Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 1 2020
Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Latent Class Analysis Approach (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 1 2020
Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Latent Class Analysis Approach (Original Article)
Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Latent Class Analysis Approach (Original Article)
Subject
Cancer, Construction workers, Prevention, Risk behaviors
Description
Background: Hong Kong's construction industry currently faces a manpower crisis. Blue-collar workers are a disadvantaged group and suffer higher levels of chronic diseases, for example, cancer, than the wider population. Cancer risk factors are likely to cluster together. We documented prevalence of cancer associated lifestyle risk behaviors and their correlates among Hong Kong construction workers.
Methods: Data were collected from workers at 37 railway-related construction worksites throughout
Hong Kong during May 2014. Tobacco use, alcohol consumption, unbalanced nutrition intake, and
physical inactivity were included in the analysis. Latent class analysis and multivariable logistic
regression were performed to identify the patterns of risk behaviors related to cancer, as well as their
impact factors among construction workers in Hong Kong.
Results: Overall, 1,443 workers participated. Latent class analysis identified four different behavioral
classes in the sample. Fully adjusted multiple logistic regression identified age, gender, years of Hong
Kong residency, ethnicity, educational level, and living status differentiated behavioral classes.
Conclusion: High levels of lifestyle-related cancer-risk behaviors were found in most of the Hong Kong
construction workers studied. The present study contributes to understanding how cancer-related life-style risk behaviors cluster among construction workers and relative impact factors of risk behaviors. It is essential to tailor health behavior interventions focused on multiple risk behaviors among different groups for further enlarging the effects on cancer prevention.
Methods: Data were collected from workers at 37 railway-related construction worksites throughout
Hong Kong during May 2014. Tobacco use, alcohol consumption, unbalanced nutrition intake, and
physical inactivity were included in the analysis. Latent class analysis and multivariable logistic
regression were performed to identify the patterns of risk behaviors related to cancer, as well as their
impact factors among construction workers in Hong Kong.
Results: Overall, 1,443 workers participated. Latent class analysis identified four different behavioral
classes in the sample. Fully adjusted multiple logistic regression identified age, gender, years of Hong
Kong residency, ethnicity, educational level, and living status differentiated behavioral classes.
Conclusion: High levels of lifestyle-related cancer-risk behaviors were found in most of the Hong Kong
construction workers studied. The present study contributes to understanding how cancer-related life-style risk behaviors cluster among construction workers and relative impact factors of risk behaviors. It is essential to tailor health behavior interventions focused on multiple risk behaviors among different groups for further enlarging the effects on cancer prevention.
Creator
Nan Xia, Wendy Lam, Pamela Tin, Sungwon Yoon, Na Zhang, Weiwei Zhang, Ke Ma, Richard Fielding
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
March 2020
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 1 2020
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Citation
Nan Xia, Wendy Lam, Pamela Tin, Sungwon Yoon, Na Zhang, Weiwei Zhang, Ke Ma, Richard Fielding, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 1 2020
Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Latent Class Analysis Approach (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1974.
Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Latent Class Analysis Approach (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1974.