Journal article
Effect of recall period on the reporting of occupational injuries among older workers in the health and retirement study
American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.28(5), pp.583-590
11/1995
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700280503
PMID: 8561168
Abstract
Studies of injury morbidity often rely on self-reported survey data. In designing these surveys, researchers must chose between a shorter recall period to minimize recall bias and a longer period to maximize the precision of rate estimates. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, which employed a recall period of 1 year, we examined the effect of the recall period on rates of occupational injuries among older workers as well as upon rate ratios of these injuries for nine risk factors. We fit a stochastic model to the occupational injury rates as a function of time before the interview and used this model to estimate what the injury rates would have been had we used a 4-week recall period. The adjusted occupational injury rate of 5.9 injuries per 100 workers per year was 36% higher than the rate based on a 1-year recall period. Adjustment for recall period had much less effect on rate ratios, which typically varied by <10%. Our work suggests that self-reported surveys with longer recall periods may be used to estimate occupational injury rates and also may be useful in studying the associations between occupational injuries and a variety of risk factors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of recall period on the reporting of occupational injuries among older workers in the health and retirement study
- Creators
- Craig Zwerling - University of IowaNancy L. Sprince - University of IowaRobert B. Wallace - University of IowaCharles S. Davis - Preventive Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, University of Michigan, Ann ArborPaul S. Whitten - Preventive Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, University of Michigan, Ann ArborSteven G. Heeringa - Preventive Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.28(5), pp.583-590
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajim.4700280503
- PMID
- 8561168
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Ind Med
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
- eISSN
- 1097-0274
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/1995
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984363663502771
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