{"title":"Dissemination and Evaluation of an Opioid Hazard Awareness Training for Stone, Sand, and Gravel Miners.","authors":"Cora Roelofs, Julia Hansen","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002929","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002929","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In response to elevated risk factors, an opioid hazard awareness training for the sand, stone, and gravel mining sector was developed and embedded in annual safety training.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>After positive results from a prior study among Massachusetts workers, a revised training was disseminated across the United States. Two hundred post-training surveys were obtained and compared with results from the Massachusetts cohort.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants' knowledge about opioid-based medications, confidence in talking to a doctor about opioids and/or to a coworker about their own use of opioids, and ability to refer struggling coworkers to resources improved. Massachusetts respondents had slightly more favorable responses. Both cohorts had strong positive views of the training.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results highlight the feasibility and effectiveness of opioid hazard prevention training for a high-risk worker population.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e636-e639"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9863069","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}
{"title":"Effects of an Internet Delivered Behavioral Activation Program on Improving Work Engagement Among Japanese Workers: A Pretest and Posttest Study.","authors":"Yuri Dohi, Kotaro Imamura, Natsu Sasaki, Yu Komase, Asuka Sakuraya, Yuri Nakamura, Megumi Maejima, Mitsuo Aoyama, Norito Kawakami, Yuki Miyamoto","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002933","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002933","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of the study is to examine the effect of a newly developed Internet-delivered behavioral activation (iBA) program on work engagement and well-being among Japanese workers with elevated psychological distress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were recruited via an Internet survey company ( N = 3299). The eligibility criteria were as follows: (1) Japanese employees aged 20 to 59 years, (2) having psychological distress, and (3) not self-employed. This iBA program was a 3-week web-based training course using behavioral activation techniques. Work engagement, psychological distress, and eudemonic well-being at work were measured at baseline and postintervention period. A paired sample t test was conducted to assess the intervention effect.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 568 eligible participants, 120 were randomly selected. A total of 108 participants completed the baseline survey and received the iBA program. Eighty respondents completed the postintervention survey and were included in analyses. The iBA program did not show a significant intervention effect on work engagement ( P = 0.22, Cohen d = 0.14), while psychological distress ( P < 0.01, d = -0.40) and role-oriented future prospects ( P = 0.02, Cohen d = 0.27) were significantly improved.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The effect of the iBA program on work engagement may be limited.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e654-e659"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9881333","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}
{"title":"Building the Worksite Wellness Foundation Infrastructure: A Critical Component of the WorkWell KS Strategic Framework.","authors":"Allison Honn, Hayrettin Okut, Kelsey Liuqiang Lu, Cassidy Bowen, Melinda Chenault, Elizabeth Ablah","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002917","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002917","url":null,"abstract":"Development of infrastructure for successful and sustained health initiatives in the workplace has been recommended, yet not all components have been studied together. This paper evaluates these practices as a combined set of recommendations for those interested in improving the health of their worksite. Objective Workplace health programs can be ineffective, and changes are likely to be temporary without first establishing a wellness infrastructure. This study sought to determine whether attending a WorkWell KS Building the Worksite Wellness Foundation (Foundation) workshop enabled worksites to develop this infrastructure. Methods Survey data were collected from worksites before attending a workshop and approximately 1 year later. Survey items were designed to assess whether the worksite was implementing best practices. Results In total, 212 worksites participated in a workshop and completed both a baseline and follow-up assessments. At follow-up, more worksites reported having a wellness committee (89.6% vs 59.7%, P < 0.001) and having wellness committee duties included in position descriptions (26.2% vs 6.4%, P < 0.001). Conclusions This study suggests that Foundation workshops can support worksites’ implementation of best practices to establish worksite wellness infrastructure.","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"841-845"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10063933","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}
Isabel de Fátima Alvim Braga, Eliana Napoleão Cozendey-Silva, Laila Zelkcovicz Ertler, Thiago Gonçalves Dos Santos Martins, Sabrina da Silva Santos, Bruno de Avilla da Fonseca E Silva, Lia Roque Assumpção, William Waissmann
{"title":"Early Abortions and Congenital Malformations: A Comparison Between Agricultural and Nonagricultural Areas in the State of São Paulo/Brazil.","authors":"Isabel de Fátima Alvim Braga, Eliana Napoleão Cozendey-Silva, Laila Zelkcovicz Ertler, Thiago Gonçalves Dos Santos Martins, Sabrina da Silva Santos, Bruno de Avilla da Fonseca E Silva, Lia Roque Assumpção, William Waissmann","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002896","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002896","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Areas with higher agricultural production have higher rates of abortion and malformation, probable related to pesticides.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the rates of early abortion and fetal malformation in agricultural and nonagricultural areas.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A survey was carried out on fetal deaths in children weighing less than 500 g or gestational age less than 22 weeks and fetal malformations in live births.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 1996 to 2018, there was an increase in the rates of abortion and, albeit to a lesser extent, malformation. The areas of greater agricultural production have higher rates of fetal mortality and malformation than the others.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study suggests that areas with higher use of pesticides have higher rates of abortion and fetal malformations than the others, requiring further observational studies, reducing confounders inherent to the ecological study.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"820-825"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9933490","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}
Simona Margheritti, Ines Giorgi, Stefano Magnone, Massimo Miglioretti, Elena Fiabane
{"title":"Physicians' Turnover Intention During the \"Post-COVID-19\" Era: Risk and Protective Factors.","authors":"Simona Margheritti, Ines Giorgi, Stefano Magnone, Massimo Miglioretti, Elena Fiabane","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002922","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002922","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This research investigates risk and protective factors affecting physicians' turnover intention during the post-COVID-19 era.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach: </strong>A cross-sectional online survey study of 958 physicians working in Lombardy (Northern Italy) hospitals was conducted.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>In the post-COVID-19 era, burnout significantly increases physicians' turnover intention. The same is true for fear of being infected by COVID-19 (FIC), which indirectly affects turnover intention via burnout. The higher FIC and burnout, the higher intention to leave the job or working unity. Self-efficacy significantly decreases turnover intention by reducing FIC and burnout.</p><p><strong>Originality/value: </strong>Implementing turnover preventive programs in healthcare professionals is essential, mainly reducing BO and promoting physicians' personal resources, such as self-efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e631-e635"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10152886","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}
Judith Green-McKenzie, Frances S Shofer, Maura Lappin, Erik Cohen, Daniel O'Connor, Barbara J Kuter
{"title":"Perceptions of the Availability of Personal Protective Equipment and Its Association With Burnout Among US Healthcare Personnel During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, 2020-2021.","authors":"Judith Green-McKenzie, Frances S Shofer, Maura Lappin, Erik Cohen, Daniel O'Connor, Barbara J Kuter","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002926","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002926","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of the study is to explore associations among personal protective equipment (PPE) availability, workplace environment, and burnout among US healthcare personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study used an online healthcare provider (HCP) survey (December 2020-February 2021) regarding PPE confidence, availability, burnout, and workplace environment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Lack of appropriate PPE was reported by 27% of 799 US HCP surveyed. Burnout, reported by 77% of HCP, was more likely among females, those with fewer years of professional experience, and those with a higher desire to quit, and less likely for those who perceived PPE was adequate or their employer took all steps to minimize workplace risks.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study suggests that lack of adequate PPE can lead to HCP burnout, which may result in employees quitting. A pandemic preparedness plan that includes adequate PPE is essential for HCP well-being, patient health, and employer fiscal health.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e619-e625"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9886801","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}
{"title":"Occupational Evaluation of Federal Highway Police Officers Exposed to Cholinesterase Inhibiting Insecticides.","authors":"Juliandra Spagnol Bonache, Bruna Francisquete Costa, Marcio Tadashi Hoshino, Larissa Ludwig, Marcos Aurélio Barboza de Oliveira, Guilherme Luz Emerick","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002937","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002937","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of occupational exposure of federal highway police (PRF) officers to cholinesterase-inhibiting insecticides.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We evaluate erythrocyte and plasma cholinesterase activity, pulse rate, systolic and diastolic pressure, and clinical evaluation through the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Fifth Edition .</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All PRF officers evaluated were male, between 22 and 49 years of age. Pulse rate of the subjects were statistically superior in the post-exposure moment when compared with pre-exposure moment. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase was significant in the post-exposure moment when compared with pre-exposure moment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of the present work show that there are significant biochemical changes, which can be the beginning of serious deleterious effects to the health of PRF officers.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e660-e667"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10286885","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}
Cynthia Mara Zilli Casagrande, Jean Paulo Farias, Ney Meziat-Filho, Leandro Alberto Calazans Nogueira, Arthur Sá Ferreira
{"title":"Better Work Ability Is Associated With Lower Levels of Both Occupational Stress and Occupational Physical Activity in Professional Drivers: A Cross-sectional Study.","authors":"Cynthia Mara Zilli Casagrande, Jean Paulo Farias, Ney Meziat-Filho, Leandro Alberto Calazans Nogueira, Arthur Sá Ferreira","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002918","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002918","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of the study is to investigate the association of sociodemographic factors, lifestyle, work organization, and professional profile with work ability in professional drivers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a cross-sectional study with 449 drivers in Curitiba, Paraná (Brazil). Participants were assessed regarding their work ability (Work Ability Index [WAI]), sociodemographic, lifestyle (physical activity [Baecke's questionnaire] and stress [Work Stress Scale]), work organization, and professional profile using self-completion instruments. The association of WAI with sociodemographic factors, lifestyle, work organization, and professional profile was determined by multivariable ordinal logistic regression models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Lifestyle factors best explained the WAI variability. The WAI was inversely associated with stress and occupational physical activities but directly associated with leisure activities and locomotion and leisure-time physical exercise.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our data also challenge the concept that sociodemographic information and ergonomics organization influence determining the work ability of this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"846-852"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9738133","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}
Nicholas D Gilson, Gregore I Mielke, Jeff S Coombes, Mitch J Duncan, Wendy J Brown
{"title":"The Efficacy and Feasibility of a High Intensity Interval Training Program to Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Truck Drivers: The Fit 2 Drive Cluster Controlled Pilot Study.","authors":"Nicholas D Gilson, Gregore I Mielke, Jeff S Coombes, Mitch J Duncan, Wendy J Brown","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002914","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This cluster-controlled pilot study assessed the efficacy and feasibility of \"Fit 2 Drive,\" a depot-delivered, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program to improve the cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) of truck drivers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Companies of local delivery drivers (44 men; mean [SD] age = 50.5 [9.8] years; Brisbane, Australia) were assigned to \"Fit 2 Drive\" (4 clusters; 27 drivers; 1 × 4 minutes supervised to self-managed HIIT, 3 times a week, 12 weeks) or a control (5 clusters; 17 drivers). Analyses assessed between group changes in CRF (VO 2peak ), HIIT session attendance, and delivery costs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Driver clusters allocated to \"Fit 2 Drive\" significantly improved CRF compared to a control (mean difference of 3.6 mL·kg -1 ·min -1 ; P < 0.019; 95% confidence interval = 0.7-6.5 mL·kg -1 ·min -1 ). Drivers who completed the program attended 70% of sessions (25/36) with delivery costs averaging $710 AUD per driver.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings support the efficacy and feasibility of Fit 2 Drive but also highlight challenges for in-person delivery at scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"836-840"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10063932","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}
{"title":"Professional and Gender Differences in Job Stress: A Comparison of Economics, Finance, and Accounting Professionals.","authors":"Talgat Kutebayev, Arman Rakhimov, Zhanna Utaliyeva","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002932","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000002932","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in the level and sources of job stress among key business professionals such as economists, financiers, and accountants as well as among genders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study used the Job Stress Survey to collect data on job stress among 702 Kazakhstani business professionals who worked in both public and private organizations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis revealed that the degree of severity and frequency of stress was not high for all business professionals. Results showed that financiers experienced higher stress than economists due to limited opportunity for advancement and disagreeable duties. The study also found that men economists and financiers were stressed from conflicts with other departments more than women of these professions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings provide insights for organizations about the potential ways of preventing and mitigating job stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":16631,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e648-e653"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10286887","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}