{"title":"Investigating the relationship between environmental and cognitive ergonomics with work-related musculoskeletal disorders: A case study in an automobile industry.","authors":"Nasrin Asadi, Mohsen Sadeghi-Yarandi","doi":"10.3233/WOR-240275","DOIUrl":"10.3233/WOR-240275","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BACKGROUNDCognitive and environmental parameters are among the most important influencing factors in the prevalence of WRMSDs, which have been studied less compared to physical ergonomic in automobile industry.OBJECTIVEThis study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between environmental and cognitive ergonomics with the prevalence of WRMSDs in an automotive industry.METHODSThis study was conducted in 2023 in an automobile company. The sample size was 740 workers. The prevalence of WRMSDs was assessed using the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire. Occupational stress, mental workload, sleep quality, and cognitive failure were assessed by Job Content Questionnaire, NASA-TLX Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Cognitive Failure Questionnaire, respectively. Noise were measured by KIMO-DB300 sound analyzer. The intensity of lighting was measured using a Hanger Screen Master illuminance meter. Heat stress was measured by Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT).RESULTS72.58% reported the musculoskeletal disorders in at least one of their body parts during the past 12 months. The average values of occupational stress, mental workload, sleep quality, and cognitive failure among workers with WRMSDs were higher than the participants without WRMSDs (<i>p</i>-value < 0.05). There was a significant difference between the values of all studied physical harmful factors between the two investigated groups, except thermal stress (<i>p</i>-value < 0.05).CONCLUSIONFindings from this study highlight the critical need for a holistic approach that considers both the external work environment and internal cognitive processes to effectively prevent and manage WRMSDs among automobile industry workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"514-527"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142141716","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":"Intentional self-care practices in an era of transformation.","authors":"Karen Jacobs","doi":"10.1177/10519815241305507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10519815241305507","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":"80 2","pages":"497"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765848","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":"Nurses' burnout and its associated factors in Tigray Region, North Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Woldegebriel Gebregziabher Kahsay, Reza Negarandeh, Shahzad Pashaeypoor, Elham Navab","doi":"10.3233/WOR-240179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-240179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BACKGROUNDBurnout has become one of the main problems in all health systems and nurses in all nursing jobs are subjected to burnout.OBJECTIVETo determine the magnitude, levels of burnout and its associated factors of nurses working in general hospitals of Tigray Region, North Ethiopia.METHODSA cross-sectional study design among 634 nurses from March 2018 to June 2019 was conducted. A clustered random sample technique was used. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed using SPSS version 20.RESULTSThe proportion of burnout among the nurses was 41.10%. The 18.10%, 16.10% and 26% of nurses were with high emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced levels of personal accomplishment respectively. The 5-9 years of work experience, working in a surgical unit, and working night shifts were protective factors.CONCLUSIONSThis study shows that a high proportion of nurses suffered from job burnout. There is a high emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment in their job. This study also showed that there is a significant association between factors such as service year, working in surgical units, night shift assignment and job burnout. It is recommended counseling, burnout coping programs and clinical services policy for nurses. All level managers should plan for nurses' incentives; continuing education, training and regular shift rotations and set nurse recognition policies, and recreational and relaxation programs to increase nurses' motivation. Future studies in primary and tertiary hospitals using a longitudinal design.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":"80 2","pages":"614-621"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765855","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}
Vigneshkumar Chellappa, Rithin Victor Rajesh, Jyoti Prakash
{"title":"Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among workers in the brass-metal industry.","authors":"Vigneshkumar Chellappa, Rithin Victor Rajesh, Jyoti Prakash","doi":"10.1177/10519815241290417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10519815241290417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundBrass-metal operations hold a longstanding tradition as one of the oldest cottage industries in India. In this industry, workers engage in physically demanding tasks, and the nature of the job often leads workers to assume various non-optimal postures, which can contribute to the development of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).<b>Objectives:</b> This study aimed to recognize the significant operations involved in the brass-metal industry and identify the prevalence of MSD symptoms in different body parts of brass-metal workers. Further, this study assessed the risk of MSDs associated with brass-metal operations.MethodsThis study followed a mixed-method approach. First, onsite observations and surveys were adopted to recognize the activities involved in the brass-metal industry. Second, the body map was used to identify the prevalence of MSDs among brass-metal workers. Next, the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) method evaluated the worker's postures.ResultsThe study's findings indicate a high prevalence of MSD symptoms among brass-metal workers. Furthermore, the workers involved in the clay mixing task were at high risk of developing MSDs. The most frequently affected body parts of workers involved in the brass-metal operations were shoulders, trunk, neck, legs, wrists, and hip/buttocks.ConclusionThe study provides compelling evidence supporting the need for work-cycle modifications and ergonomic design interventions to address the symptoms of MSDs experienced by brass-metal workers. The findings will serve as a valuable basis for developing guidelines and designing targeted interventions focused on preventing MSDs and enhancing the overall well-being of workers in the brass-metal industry.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":"80 2","pages":"711-719"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764397","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}
Anahita Giti, Marzieh Golchin, Ala Fattahi, Ramin Rahmani
{"title":"Looking at WORK journal: Findings from a bibliometric analysis and visualization from 1990 to 2022.","authors":"Anahita Giti, Marzieh Golchin, Ala Fattahi, Ramin Rahmani","doi":"10.3233/WOR-230595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-230595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> The bibliometric and visualization of a journal informs the editorial team about its current situation. As an interesting and popular journal in the field of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), <i>WORK</i> is a good target for bibliometric analysis and visualization.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong> To conduct an overview of <i>WORK</i> from a bibliometric perspective.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> Using the Scopus database, the present bibliometric study was carried out to evaluate <i>WORK</i> from its whole life (1990-2022). Data extraction was performed on May 8, 2023. Using Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer software, bibliometric analysis and visualization approaches were conducted. Related findings such as various indices trends, co-authorship as well as most cited and most productive authors, highly cited papers, and most productive countries were introduced and discussed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Overall, positive trends were observed in published documents and received citations by <i>WORK</i>. The top-cited paper in <i>WORK</i> had 478 citations. Straker, Innes, and Jacobs were the most cited authors with nearly 500 citations. American and European countries had more contributions to <i>WORK</i>. The same findings were obtained regarding international cooperation. The co-occurrence of keywords showed that <i>WORK</i> covers all aspects of OHS with more emphasis on the Ergonomics issues.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong> The positive trends in published papers as well as its impacts proved the fact that <i>WORK</i> is progressing year by year. The findings of the present study can be useful both for audiences and the editorial team of <i>WORK</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":"80 2","pages":"539-547"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765853","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}
Xiaomeng Sun, Beenish Fatima Alam, Muhammad Aamir Ghafoor Chaudhary, Summara Khan, Amna Khan, Hassan Jan, Talib Hussain, Shahid Khan
{"title":"Assessing validity and reliability of Copenhagen burnout tool and DASS-21 amongst faculty members.","authors":"Xiaomeng Sun, Beenish Fatima Alam, Muhammad Aamir Ghafoor Chaudhary, Summara Khan, Amna Khan, Hassan Jan, Talib Hussain, Shahid Khan","doi":"10.3233/WOR-240075","DOIUrl":"10.3233/WOR-240075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Various tools had been used to measure the level of burnout, anxiety, and depression. The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory assesses personal, work or job, and patient related burnout, whereas DASS21 assesses stress, anxiety, and depression.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the validity, reliability of Copenhagen burnout tool and DASS-21 amongst the faculty members employed in Pakistan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional research incorporated 384 medical, dental, and nursing faculty working full time at university. Data for research was collected from January to May 2023. Copenhagen and DASS21 survey were the survey tools used to identify the level of burnout and stress. Reliability of both tools was assessed using Cronbach alpha. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to detect factorial structure of both tools. Pearson correlation was conducted to detect association between various domains. Multiple logistic regression was computed to detect relationship between the domains.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From a total of 384 participants, there were 118 (30.7%) males, 266 (69.3%) females. There were 169 (44%) medical, 140 (36.5%) dental, and 75 (19.5%) nursing faculty. Reliability analysis revealed satisfactory results for both tools. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated a four-model fit for the CBI, whilst a three-factor model was observed for DASS21. Personal burnout demonstrated positive and significant correlation with work related burnout, and stress, while it showed significant but negative correlation with depression.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Female faculty displaced higher academic burnout as compared to men. A statistically significant correlation between burnout, anxiety, and depression. Both tools displayed high reliability and validity for the current sample.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"651-659"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142141713","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}
Raquel Malheiros Faraco, Ole Broberg, Francisco José De Castro Moura Duarte
{"title":"The impact of COVID-19 on support teams.","authors":"Raquel Malheiros Faraco, Ole Broberg, Francisco José De Castro Moura Duarte","doi":"10.3233/WOR-230565","DOIUrl":"10.3233/WOR-230565","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BACKGROUNDThis paper investigates the pandemic remote work impacts and learning on onshore teams that support offshore activities. Wells construction and maintenance involve unpredictabilities, requiring support teams to help the crew onboard the rig to adapt the operations to the reality of the well. Ergonomics and Human Factors (E/HF) literature presented the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remote work on knowledge workers' health and well-being. Still, it lacked studies on the impacts on work activities of the industrial sector.OBJECTIVESince safety knowledge is continuously and collectively developed in the experts' day-to-day work activities, the research objective is to identify the impacts and learnings of remote work on the support teams' safety knowledge management.METHODSThe Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) guided the problem understanding, activities observations, and data analysis. The Work System Model (WSM) was the framework for systematizing data from 117 interviews.RESULTSThe results indicate a significant reduction in interactions during the pandemic, making information and safety knowledge sharing more challenging and weakening team members' cooperation. However, no impact on performance was reported. Working from home reduced interruptions and increased focus, facilitating individual tasks.CONCLUSIONSThe research identifies collective and individual strategies developed by the team to cope with remote work. The findings confirm Management Literature findings on reducing interaction, hampering nonverbal communication, and increasing the amount of data. However, communication applications used during the pandemic have expanded rapidly, allowing faster access to team members, improving connectivity onshore/offshore, and making it a valuable legacy of the COVID-19 lockdown.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"622-642"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142141717","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":"A visualized and bibliometric analysis of cancer vocational rehabilitation research using CiteSpace.","authors":"Zebing Luo, Xuejia Liu, Chujun Chen","doi":"10.3233/WOR-230594","DOIUrl":"10.3233/WOR-230594","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BACKGROUNDThere are numerous publications on cancer vocational rehabilitation, visual techniques can help medical researchers and social workers be more familiar with the state of this field.OBJECTIVETo summarize cancer vocational rehabilitation research, we applied visualized and bibliometric analysis to enable medical workers and social workers to identify evolving patterns of knowledge among articles and research trends, understand the current research status of vocational rehabilitation of cancer, and carry out further research on hot topics.METHODSBased on a review of 933 papers on cancer vocational rehabilitation published in the Web of Science Core Collection, this study used Citespace software to systematically and objectively describe cancer vocational rehabilitation.RESULTSSince 2003, the field of cancer vocational rehabilitation began to sprout. The most published and most cited country, institution, author and cited journal were the United States, University of Amsterdam, Angela G. E. M. de Boer, and <i>Psycho-Oncology</i>, respectively. The three most frequently cited keywords were breast cancer, quality of life and cancer survivor. The three keywords with the largest spike in citations were cohort, absence and symptom. Conducting randomized controlled trials or prospective cohort studies to help cancer survivors return to work, and using qualitative methods to understand the vocational rehabilitation experiences or perceptions of cancer survivors or medical staff are hotspots in this field.CONCLUSIONSCancer vocational rehabilitation has attracted the attention of researchers all over the world. Future studies may focus on other cancer types and explore more high quality interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"567-578"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142141711","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":"Determining the workload and job stress levels of nurses during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Semra Akköz Çevik, Seda Özalp, Ayşegül Daşdemir","doi":"10.1177/10519815241290423","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10519815241290423","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundNursing is considered to be a complex and highly demanding job. A combination of the high workplace requirements, over-responsibility, and over-authority has been identified as a major source of occupational stress among nursing staff. An increasing level of stress among health care professionals was witnessed due to the pandemic of COVID 19 outbreak.ObjectiveThis study was conducted to determine the workload and job stress levels of nurses during <b>the early phase of</b> COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.MethodsThis study was conducted as a descriptive cross-sectional study with 193 nurses working in Gaziantep University Research and Practice Hospital between October 26th and December 31st, 2020. The data of the study were collected using the Survey and Job Stress Questionnaire. In the evaluation of the data, t-test, one-way variance analysis (ANOVA), pearson Correlation were used. p < 0.05 value was accepted as statistically significant.ResultsMean score of the nurses participating in the study was 16.49 ± 2.30 and 0.92 ± 0.19 for workload and job stress subscales of Job Stress Questionnaire, respectively. A significant correlation was found between the department where nurses worked during the pandemic, the fear of infecting their family with Covid-19, status of loving the profession and the status of willingness to come to the hospital on the working day and the Job Stress Questionnaire values (p < .05). A positive correlation was found between the working year and workload and work stress (p < 0.05).ConclusionOur results indicated that healthcare professionals were under a lot of stress during the pandemic, they were too tired and they had very high working hours. High fear of infecting their families with this disease due to their profession and not being willing to come to the hospital on the shift day were factors increasing stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"900-907"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143460002","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}
Paul A Schulte, Frank D Pot, Ivo Iavicoli, Veruscka Leso, Luca Fontana, Ildeberto M Almeida, Evelise D Antunes, Tania M Araujo, Yohama Caraballo-Arias, Mary O Balogun, Rafael Buralli, Won-Jun Choi, Teresa Cotrim, Frida M Fischer, Donald L Fisher, Maria Carmen Martinez, Iracimara de Anchieta Messias, Jodi Oakman, Kelly P K Olympio, Folashade Omokhodion, Stephen M Popkin, Helena Ribeiro, Preethi Pratap, Acran Salmen-Navarro, Francesco S Violante
{"title":"Furthering decent work by expanding the role of occupational safety and health.","authors":"Paul A Schulte, Frank D Pot, Ivo Iavicoli, Veruscka Leso, Luca Fontana, Ildeberto M Almeida, Evelise D Antunes, Tania M Araujo, Yohama Caraballo-Arias, Mary O Balogun, Rafael Buralli, Won-Jun Choi, Teresa Cotrim, Frida M Fischer, Donald L Fisher, Maria Carmen Martinez, Iracimara de Anchieta Messias, Jodi Oakman, Kelly P K Olympio, Folashade Omokhodion, Stephen M Popkin, Helena Ribeiro, Preethi Pratap, Acran Salmen-Navarro, Francesco S Violante","doi":"10.3233/WOR-240230","DOIUrl":"10.3233/WOR-240230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) have promoted the concept of decent work as a Sustainable Development Goal for 2030 to address critical global problems. Occupational safety and health (OSH) are components of decent work, primarily through the ILO social protection objective of the goal, and are linked to various other objectives.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This Commentary applies a previously published staging framework to stimulate thinking about how the OSH field can contribute further to the achievement of decent work.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To advance the contribution of the framework, the different functions of OSH (research, practice, advocacy, governance, and professional education) were used to identify impediments to achieving decent work and develop recommendations for each determinant in the framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Promoting and achieving decent work are complex issues that require a multifactorial approach. Numerous recommendations supporting systems thinking and transdisciplinary approaches are provided.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The OSH field can expand to further address decent work.</p>","PeriodicalId":51373,"journal":{"name":"Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"680-690"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300475","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}