Quality of life and influencing factors of coal miners in Xuzhou, China
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BACKGROUND: Coal industry is one of the national pillar industries in China. A large number of coal miners are exposed to various occupational hazards, which might cause occupational disease. The aim of the study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) of coal miners in Xuzhou, China and explore influencing factors to QOL of coal miners. METHODS: Six hundred and twelve underground miners and 354 ground workers in one of coal mines of Xuzhou were enrolled in our study. The 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaires were applied to evaluate the QOL of coal miners. Multivariate stepwise regression analysis was used to assess the potential impact factors on QOL. RESULTS: The score of role limitations due to physical health problems (RP) dimension in underground miners was significantly lower than that of ground workers (P=0.005). Multivariate stepwise regression analysis showed that longer job tenure for dust exposure significantly lower coal miners' RP score. Comparing with normal populations, our subjects scored lower in both the physical health components (PHC) and the mental health components (MHC), and many factors accounted for it including job tenure for dust exposure, chronic disease, medical insurance, etc. CONCLUSIONS: QOL of coal miners has been affected. Some measures might be taken by enterprise and coal miners themselves to protect the health of coal miners and improve their quality of life.
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Environmental factors such as noise, vibrations, and high temperatures, along with organizational conditions such as work stress, lack of adequate breaks, and intense work rhythms, exacerbate these risks.
“Asimismo, factores ambientales como ruido, vibraciones y altas temperaturas, junto con condiciones organizacionales como el estrés laboral, la falta de pausas adecuadas y ritmos de trabajo intensos, exacerban estos riesgos [32], [33], [34].”
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The SF-36 summary scales were valid, reliable, and equivalent in a Chinese population
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Impact of ergonomics on work performance in the manufacturing industry: A systematic review
Campos-Naval, J. E., Castañeda-López, V. A., & Aparicio-Ballena, J. A. (2025) · Proceedings of the 23rd LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology (LACCEI): "Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Sustainable Technologies in service of society" · doi:10.18687/laccei2025.1.1.802
- Authors
- Han, L., Li, Y., Yan, W., Xie, L., Wang, S., Wu, Q., Ji, X., Zhu, B., & Ni, C.
- Affiliations
- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhu, Baoli
- Ni, Chunhui
- Venue
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
- Publisher
- AME Publishing Company
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 835-844
- ISSN
- 2072-1439 (ISSN-L)
- 2077-6624
- PMC
- PMC5864656
- OpenAlex
- W2787532131
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 4.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Journal of Thoracic Disease (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81502796)
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Jiangsu Provincial Medical Youth Talent (CXTDA2017029, QNRC2016536)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Industrial and Mining Safety
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- quality of life, coal miners, occupational hazards, dust exposure, underground mining, job tenure, chronic disease, health insurance, physical health, mental health, occupational diseases
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