Association of length of service and job category with occupational health literacy of port employees in Shenzhen, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health literacy (HL) is associated with health outcomes, but little is known about the occupational HL (OHL) for port employees and its link to the length of service and job category.

Method

A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 3492 port employees from the Occupational Health Survey for Port Employees project, and a special questionnaire was utilized to measure the OHL status. Binary and ordinal logistic regressions were used to estimate the association.

Result

Among the participants, 72.90% had sufficient OHL with a mean score (standard deviation) of 53.10 (7.26). Binary logistic regression results indicated that the association between length of service (33-40 years group Adjusted OR = 1.11; 41-49 years group Adjusted OR = 1.14; ≥50 years group Adjus

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10288714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature