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A ceramic worker diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome.

IF 1.8 4区医学

Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0175

Asuman Aslan Kara, Gülden Sari, Adem Koyuncu, Zeynep Öztürk, Ceprail Şimşek

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Concurrent trajectories of occupational groups and sustainable working life-a Swedish twin cohort study over 16 years.

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Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0205

Annina Ropponen, Mo Wang, Jurgita Narusyte, Pia Svedberg

{"title":"Concurrent trajectories of occupational groups and sustainable working life-a Swedish twin cohort study over 16 years.","authors":"Annina Ropponen, Mo Wang, Jurgita Narusyte, Pia Svedberg","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0205","url":null,"abstract":"We aimed to examine concurrent trajectories of occupational groups and level of sustainable working life, and individuals' characteristics as predictors for the trajectories. National register data from 81 388 Swedish twins born in 1925-1990 included occupational groups. To define the level of sustainable working life, employment, unemployment, sickness absence, and disability pensions in 2001-2016 were used. Group-based multi-trajectory modeling and multinomial regression for relative risks (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were applied. Five trajectory groups (4.4-20.8%) showed stable occupational groups and stable sustainable working life over time. Two trajectory groups had a decrease in sustainable working life: 6.1% were between being building and manufacturing worker, and mechanical manufacturing and transport worker, etc., and 8.7% were stable in occupations in administration and customer service clerks. One group (5.5%) had a stable sustainable working life but shifted from elementary occupations to occupations requiring an advanced higher education level. All studied factors played a role in belonging to the trajectory groups. To conclude, the concurrent changes over time in occupational groups and sustainable working life were stable. A few identified occupational groups had a decrease in sustainable working life over time, thus meriting support across working careers to remain in paid work.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143457530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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I watch SEM: continuous time dynamic models with N≥1 smart watch data.

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Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0186

Christian Dormann, Olga Diener

{"title":"I watch SEM: continuous time dynamic models with N≥1 smart watch data.","authors":"Christian Dormann, Olga Diener","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0186","url":null,"abstract":"Since smart devices have become useful tools in monitoring health, we use the applied part of this article for explaining how to retrieve N=1 bivariate ILD from popular smart watches and how to prepare them for CTSEM (including N>1 multivariate extensions). We show how to specify a cross-lagged panel CTSEM using the R package ctsem, how to fit the specified model to the retrieved data, and how to interpret the results. Limitations of CTSEM are discussed, too. Monitoring and forecasting industrial health represent important issues for organizations. In the theoretical part of this article, we provide a brief introduction to different types of repeated measure designs and methods to analyze repeatedly measured data, with a particular focus on continuous time modelling of intensive longitudinal data (ILD) with N≥1 analysis. We built on the distinction between within-person versus between-person effects, and how this is addressed in static versus dynamic models. Further, we elaborate on the distinction between discrete time dynamic models versus continuous time dynamic models. In particular, we deal with continuous time structural equation models (CTSEM), and we provide a brief introduction into the underlying math.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Occupational management of low back pain secondary to prolapsed intervertebral disc in a Malaysian healthcare worker: a case report emphasizing ergonomic intervention and risk reduction strategies.

IF 1.8 4区医学

Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0170

Jun Fai Yap, Rama Krishna Supramanian, Yin Cheng Lim

{"title":"Occupational management of low back pain secondary to prolapsed intervertebral disc in a Malaysian healthcare worker: a case report emphasizing ergonomic intervention and risk reduction strategies.","authors":"Jun Fai Yap, Rama Krishna Supramanian, Yin Cheng Lim","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0170","url":null,"abstract":"Low back pain (LBP) is a commonly encountered medical disorder in Malaysia's primary care setting, though establishing a direct connection between LBP and the workplace environment in adults is challenging. This case presents a clinic nurse who developed LBP due to a prolapsed intervertebral disc and her clinical management from an Occupational Health Doctor perspective. Her occupational management involved a walk-through survey at an urban hospital, which identified bone marrow aspiration as her most physically demanding task. Detailed assessment revealed that during this procedure, the nurse maintained awkward postures and performed repetitive movements while standing for extended periods. A Rapid Entire Body Assessment score of 4 suggested a medium risk, meriting further investigation. To accommodate her condition, the nurse was placed on light duty, with job modifications recommended to limit standing to no more than four hours and to avoid lifting objects exceeding five kilograms. Although the criteria for an occupational disease are not met, it is classified as a work-aggravated condition, given that her LBP was likely worsened by her daily work activities. In conclusion, effective management of occupational LBP requires thorough risk assessments. Modifying tasks and supervisor intervention are essential when job duties could exacerbate pre-existing LBP.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143046369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The interplay between personal traits and coping strategies on shift-work tolerance: a cross-sectional study. 个人特质和应对策略对轮班工作耐受性的相互影响：一项横断面研究。

IF 1.8 4区医学

Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0165

Su Hyun Kim, Kyungeh An, M Danet Lapiz Bluhm, Moonju Lee, Seung Hwa Shin

{"title":"The interplay between personal traits and coping strategies on shift-work tolerance: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Su Hyun Kim, Kyungeh An, M Danet Lapiz Bluhm, Moonju Lee, Seung Hwa Shin","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0165","url":null,"abstract":"The ability to adapt to night shift work varies greatly among individuals, but little is known about how personal traits and coping strategies interact to affect shift-work tolerance. This study aimed to identify how certain personal traits (e.g., flexibility, languidness, chronotype, and neuroticism) and behavioral and coping strategies influence shift-work tolerance. Additionally, it explored whether behavioral and coping strategies moderate the association between neuroticism and shift-work tolerance. In this cross-sectional study, nurses (N=297) working rotating shifts consisting of either three 8-hour shifts or two 12-hour shifts at two university hospitals and one training hospital in South Korea completed a survey on shift work. Data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis. Nurses with personal traits of lower flexibility, higher languidness, evening-oriented chronotypes, and higher neuroticism had less shift-work tolerance. Engagement-coping decreased fatigue, whereas disengagement-coping increased insomnia. Among those with higher levels of neuroticism, disengagement-coping further reduced alertness, while engagement-coping aggravated insomnia. Addressing the complex interplay between personal traits and coping strategies is essential to enhance adaptations to shift work without adverse consequences.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143046459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Airport security personnel's working hour characteristics and associations with sickness absence-a retrospective cohort study in 2016-2019. 机场安保人员的工作时间特征及与病假的关联--2016-2019 年回顾性队列研究。

IF 1.8 4区医学

Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Epub Date: 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0062

Annina Ropponen, Maria Hirvonen, Mikael Sallinen

{"title":"Airport security personnel's working hour characteristics and associations with sickness absence-a retrospective cohort study in 2016-2019.","authors":"Annina Ropponen, Maria Hirvonen, Mikael Sallinen","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0062","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0062","url":null,"abstract":"We aimed to investigate the associations of working hour characteristics based on the international and local definitions with sickness absence (SA) among airport security personnel. The payroll-based registry data of daily working hours for 2016-2019 at one airport was limited to those with ≥30 work shifts in a year (n=377-687 employees). The conditional Poisson model for incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was used for analyses. Based on the international definitions, only a few associations were found: each one-unit increase in weekly working hours and the number of consecutive working days were associated with a lower likelihood of SA. The local definitions were more consistently associated with SA: Each one-unit increase in shift length and time between shifts, higher variation in shift length, and the number of consecutive evening and night shifts were associated with a higher likelihood of SA. To conclude, especially the local definitions of working hour characteristics seem to be important limits for short SA. Thus, high variability of shift lengths and prolonged shifts could be avoided to reduce the risk of SA. Overall, keeping the working hours within any of the recommendations among airport security personnel could support well-being and health.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"84-92"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11779515/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141999844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Female teleworkers with pain have the highest presenteeism, where its primary contributing variable was not those of musculoskeletal disability. 有疼痛感的女性远程工作者的旷工率最高，其主要原因不是肌肉骨骼残疾。

IF 1.8 4区医学

Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Epub Date: 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0068

Hiroshi Takasaki

{"title":"Female teleworkers with pain have the highest presenteeism, where its primary contributing variable was not those of musculoskeletal disability.","authors":"Hiroshi Takasaki","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0068","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0068","url":null,"abstract":"Presenteeism, among desk workers with pain can be affected by musculoskeletal disabilities (MSDs), working styles, and gender. In this study, teleworkers were defined as those who teleworked >70% of the time at home, while others were defined as non-full teleworkers. This study aimed to (1) compare the magnitude of presenteeism among four groups: male and female teleworkers with pain and male and female non-full teleworkers with pain, and (2) create a regression model of presenteeism with 66 independent biopsychosocial variables for each group. Data were collected through an anonymous online survey. Presenteeism was evaluated using the work functioning impairment scale. The 66 independent biopsychosocial variables included four disability measures, namely, stiff neck/shoulders, low back pain, and upper or lower limb problems, along with other factors relevant to presenteeism in previous studies, such as age, body mass index, comorbidities, work-related variables, pain catastrophizing, and various psychological distress measures. Data from 1,068 male non-full teleworkers, 1,043 female non-full teleworkers, 282 male teleworkers, and 307 female teleworkers were analyzed. Presenteeism was the highest among female teleworkers with pain. Furthermore, in all models, overall psychological distress, rather than the four MSD measures, was the primary contributing factor for presenteeism.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"71-83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11779516/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Relationship between pain catastrophizing and pain self-efficacy and presenteeism in workers: a cross-sectional-study focusing on gender differences. 工人疼痛灾难化与疼痛自我效能感和旷工之间的关系：一项关注性别差异的横断面研究。

IF 1.8 4区医学

Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Epub Date: 2024-05-24 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0166

Toshiki Kishimoto, Yoshinori Kitabatake, Takayuki Taguchi, Hiroaki Nobuhara

{"title":"Relationship between pain catastrophizing and pain self-efficacy and presenteeism in workers: a cross-sectional-study focusing on gender differences.","authors":"Toshiki Kishimoto, Yoshinori Kitabatake, Takayuki Taguchi, Hiroaki Nobuhara","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2023-0166","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2023-0166","url":null,"abstract":"Presenteeism has been noted to be associated with cognitive factors of pain, such as pain catastrophizing (PC) and pain self-efficacy (PS). Pain perception differs by gender, so it is important to consider gender differences when examining the association between cognitive factors of pain and presenteeism. This study aimed to examine the association between presenteeism and cognitive factors of pain, taking gender differences into account. A cross-sectional survey of 305 workers was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire that included items on pain status, PC, PS, and work performance. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to test whether PC and PS independently influence presenteeism, separately for men and women. Logistic regression analysis showed that PC was extracted in men, and the group with severe PC had higher odds of presenteeism (odds ratio 6.56, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.83-23.40). Contrarily, PS was extracted in women, with higher odds of presenteeism in the moderate (odds ratio 2.54, 95% CI 1.01-6.39) and low (odds ratio 5.43, 95% CI 1.31-22.50) PS groups than in the high PS. This study showed that the cognitive factors of pain related to presenteeism may differ by gender.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"29-39"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11779513/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141154565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A comparison of periodic health examinations and workplace health screening for workers in Singapore and Japan. 新加坡和日本工人定期健康检查和工作场所健康筛查的比较。

IF 1.8 4区医学

Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Epub Date: 2024-05-28 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0046

Benjamin Zhi Qiang Seah, Seichi Horie, Wee Hoe Gan, Chikage Nagano, Alvin Kian Wei Tan, Kimiyo Mori, David Soo Quee Koh

{"title":"A comparison of periodic health examinations and workplace health screening for workers in Singapore and Japan.","authors":"Benjamin Zhi Qiang Seah, Seichi Horie, Wee Hoe Gan, Chikage Nagano, Alvin Kian Wei Tan, Kimiyo Mori, David Soo Quee Koh","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0046","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0046","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to provide a historical overview of how workplace safety and health legislations in Singapore and Japan have evolved, and perform a comparative analysis of the occupational health systems where work-related medical examinations and health screening are concerned. The discourse is centered on three key themes-coverage, comprehensiveness, and continuity of care. The comparative analysis was performed based on secondary data obtained from open-source platforms. Singapore and Japan have robust workplace safety and health legislative frameworks and laws. However, their approaches diverge because of differing socioeconomic and political contexts. Japan's regulations are generally more comprehensive, require more frequent monitoring of workers' health status, and encompass both physical and mental health components. Singaporean companies focus primarily on the physical component of health, and statutory examinations are required only for exposure to specific occupational hazards. With increasing prominence of mental health issues and shift towards preventive care in Singapore, there will be greater emphasis on a holistic approach to each employee's overall health in future. For Japan, the challenge would be to strike a balance between long-term sustainability of current policies against the need for state and corporations to still retain an adequate stake in ensuring workers' overall health.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"93-106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11779517/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141175593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring factors associated with deterioration in mental health among foreign technical intern trainees: a 6-month follow-up study. 探索外国实习技术人员心理健康状况恶化的相关因素：一项为期 6 个月的跟踪研究。

IF 1.8 4区医学

Industrial Health Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Epub Date: 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0165

Mihoko Mori, Yoshitaka Morimatsu, Tatsuya Ishitake

{"title":"Exploring factors associated with deterioration in mental health among foreign technical intern trainees: a 6-month follow-up study.","authors":"Mihoko Mori, Yoshitaka Morimatsu, Tatsuya Ishitake","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2023-0165","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2023-0165","url":null,"abstract":"To investigate factors contributing to the mental health of Vietnamese technical intern trainees in the food manufacturing industry, a questionnaire survey was conducted twice with a six-month interval. A total of 111 technical trainees who participated in two surveys were included in the analysis. We used a mixed-effects model, where items with statistically significant associations in the univariate analysis were fixed effects, factories were random effects, and the outcome was defined as the K6 score at follow-up. The mean K6 score increased from 3.13 (SD 3.5) at baseline to 3.86 (SD 4.1) at follow-up, with 26.1% and 34.2% exhibiting poor mental health (K6 ≥5) at baseline and follow-up, respectively. Insomnia and years of training experience were significantly associated with the K6 score at follow-up. Those with insomnia had significantly higher K6 score at follow-up. Compared to the first year of training, K6 score at follow-up increased significantly for training in their third year or more. It is important to understand the sleeping conditions of trainees and support them based on their years of training experience.","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"62-70"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11779512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141456526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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