{"title":"INTEVAL, an example of effective intervention for musculoskeletal pain in the workplace.","authors":"Merce Soler-Font","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2023.26.04.01","DOIUrl":"10.12961/aprl.2023.26.04.01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The World Health Organization considers the workplace as one of the best contexts for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. Implementing combined and de-medicalised interventions in Occupational Health Services (OHS) in a sustainable way over time can facilitate access to early detection, and management of musculoskeletal pain at work and improve workers' health. However, developing and implementing such interventions is challenging. Therefore, it is necessary to share previous interventions that describe both implementation and evaluation, in order to be used as practical examples that can inspire different OHS to implement sustainable interventions….</p>","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"26 4","pages":"252-258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49687212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guillermo Soriano Tarin, Juan C Francisco-García, José M Alonso-Bosque, Marisa Valle-Robles, Alba Bernabeu-Atanasio
{"title":"[Concordance between the Work Capability Index and the Years of Surviving Disability Estimated using the PoRT-9LSQ methodology].","authors":"Guillermo Soriano Tarin, Juan C Francisco-García, José M Alonso-Bosque, Marisa Valle-Robles, Alba Bernabeu-Atanasio","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2023.26.04.02","DOIUrl":"10.12961/aprl.2023.26.04.02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze the association between lifestyles and health risk factors that can lead to prematurely leaving work, with the expected Years Lived with Disability (AYLD) in a working population, and to calculate the correlation between the Work Ability Index (WAI) and the Work Ability Score (WAS), and then both of these with the AYLD and its economic cost.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study in a sample of workers who underwent a health examination. The information was collected using the ICL and WAS questionnaires, applying the PoRT-9LSQ methodology. Linear regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the association between the risk factors and AYLD. The correlation between WAI and WAS was analyzed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and then between each of these the AYLD and its economic cost using adjusted linear regression. Results: A total of 590 workers were included. Factors that most influenced the average AYLD were a sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, and overweight/obesity, with statistically significant differences according to sex, shift, and occupation (p<0.05). An ICC of 93.0% was found between ICL and WAS, a good/excellent rating. The adjusted linear regression between ICL and ADSE was 7.982-0.136xICL (p<0.05), and was similar for WAS. Conclusions: The WAI is useful for predicting AYLD in the working population. This can facilitate decisionmaking by health personnel to identify vulnerable people, encouraging changes in lifestyle and self-care.</p>","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"26 4","pages":"259-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49687206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. M. Rodríguez-Blanes, José Rafael Lobato-Cañón, J. Sánchez-Payá, José Ramón Ausó-Pérez, A. Cardona-Llorens
{"title":"[Influence of Ergonomic Preventive Resources in Development of Sequels Due to Non-Traumatic Diseases of the Shoulder].","authors":"G. M. Rodríguez-Blanes, José Rafael Lobato-Cañón, J. Sánchez-Payá, José Ramón Ausó-Pérez, A. Cardona-Llorens","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.06","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE\u0000To describe the sequelae referred to the cases attended by non-traumatic diseases of the shoulder. To know how sociodemographic characteristics, preventive knowledge about the workplace and ergonomic requirements are associated with the presence of sequelae.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000Cross-sectional observational study in a population of 345 patients attended for a year in the consultations of a primary health care center in Alicante. Through the Chi-square test, the associations between the sequels and the rest of the variables were studied.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULSTS\u000053.9% (n=186) of the participants reported having sequelae derived, especially occasional pain associated or not with limitation of joint mobility. They are risk factors: a low level of studies, cleaning activities and industrial sector, raising the arm over the shoulder and the monotony in the workplace. However, they are protective factors: male sex, having information on occupational risks, Personal Protective Equipment, the existence of a Labor Risk Prevention Service, Risk Assessment, Prevention Plan and periodic medical examinations. Knowing the risks of the position was shown as an independent protection factor against the development of secondary sequelae in the shoulder (ORa=0,2; IC95%=0,1-0,4). However, to raise the arm above the shoulder, behaving as an independent risk factor for the development of sequelae due to shoulder pathology (ORa=2,1; IC95%=1,0-4,3).\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000The combination of ergonomic and training strategies seems useful in the prevention of the development of shoulder-level sequelae.","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"88 1","pages":"196-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83827126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Arnal-Gómez, G. Espí-López, Diego Cano-Heras, E. Muñoz-Gómez, Isabel Balbastre Tejedor, M. V. Ramírez-Íñiguez de la Torre, M. Vicente-Herrero
{"title":"[Efficacy of eccentric exercise as a treatment for Achilles Tendinopathy: literature review].","authors":"Anna Arnal-Gómez, G. Espí-López, Diego Cano-Heras, E. Muñoz-Gómez, Isabel Balbastre Tejedor, M. V. Ramírez-Íñiguez de la Torre, M. Vicente-Herrero","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.07","url":null,"abstract":"Introducción: las tendinopatías son consecuencia de cargas excesivas en el tendón, por lo que son frecuentes en el ámbito laboral debido a movimientos repetitivos y posturas forzadas. La tendinopatía de Aquiles se caracteriza por una respuesta de curación desorganizada, asociada a cierto grado de neovascularización, siendo el tratamiento conservador la estrategia inicial. \u0000Objetivos realizar una revisión bibliográfica para analizr la efectividad de los tratamientos utilizados en la tendinopatía aquilea a partir de los estudios incluidos. \u0000Material y métodos: revisión bibliográfica de artículos científicos consultando las bases de datos PubMed y The Cochrane Library utilizando las palabras clave “((tendinopathy) AND (Achilles Tendon) AND (exercise OR exercise therapy OR Muscle Stretching Exercises OR physical therapy modalities OR rehabilitation))”. \u0000Resultados: Se obtuvieron 635 refrencias en Pubmed y 134 en Cochrane Library, de los cuales 14 cumplieron los criterios de inclusión. Los estudios seleccionados mostraron que, en general, los ejercicios excéntricos son una terapia efectiva aplicada entre 6 y 12 semanas en la tendinopatía de Aquiles, sin combinar o combinada con la plataforma de vibración, complementos nutricionales, tratamiento de tejidos blandos, terapia de láser o terapia de ondas de choque. \u0000Conclusión: la revisión muestra que el ejercicio excéntrico presenta los mejores resultados en el tratamiento de la tendinopatía aquilea.","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"52 1","pages":"211-233"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78027986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ballesteros Polo, M. Sampere Valero, J. C. López López, R. Sacristán Nieto, A. Ruiz Julián, S. Alguacil García, É. Santos Ávila, S. García Rubia, B. López Costa, J. M. Martínez Martínez
{"title":"[Time series of non-work related sickness absence incidence by subgroups of duration (2009-2018)].","authors":"M. Ballesteros Polo, M. Sampere Valero, J. C. López López, R. Sacristán Nieto, A. Ruiz Julián, S. Alguacil García, É. Santos Ávila, S. García Rubia, B. López Costa, J. M. Martínez Martínez","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.05","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE\u0000We describe time trend incidence (2009-2018) of non-work related Sickness Absence(SA) segmented by duration of episodes in Spain.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000We used SA cases from a health insurance company (\"mutua\") in Spain. Overall non-work related SA incidence and incidence by duration of episodes (1-3 days, 4-15 days, 16-30 days, 31-90 days and> 90 days) were obtained. A time series ecological study was carried out with an inflection point in 2013. The annual percentage of change and 95% confidence interval were obtained. The analyses were stratified by age and sex.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Overall incidence went from 35.3 cases per 100 workers-years in 2009 to 25.2 in 2013. From 2014, there is a sustained rise in the incidence of ITCC, ending 2018 with 34.1 cases per 100 workers-years. The overall incidence is determined mainly by processes less than 16 days in young population. The decrease in 2009-2013 occurred in all the duration segments, especially in 4 to 15 (APC=-11,2; 95% CI=(-14,1 a -8,2)) and more than 90 days (APC =-9,4; 95% CI =(-15,5 a -2,8)), mainly in young people. The rise in 2013-2018 was observed in all the segments, with the largest significant increase in sections of 1-3 days(younger workers: APC =18,9; 95% CI =(14,8 a 23,2)) and in more than 90 days (mainly in older ones). Time trend of SA showed similar pattern in both sexes.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000Time trend analysis of SA incidence by duration segments offers a detailed information of SA. These results are useful for professionals in the prevention and management of SA.","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"14 1","pages":"182-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74780997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Health surveillance in Spain: needs for improvement?]","authors":"María Jesús Terradillos García","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.03","url":null,"abstract":"La Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) define la vigilancia de la salud en el trabajo como la recopilación, el análisis, la interpretación y la difusión continuada y sistemática de datos a efectos de la prevención, y comprende tanto la vigilancia de la salud de los trabajadores (vigilancia de la salud individual) como la del medio ambiente de trabajo (vigilancia de la salud colectiva), siendo las actividades de vigilancia de la salud individual fundamentalmente de carácter diagnóstico-preventivo, orientadas a la detección precoz de posibles daños derivados del trabajo, mientras que las de nivel colectivo son de carácter epidemiológico. \u0000Uno de los instrumentos de los que se vale la Medicina del Trabajo es precisamente esta vigilancia de la salud, que permite evaluar, controlar y realizar un seguimiento de la repercusión de las condiciones de trabajo sobre la salud de la población trabajadora. Se trata, pues, de una técnica complementaria de las utilizadas por el resto de disciplinas de prevención de riesgos laborales –Seguridad, Higiene y Ergonomía y Psicosociología– por lo que no tiene sentido su consideración como instrumento aislado de prevención: ha de integrarse en las políticas de prevención globales de la empresa…","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"44 1","pages":"159-163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90279846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Management guidelines for vulnerable workers and persons and SARS-CoV-2 in Catalonian businesses].","authors":"Grupo de trabajo GTPSVTESSARS-CoV","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.08","url":null,"abstract":"Objectius del document \u0000Elaborar un document de consens professional de Medicina del Treball sobre la identificació i gestió, en un entorn de pandèmia, de: \u0000les persones especialment vulnerables (PEV) davant la COVID-19 a les empreses, \u0000els treballadors/res especialment sensibles (TES) enfront del risc laboral d’exposició al SARS-CoV-2 a les empreses, \u0000que ajudi a prendre aquelles decisions mèdiques i laborals, ètiques, al voltant de les persones i la feina que són especialment complexes en moments de molta pressió i incertesa com els actuals de pandèmia pel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 i que contribueixin a conciliar els drets a la salut i a la feina dels treballadors/res, a complir amb les seves responsabilitats a les empreses i a garantir els serveis bàsics i essencials als ciutadans.","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"28 1","pages":"234-252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87165027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Denial of disability versus inability to meet essential job functions].","authors":"Ambar Deschamps Perdomo","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.09","url":null,"abstract":"The return to work process following a prolonged medical leave includes an assessment of both work capacity and ability to meet essential job functions. We present the case of an administrative assistant with a congenital vocal cord injury who was denied total permanent disability. The initial fitness for duty examination after her prolonged absence resulted in a determination of fitness, but with limitations. After performing a risk assessment and review of the essential job functions of her occupation, she was dismissed based on inability to meet the essential demands of the job. Assessments of work capacity/disability must be multidisciplinary, integrating the diagnosis, treatment, course of the illness, and conducted from both a preventive and work perspective.","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"13 1","pages":"272-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91529016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Purtí, J. Inglés, Leyre De la Peña, Maria Cruz Rodríguez, Montserrat Puiggené, Mª Carmen Bernad, Santiago Calvet, Rosa María Orriols, B. López, E. Martínez, M. Carmen Torres, Sonia Alonso, J. Ramada
{"title":"[The Catalan Society of Occupational Health(@SCSL) facing the big challenge of COVID-19].","authors":"E. Purtí, J. Inglés, Leyre De la Peña, Maria Cruz Rodríguez, Montserrat Puiggené, Mª Carmen Bernad, Santiago Calvet, Rosa María Orriols, B. López, E. Martínez, M. Carmen Torres, Sonia Alonso, J. Ramada","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2020.23.02.01","url":null,"abstract":"Con la llegada a España del SARS-CoV-2, el incremento exponencial de enfermos de COVID-19 y sus lamentables consecuencias para un número importante de personas, la @SCSL ha tenido que adaptarse a esta nueva situación. El virus se ha propagado en muchos hogares, en numerosas empresas y en todos los centros sanitarios, sociosanitarios y residenciales del país, llegando incluso a situarnos al borde del colapso asistencial. Esta nueva variable, en forma de riesgo biológico, llegó provocando en la población trabajadora un desequilibrio de la siempre compleja relación bidireccional entre el trabajo y la salud…","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"37 1","pages":"146-153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88003018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Case investigation approach for occupational diseases].","authors":"Jerónimo Maqueda Blasco, José María Roel Valdés","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2019.22.04.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2019.22.04.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"50 1","pages":"162-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84724505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}