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{"title":"Impact of Workplace Environment on Health Workers","authors":"Edem Mj, Akpan Eu, Pepple Nm","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000261","url":null,"abstract":"Employee morale can be impacted in both positive and negative ways by the workplace environment. Workplace environment plays a major role in the performance and productivity of an employee. Most industries have an unsafe workplace environment and are most time unhealthy too. This study is focused on the workplace environment in a health facility and how it affects the health worker. An unsafe health facility environment such as unsuitable furniture, poorly designed workstations, lack of ventilation, excessive noise, inappropriate lighting, poor supervisor support, poor work space, poor communication, poor fire safety measures for emergencies, and lack of personal protective equipment, can adversely affect the productivity of the employee. Health workers in such environment are exposed to occupational diseases such as heat stress, deafness, ergonomic disorders and suffocation. Health worker’s productivity and performance can decrease due to poorly planned workplace environment as this adversely affects their morale and may give rise to poor motivation and no job satisfaction as a result, it becomes a challenge for the management to provide a safe work environment for the workers to ensure health, efficiency, productivity and good performance. The relationship between the health worker, work and the workplace environment is very crucial and hence it becomes an integral part of work itself. Management effort in ensuring an active workforce should be focused on employee personal motivation and the infrastructure of the work environment.","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74842108","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":"Functioning and Physical Activity after Spinal Cord Injury.","authors":"A. Šidlauskienė, A. Adomavičienė, Sigita Burokiene, J. Raistenskis","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000265","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes medical disorders and loss of functions, independence and physical activity in daily and social life. Primary inpatient rehabilitation after SCI onset is more focused on improving the physical state, physical capacity or developing functional independence and mobility skills. In long-term periods the functioning and socialization processes of people with SCI are improving each year naturally engaging and participating in various areas of everyday life. Objectives: The functioning and physical activity of people with SCI in different period of life: during inpatient SCI rehabilitation, after discharge in the long-term context (1–24 years after SCI on set). Material and Methods: A total of 194 people with SCI were participated in the research during 2007–2015. The study was carried out during inpatient rehabilitation in the Centre of Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine and during independent life skills and recreation camps in the Landscape Therapy and Recreation Centre (Palanga). Functional problems were assessed by the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for SCI. Socio-demographic characteristics, physical activity in everyday life in different periods after SCI onset were collected by a brief form of the Life Situation Questionnaire-revised. Results: SCI more often experienced young men, up to 34 years of age unmarried and having special or higher education. Prevailed traumatic, in thoracic level and AIS A type SCI. People with SCI actively participated in labour market: during 1–5 years after SCI employed participants increased from 17.8% to 30.2% and in subsequence periods increased significantly to 35.8% (p<0.05). In different period prevailed jobs at home, works to order and shortterm jobs. The comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation statistically significant improved activities and participation skills, especially in solving problems, mobility and self-care, but physical activity in everyday life more increased in 1–5 years period: participants more spent time in a wheelchair, actively participated in sports and household chores, more often went outside of the house and went out to manage social matters or to entertain. Conclusion: During inpatient rehabilitation precisely solved problems, favourable social conditions, promoted physically active lifestyle, assurance of social support and state policy could ensures successful functioning and better physical activity in everyday life and community in long-term context of people with SCI.","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"32 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82722628","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":"Stress Evaluation for the Prevention of Karoshi","authors":"N. Inoue","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000257","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"24 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79424959","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":"The Prevalence of Work-Related Stress Complaints among Healthcare Workers for the Disabled Participating in a Workersâ Health Surveillance Program","authors":"Blekemolen Jrm, Hulshof Ctj, Sluiter Jk","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000256","url":null,"abstract":"Background:Healthcare workers are at high risk for developing mental health complaints due to frequent exposure to risk factors such as high work demands, low work control and high emotional demands. Aim: To be able to plan a job-specific workers’ health surveillance (WHS) program properly, knowledge about the number of workers that could be expected to be the target for interventions should be known. Therefore we studied the prevalence of stress and common mental health complaints among Dutch healthcare workers for the disabled who voluntarily participated in WHS in a large healthcare organization. \u0000Methods: In total, 615 workers positively responded to the invitation for the surveillance program; 449 workers were willing to participate in the research study by giving informed consent. We used validated scales to assess general stress, work-related fatigue, distress, burnout, and posttraumatic stress. The prevalence rate of each mental health complaint was calculated. \u0000Results: Information from 402 workers was eligible for analysis (response rate 65%). The mental health prevalence rates were: general stress 22%, work-related fatigue 17%, distress 12%, burnout 6%, post-traumatic stress complaints 8%. \u0000Conclusions: Common mental health complaints among healthcare workers of the disabled is common (one in every five workers) for general stress and work-related fatigue. Distress was found in about 10% of the workers. Burnout and post-traumatic stress was less common (1 in 19-20 workers). This study suggests that to ensure future workers’ health and quality of care, employers of healthcare workers of the disabled should be offered WHS with adequate intervention strategies periodically.","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"32 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89592873","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":"The Long Term Impact between Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressors and Musculoskeletal Disorders on Iraqi Residents during the Gulf War","authors":"H. Jamil, L. Douda, M. Jamil, Sharyzee Mohmad Shukri, T. Hamdan","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000255","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Gulf War (GW) yielded high rates of diseases and disorders to all who participated and those near these active warzones. Certain stressors play a direct role in the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders. Objective: To determine the effects chemical (Ch) and non-chemical (NCh) stressors have on musculoskeletal disorders of those in and near active warzones and to inform primary care physicians about these adverse effects. \u0000Methods: A volunteer, validated, self-reporting survey was given to those who accompanied patients of clinics available to all in the Basrah and Messan provinces of Iraq. In order to examine the severity Ch and NCh stressors have on musculoskeletal disorders three zones were partitioned according to their distance from war zone. Also participants answered questions related to environmental exposure and self-rated health assessment. \u0000Results: We found a significant (P<0.001) difference between Ch and NCh exposure across the three zones. Specifically, 49% of those in zone 1 displayed one or more musculoskeletal disorders and those in zone 1 also selfreported having the highest prevalence of fair to poor health. There were also significant predictors to three Ch and two NCh exposures on musculoskeletal disorders. In addition, the likelihood the participants will have one or more musculoskeletal disorder doubles with each exposure which expands the description of. \u0000Conclusion: The study showed that the Ch and NCh stressors has a significantly impact on the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder. In addition, this study found significant, previously unreported links between some of these Ch and NCh exposures and musculoskeletal disorders. This study reports the impact of Ch and NCh exposure on musculoskeletal disorders among non-military persons in active warzones.","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"45 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74485347","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":"Risk Assessment of Low-back Trouble among Male Tannery Workers: A Study of Kanpur City, India","authors":"Gyan Ch, Rajeev Kashyap, S. Singh, Praveen Chokh","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000254","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Low Back Trouble (LBT) is very common among tannery workers, it occurs due to the bend \u0000 posture of low back during the material transfer. Aim: This paper analyzes the prevalence of the self-reported LBT, its intensity and the potential risk factors \u0000 among male tannery workers in Kanpur, India. \u0000 Methods: Data for the study were obtained from a cross-sectional household survey conducted during the period \u0000 January-June, 2015. The study was conducted in the Jajmau area of Kanpur and interviewed 284 tannery workers \u0000 selected using scientifically developed study design using probability sampling approach. Univariate and bivariate \u0000 analyses were used to assess the prevalence and intensity of LBT. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify \u0000 the potential risk factors for contracting LBT. Results: Tannery workers aged 35 years and above had higher prevalence of LBT (57%). A significant \u0000 association was observed between long working 11-12 h and the prevalence was (68%) of LBT. Among the workers \u0000 aged 35+years, about a sixth (16%) reported daily recurrence of pain, and about a fifth (19%) experienced pain \u0000 more than 10 times in the last 12 months. Tannery workers who were injured at work in the last 12 months was 2.09 \u0000 and 2.42 times more likely to get LBT in Model-II and III. The adjusted effect of LBT was 1.8 times higher among \u0000 tannery workers had severe mental health disorders. \u0000 Conclusions: The results reveal statistically significant association of LBT with age of tannery workers, \u0000 educational attainments, type of job contract, type of work, daily working hours, manual loading and unloading, \u0000 workplace injury in last 12 months and mental health disorders.","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"11 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76521660","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":"Occupational Dermatitis Caused by Vulcanization Accelerator of Gloves","authors":"M. Sugiura, K. Sugiura","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000253","url":null,"abstract":"Three cases of occupational dermatitis due to additives to rubber gloves are discussed. These cases were not a \u0000 result of latex allergy and their dermatitis caused by vulcanization accelerator in rubber gloves. \u0000 Most people have heard of latex allergy, and some people avoid the use of latex products. However, some \u0000 rubber-related contact dermatitis of hands is caused by additives such as vulcanization accelerators, which are an \u0000 essential additive for the production of rubber gloves. Our patients have used rubber, plastic or leather gloves for \u0000 working, and the results of patch testing (using ICDRG criteria) showed positive reaction against vulcanization \u0000 accelerators that were used in their gloves.","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"49 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88475149","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":"A Case Study: Cholera","authors":"M. Z. Zafar, H. Gulzar","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000252","url":null,"abstract":"The bacterium named Vibrio cholerae is known to be the microorganism causing the deadly disease called as cholera. The first successful isolation of the V. cholerae bacterium occurs as an important instance in the history of medicine on the whole. New, more virulent and drug-resistant strains of V. cholerae continue to emerge, and the frequency of large protracted outbreaks with high case fatality ratios has increased, reflecting the lack of early detection, prevention and access to timely health care. The primary symptoms of cholera are profuse diarrhea (Looseness of bowl movement) and vomiting of clear fluid. Cholera is only one of many types of diarrhoeal disease, but its global importance is underlined by its inclusion in the WHO Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR) list. \u0000A patient who is infected with bacteria V. cholerae (Cholera is caused by the bacterium V. cholera, this bacterium is Gram stain-negative), by eating contaminated food and water and by drink water after watermelon. In most cases cholera can be successfully treated with oral rehydration therapy which is highly effective.","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"72 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81276971","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":"Effort-Reward Imbalance, Mental Health and Accidents in Offshore PetroleumWorkers","authors":"Juan Delgado-Rospigliosi, D. Carvalho, K. Radon, R. Herrera","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000251","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Occupational accidents are an aspect of concern in every industrial sector, including the offshore petroleum industry. Little is known about the associations between psychosocial distress and the prevalence of incidents in this sector. Aim: To evaluate the association between effort-reward imbalance (ERI), psychological distress, and the prevalence of occupational incidents (accidents and near misses) in offshore petroleum workers in Peru. Methods: This cross sectional study included 242 (response rate of 67%) male offshore petroleum workers in a gas and oil petroleum company in Peru. Workers answered the short version of the European Working Condition Survey, the Effort-Reward-Imbalance (ERI) questionnaire; Goldbergs general health questionnaire (GHQ-12) and prevalence of occupational accidents or near-miss were reported. After imputation, the association between psychological distress, working activity and working stability and occupational incidents (accidents or near misses) was assessed. Result: The prevalence of effort-reward imbalance was 30%, fourteen percent reported distress based on GHQ-12. The 12-month prevalence of occupational incidents was 9%. Adjusted odds ratio for incidents was 4.3 (95% CI, 1.3-14.0) for those with psychological distress compared to those without it. Conclusion: Psychological distress was related to the prevalence of occupational incidents in this offshore petroleum population. Actions on employment and working conditions to prevent psychosocial distress and the incidence of mental health problems should be implemented for the prevention of occupational accidents in this industry.","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"38 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74069919","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":"The Importance of Catalysts for a Healthy Life","authors":"Rafet Kilinçarslan","doi":"10.4172/2329-6879.1000250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6879.1000250","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, it has begun to turn to cleaner technologies with the development of environmental awareness all over the world. This orientation was intensified efforts to minimize the level of waste in the industry. Use of catalyst for lowering the minimum level of waste is an important place. The aim of the clean technology is to increase the efficiency and selectivity catalyst used. Also, it led to isolation of the product from the catalyst to economical way. At least one metalcarbon bond which is defined as the chemistry of compounds containing organometallic chemistry is a very rapidly developing science because of the removing the boundaries between organic and inorganic chemistry and also the direct relationship with the catalysts. Homogeneous catalysts have advantages over heterogeneous catalysts. These advantages, it can be summarized as its low production costs due to take place under relatively mild conditions of the reaction; be selectivity of reaction and do not by-product; can be made fine adjustments on the catalyst which known structure (Figure 1).","PeriodicalId":19397,"journal":{"name":"Occupational medicine and health affairs","volume":"31 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87237823","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}