Face validity of the single work ability item: Comparison with objectively measured heart rate reserve over several days

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 5333-5348

  Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Jensen, Bjørn Søvsø ^a,b   Søgaard, Karen ^b   Carneiro, Isabella Gomes ^a   Christiansen, Caroline Stordal ^a   Hanisch, Christiana ^c   Holtermann, Andreas ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actiheart; Blue collar workers; Face validity; Objective measures; Relative aerobic workload; Work ability

Indexed keywords

GENDER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE RESERVE; HUMAN; MALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK CAPACITY; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900865956     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110505333     Document Type: Article

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