Evaluation of the Work Ability of workers in the furniture sector of a city in the south of Brazil

Abstract The aging of the workforce is a phenomenon that the world population is facing. Researchers at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health have developed a tool for assessing the work ability, an instrument through which it is possible to identify the existence of early functional aging am...

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Published in:Gestão & Produção 2019, Vol.26 (3)
Main Authors: Linhares, João Eduardo, Marcis, Jaqueline, Tonello, Renato, Pessa, Sergio Luiz Ribas, Oliveira, Gilson Adamczuk
Format: Article
Language:eng ; por
Subjects:
Aging
ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING
Furniture sector
Work ability
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Summary:Abstract The aging of the workforce is a phenomenon that the world population is facing. Researchers at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health have developed a tool for assessing the work ability, an instrument through which it is possible to identify the existence of early functional aging among a certain group of workers. The present study measured the Work Capability Index (WAI) of workers from 5 small furniture companies in a city in southern Brazil. It was possible to notice that with the increase of age, the average WAI of the workers was smaller, although there was no statistical significance (p> 0.05), by the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test. The variables “civil status”, “current schooling” and “education” presented statistical significance (p 0,05), pelo teste não paramétrico de Kruskal-Wallis. As variáveis “estado civil”, “estuda atualmente” e “escolaridade” apresentaram significância estatística (p
ISSN:0104-530X
1806-9649
1806-9649
DOI:10.1590/0104-530x3619-19