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Wearable sensors for monitoring on-duty and off-duty worker physiological status and activities in construction
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3289-5406
AbstractTotal Worker Health® (TWH) integrates occupational health and safety with the promotion of workers' off-duty wellbeing. Wearable sensors (e.g., activity trackers and physiological monitors) have facilitated personalized objective measurement of workers' health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the TWH concept is relevant to construction workers, especially roofing workers, as they encounter high on-duty health and safety risks and have poor off-duty lifestyles. This study examined the reliability and usability of wearable sensors for monitoring roofing workers' on-duty and off-duty activities. The results demonstrated the usability of these sensors and recommended a data collection period of three consecutive days for obtaining an intraclass correlation coefficient of ≥0.75 for heart rate, energy expenditure, metabolic equivalents, and sleep efficiency. The participants exhibited significant variations in their physical responses, health statuses, and safety behaviors. Moreover, several issues were identified in the application of wearable sensors to TWH evaluations for construction workers including roofers.
HighlightsUsability of wearable sensors for tracking roofers' physiological data was verified.It was feasible to measure variations of workers'personal on- and off-duty activities using wearable sensors.We found that a three-day data acquisition period is needed to obtain reliable data on personalized health conditions.We found a potential correlation between physical status and performance at the individual level.
Wearable sensors for monitoring on-duty and off-duty worker physiological status and activities in construction
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3289-5406
AbstractTotal Worker Health® (TWH) integrates occupational health and safety with the promotion of workers' off-duty wellbeing. Wearable sensors (e.g., activity trackers and physiological monitors) have facilitated personalized objective measurement of workers' health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the TWH concept is relevant to construction workers, especially roofing workers, as they encounter high on-duty health and safety risks and have poor off-duty lifestyles. This study examined the reliability and usability of wearable sensors for monitoring roofing workers' on-duty and off-duty activities. The results demonstrated the usability of these sensors and recommended a data collection period of three consecutive days for obtaining an intraclass correlation coefficient of ≥0.75 for heart rate, energy expenditure, metabolic equivalents, and sleep efficiency. The participants exhibited significant variations in their physical responses, health statuses, and safety behaviors. Moreover, several issues were identified in the application of wearable sensors to TWH evaluations for construction workers including roofers.
HighlightsUsability of wearable sensors for tracking roofers' physiological data was verified.It was feasible to measure variations of workers'personal on- and off-duty activities using wearable sensors.We found that a three-day data acquisition period is needed to obtain reliable data on personalized health conditions.We found a potential correlation between physical status and performance at the individual level.
Wearable sensors for monitoring on-duty and off-duty worker physiological status and activities in construction
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3289-5406
AbstractTotal Worker Health® (TWH) integrates occupational health and safety with the promotion of workers' off-duty wellbeing. Wearable sensors (e.g., activity trackers and physiological monitors) have facilitated personalized objective measurement of workers' health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the TWH concept is relevant to construction workers, especially roofing workers, as they encounter high on-duty health and safety risks and have poor off-duty lifestyles. This study examined the reliability and usability of wearable sensors for monitoring roofing workers' on-duty and off-duty activities. The results demonstrated the usability of these sensors and recommended a data collection period of three consecutive days for obtaining an intraclass correlation coefficient of ≥0.75 for heart rate, energy expenditure, metabolic equivalents, and sleep efficiency. The participants exhibited significant variations in their physical responses, health statuses, and safety behaviors. Moreover, several issues were identified in the application of wearable sensors to TWH evaluations for construction workers including roofers.
HighlightsUsability of wearable sensors for tracking roofers' physiological data was verified.It was feasible to measure variations of workers'personal on- and off-duty activities using wearable sensors.We found that a three-day data acquisition period is needed to obtain reliable data on personalized health conditions.We found a potential correlation between physical status and performance at the individual level.
Wearable sensors for monitoring on-duty and off-duty worker physiological status and activities in construction
Lee, Wonil (author) / Lin, Ken-Yu (author) / Seto, Edmund (author) / Migliaccio, Giovanni C. (author)
Automation in Construction ; 83 ; 341-353
2017-06-10
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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