Association between handedness and occupational accidents: A prospective cohort study.

IF 2 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Occupational Health Pub Date : 2026-04-09 DOI:10.1093/joccuh/uiag019

Aki Tomizawa, Tomohisa Nagata, Kiminori Odagami, Takahiro Mori, Koji Mori

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Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between handedness and the incidence of occupational accidents among Japanese workers.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted from March to December 2023. Among 9451 workers at the baseline, 6156 responded to the follow-up. Participants who reported working fewer than 20 days per month and those with weekly working hours of less than 30 hours were excluded from the analysis, leaving 4016 participants for final analysis. We assessed handedness using the FLANDERS Handedness Questionnaire at baseline and occupational accident experiences at follow-up. We used adjusted Poisson regression analysis to calculate the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of occupational accidents among participants. The multivariate-adjusted model was adjusted for covariates: age, sex, education, industry, working hours, work style (day, shift, night, others), and sleeping time. The IRR and 95% confidence interval (CI) were subsequently calculated.

Results: Of the participants, 3646 were right-handed, 193 mixed-handed, and 177 left-handed. Occupational accidents were reported by 181(5.0%) of right-handed, 19 (9.8.%) of mixed-handed, and 11 (6.2%) of left-handed participants. Compared to right-handed participants, the IRR for occupational accident was significantly elevated in mixed-handed participants (IRR = 1.84, 95% CI: 1.17-2.88). However, no significant difference was observed in left-handed participants (IRR = 1.13, 95% CI: 0.63-2.04).

Conclusions: Mixed-handedness is associated with a higher incidence of occupational accidents. In contrast, left-handedness does not confer additional risk.

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利手与职业事故的关系：一项前瞻性队列研究。

目的：本研究旨在探讨日本劳工的利手性与职业事故发生率的关系。方法：于2023年3月至12月进行前瞻性队列研究。在9451名基线员工中，6156人回应了随访。报告每月工作少于20天的参与者和每周工作时间少于30小时的参与者被排除在分析之外，留下4016名参与者进行最终分析。我们在基线时使用弗兰德斯利手性问卷，在随访时使用职业事故经历来评估利手性。我们使用校正泊松回归分析来计算参与者的职业事故发生率比（IRR）。多变量调整模型对协变量进行了调整：年龄、性别、教育程度、行业、工作时间、工作方式（白天、轮班、夜间、其他）和睡眠时间。随后计算IRR和95%置信区间（CI）。结果：参与者中有3646人是右撇子，193人是混合撇子，177人是左撇子。有181名右撇子（5.0%）、19名混合撇子（9.8%）和11名左撇子（6.2%）报告了职业事故。与右撇子参与者相比，混合手参与者职业事故的IRR显著升高（IRR = 1.84, 95% CI: 1.17-2.88）。然而，在左撇子参与者中没有观察到显著差异（IRR = 1.13, 95% CI: 0.63-2.04）。结论：混合手性与较高的职业事故发生率有关。相反，左撇子不会带来额外的风险。

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Journal of Occupational Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

3.30%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The scope of the journal is broad, covering toxicology, ergonomics, psychosocial factors and other relevant health issues of workers, with special emphasis on the current developments in occupational health. The JOH also accepts various methodologies that are relevant to investigation of occupational health risk factors and exposures, such as large-scale epidemiological studies, human studies employing biological techniques and fundamental experiments on animals, and also welcomes submissions concerning occupational health practices and related issues.