acute traumatic hand injuries of 560 workers treated in 11 hospitals in three economically active cities in the People's Republic of China (PRC) over a 2-year period.
Methods: A structured questionnaire was used to collect participant's information. Log-linear and logistic models were constructed to identify factors associated with injury occurrence and severity, respectively.
Over the past several decades, work-related fatal incident reporting in China has become faster, more publicly accessible and, hence, a potentially more valuable process in support of the decision-making and enforcement actions of the government and safety professionals. A study was conducted to examine the characteristics of work-related fatalities in the People's Republic of China (PRC) available from the State Work Accident Briefing (SWAB) system. Injury incident records related to industries other than coal mining were downloaded from the SWAB system (April 2001 to March 2003).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: A pilot epidemiologic study was conducted in the People's Republic of China to assess the feasibility of applying the study protocol from a US case-crossover study on transient work-related exposures and the risk of an acute occupational hand injury.
Design: Injured workers were recruited from a hand surgery center in Ningbo, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China. A structured face-to-face interview questionnaire was administered.
Problem: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent work-related conditions affecting employed populations in developed countries, yet little is known about this condition among the world's largest, single-nation labor force: The People's Republic of China.
Method: This is a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) among garment workers, battery/kiln workers, and teachers in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Data were collected by personal interview and physical examination at six work sites.