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Asthma Among Manitoba Workers: Results from the Manitoba Occupational Disease Surveillance System 马尼托巴省工人中的哮喘：马尼托巴职业病监测系统的结果

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.07.002

Elizabeth Rydz , Randy Walld , Mieke W. Koehoorn , Christopher B. McLeod , Paul A. Demers , Cheryl E. Peters , Allen Kraut

{"title":"Asthma Among Manitoba Workers: Results from the Manitoba Occupational Disease Surveillance System","authors":"Elizabeth Rydz , Randy Walld , Mieke W. Koehoorn , Christopher B. McLeod , Paul A. Demers , Cheryl E. Peters , Allen Kraut","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>This study characterized the risk of new-onset asthma among workers in Manitoba, Canada.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Accepted time loss claims from the Workers' Compensation Board of Manitoba from 2006 to 2019, containing workers' occupations and industries, were linked with administrative health data from 1996 to 2020. After restricting the cohort to the first claim per person in an occupation and applying age and coverage exclusions, the cohort comprised 142,588 person–occupation combinations. Asthma cases were identified if workers had at least two medical records for asthma (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, 493) within a 12-month period, within the 2 years before 3 years after cohort entry. New-onset asthma was identified using a 3-year washout period. Asthma hazard ratios by occupation and industry were estimated using Cox proportional hazard models, adjusted for age, and stratified by sex.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Increased asthma risk was observed among workers with known asthmagen exposure, including male veterinary and animal health technologists and technicians (hazard ratio 3.97, 95% CI 1.78–8.86), male fish processing workers (3.40, 1.53–7.57), and male machining tool operators (2.91, 1.72–4.92). Increases were also observed for occupations with unknown or suspected allergens, including gas station attendants, drivers, mail/postal and related workers, public works and maintenance laborers, mine laborers and crane operators, and some indoor worker groups. Decreased risks were observed among nurses and residential and commercial installer and servicers.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This database linkage study successfully identified occupations and industries with known sensitizing agents or irritants, and several occupation and industries not typically associated with work-related asthma, warranting further investigation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 412-418"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142206141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Examination of Stress Among Recruit and Incumbent Women Firefighters 新聘和在职女消防员的压力调查

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.10.003

Brittany S. Hollerbach , Nattinee Jitnarin , Maria D.H. Koeppel , Michelle Valenti , Shawn Beitel , Jaclyn M. Goodrich , Jefferey L. Burgess , Sara A. Jahnke

{"title":"Examination of Stress Among Recruit and Incumbent Women Firefighters","authors":"Brittany S. Hollerbach , Nattinee Jitnarin , Maria D.H. Koeppel , Michelle Valenti , Shawn Beitel , Jaclyn M. Goodrich , Jefferey L. Burgess , Sara A. Jahnke","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Firefighting is risky and impacts the mental and physical health of personnel. While most research focuses on men firefighters, recent work has highlighted mental health concerns among women including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Social support is a known protective factor for mental health; however, women may be excluded from the supportive peer network of the firehouse.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This cross-sectional study compared the prevalence of perceived stress, peer (functional) support, anxiety, depression, PTSD, chronic work discrimination and harassment, resilience, and job satisfaction in recruit (n=184) and incumbent (n=200) career women firefighters.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>While depression and perceived stress did not differ between recruits and incumbents, recruits were more likely to score in the range of concern for anxiety (26.1% and 15.5%, respectively). Incumbents were more likely to score at risk for PTSD (16.5% and 10.3%, respectively) and more likely to report sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexist behaviors in the workplace. Compared to the low stress group, those who reported moderate or high stress were more likely to score in the range of concern for anxiety (OR=3.86, CI=1.76-8.89) and PTSD (OR=1.30, CI=1.15-1.47), and report poor organizational cohesion (OR=1.13, CI=1.02-1.25).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Addressing mental health in the context of women firefighters requires a comprehensive and multi-faceted approach including collaboration between fire departments, mental health professionals, advocacy groups, and the broader community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 452-457"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142758860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Determination of Medical Faculty Clinical Students' Attitudes Towards Patient Safety: A Mixed Design Study 决定医学院临床学生对病人安全的态度：一项混合设计研究

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.09.006

Yasemin Güner , Kübra Yilmaz , Dilan Yurtseven , Tuğçe Mümin

{"title":"Determination of Medical Faculty Clinical Students' Attitudes Towards Patient Safety: A Mixed Design Study","authors":"Yasemin Güner , Kübra Yilmaz , Dilan Yurtseven , Tuğçe Mümin","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The study was planned to determine the attitudes of medical faculty students in clinics toward patient safety.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>It is a mixed-design study using quantitative and qualitative methods. The “student information form” and the “Attitudes toward Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire (APSQ)” created using “Google Forms” were e-mailed to clinical students of the medical faculty. Quantitative data were collected from 125 students. Then, semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted with six students from each class. The data were obtained through video and audio recordings of the 45-minute interviews through the Zoom program.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>According to the results, 86% of the 125 students did not receive any training on patient safety. The total score of the students on the APSQ was 94.87 ± 14.32. Six main themes and twenty sub-themes emerged from the qualitative data. The main themes are students' awareness of patient safety, students' misconceptions about “patient safety,” students' knowledge about the scope of patient safety, students' experiences with medical errors, deficiencies in educational processes on patient safety, and suggestions for educational approaches to patient safety.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>After completing undergraduate medical education, physicians typically assume roles as general practitioners in various healthcare settings, such as hospital’s emergency departments, home care, or community health centers. The lack of awareness among medical students about patient safety is a significant concern that needs to be addressed. As stakeholders in their education, students recognize the importance of being well-prepared to provide safe and effective patient care in their future roles as physicians.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 404-411"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142759277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Multi-level Hierarchical Structure Analysis of Influencing Factors of Coal Mine Managers' Blame Avoidance Behavior 煤矿管理人员避责行为影响因素的多层次层次结构分析

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.001

Li Wang , Wenyi Zeng , Ziyan Jing , Yonghui Xu , Jiang Li

{"title":"Multi-level Hierarchical Structure Analysis of Influencing Factors of Coal Mine Managers' Blame Avoidance Behavior","authors":"Li Wang , Wenyi Zeng , Ziyan Jing , Yonghui Xu , Jiang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>In the Chinese coal industry, widespread blame avoidance behavior (BAB) greatly impacts coal mine accidents. Therefore, it is necessary to stop the BAB of coal mine managers and raise the management level of coal mine enterprises for the safe development of Chinese coal industry.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Based on the semi-structured interviews and questionnaire surveys (20 middle-level managers in coal mines), this paper used the Grounded Theory and Nvivo Software qualitative research methodology to open, spindle, and selectively encode the interview data. Then, an index system of factors influencing BAB of coal mine managers was constructed. The influence degree, affected degree, centrality degree, cause degree of each influencing factor were calculated and the hierarchical model of influencing factors of BAB of coal mine managers was established by the DEMATEL-ISM method which is a decision support tool used to evaluate and analyze the interdependencies between influencing factors.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Index system of factors influencing BAB of coal mine managers included four levels and 12 influencing factors: individual, organizational, institutional environmental, and situational factors. The hierarchical model identified eight causal factors and four consequential factors, of which safety management (15.355), work attitude (14.380), and work group performance (14.281) in the top three of the centrality rankings are the key factors affecting the avoidance behavior of coal mine managers; A 3-level multilevel structure was constructed to reflect the interactions among the factors influencing the BAB of coal mine managers in terms of direct, indirect, and root causes, and corresponding improvement measures were proposed.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study offers a theoretical complement and practical guidance for stopping BAB of coal mine managers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 396-403"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142206140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Associations Between Labor Control Through Digital Platforms and Workers' Mental Wellbeing: A Survey of Location-based Platform Workers in Taiwan 数位平台劳动控制与员工心理健康之关系：以台湾地区职位平台员工为调查对象

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.003

Yawen Cheng , Wan-Ju Cheng , Ro-Ting Lin , Yi-Ting Wang , Jyh-Jer Roger Ko

{"title":"Associations Between Labor Control Through Digital Platforms and Workers' Mental Wellbeing: A Survey of Location-based Platform Workers in Taiwan","authors":"Yawen Cheng , Wan-Ju Cheng , Ro-Ting Lin , Yi-Ting Wang , Jyh-Jer Roger Ko","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Platform work offers flexibility and autonomy to workers, but there are concerns about the impacts of excessive labor control exercised by digital platforms using algorithmic management. This study assessed the level of labor control exerted by digital platforms and explored its associations with psychosocial work conditions and workers' mental well-being.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 487 location-based platform workers in Taiwan, encompassing ride-hailing, delivery, and house chore services, participated in this questionnaire survey. A 5-item scale was created to assess platform-mediated labor control. Psychosocial work conditions, including demands, job control, work rewards, and mental well-being, including burnout and self-rated mental health status, were assessed using validated instruments. Cronbach's α and principal component analysis were employed to assess the validity of the labor control scale. Logistic regression analysis and path analysis were conducted to investigate the relationship between labor control and workers' mental health.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Exploratory factor analyses confirmed the structural validity and the internal consistency of the scale. Logistic regression models revealed that higher levels of labor control were associated with an increased risk of burnout and poorer mental health. Path analyses further indicated that higher labor control through digital platforms raised mental health risks by increasing job demands.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Algorithmic management is associated with increased stress among platform workers as they try to meet the platform's performance metrics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 419-426"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142759278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Applications and Impact of Industry 4.0: Technological Innovations in Occupational Safety and Health 工业4.0的应用和影响：职业安全与健康领域的技术创新

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.09.001

David Koh , Alvin Tan

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Role of Mindfulness in the Effects of Organizational Culture on Depression in Korean Physical Therapists 正念在组织文化对韩国理疗师抑郁的影响中的作用

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.004

Jong-Hyun Lee , Jinwon Lee , Jaejin Hwang , Du-Jin Park , Won-Jin Kim , Kyung-Sun Lee

{"title":"Role of Mindfulness in the Effects of Organizational Culture on Depression in Korean Physical Therapists","authors":"Jong-Hyun Lee , Jinwon Lee , Jaejin Hwang , Du-Jin Park , Won-Jin Kim , Kyung-Sun Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The study aimed to investigate whether mindfulness could mitigate the impact of job and interpersonal demands arising from stressful organizational cultures in predicting depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 280 Korean physical therapists participated in this study. To verify the mediated moderation model, this study implemented an SPSS 26.0 PROCESS Macro (v.3.5) that was based on the verification of Hayes' conditional indirect effect.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study confirmed the moderated mediation effect of mindfulness on the mediating relationship between stressful organizational culture, job demands/interpersonal demands, and depression. Moreover, the conditional indirect effect of mindfulness was found to be statistically significant. However, the impact on interpersonal stress differed from anticipated outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Mindfulness, applicable within the framework of the Job Demands-Resources model theory, served as a resource variable and moderated the impact of organizational culture on members' depression. Amidst ongoing debates on mindfulness effectiveness, this study partially confirmed its potential within the Job Demands-Resources model, suggesting a role in mitigating the influence of organizational culture on members' depression as a resource variable.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 441-451"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142758859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Organisational Changes and Psychosocial Work Factors: Prospective Findings From the National French Working Conditions Survey 组织变化和社会心理工作因素：来自法国国家工作条件调查的前瞻性发现

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Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.10.002

Isabelle Niedhammer, Sandrine Bertrais

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Data Mining Implementations for Determining Root Causes and Precautions of Occupational Accidents in Underground Hard Coal Mining 地下硬煤开采职业事故成因及预防措施的数据挖掘实现

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.09.003

Bilal Altındiş , Fatih Bayram

{"title":"Data Mining Implementations for Determining Root Causes and Precautions of Occupational Accidents in Underground Hard Coal Mining","authors":"Bilal Altındiş , Fatih Bayram","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2024.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Nowadays, as in every branch of industry, a large amount of data can be collected in mining, both in productivity and occupational safety. It is increasingly essential to transform this data into useful information for enterprises. Data mining is very useful in processing and extracting useful information from the processed data. This study aims to analyze the data of occupational accidents with injuries between 2010 and 2021 in an underground hard coal mine by data mining.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The injured accident data for the relevant years were organized and analyzed using data mining algorithms. These algorithms were implemented with the WEKA data mining program, an open-source application.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>According to different test methods, k-Nearest Neighborhood and Support Vector Machine algorithms succeeded in classification and prediction. The k-Nearest Neighborhood and Support Vector Machine algorithms achieved 100% (training set) and 66% (cross-validation) performance, respectively, according to two different test methods. One of the critical phases of the study is the determination of the attributes and subclasses that are effective in the origin of accidents by association rules mining. Thus, more detailed information was obtained about the root causes of the accidents. A result of Apriori and Predictive Apriori implementations revealed that the root causes of occupational accidents according to the accident locations are the worker experience, the working hours in the shift, and the worker position. In addition, shifts, accident causes, especially monthly production, and monthly wages were also influential.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These results are also in accordance with the actual situation in the enterprise. As a result of the research, practical suggestions were presented for evaluating occupational accidents and taking precautions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"15 4","pages":"Pages 427-434"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142759279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Comparison of Working Conditions Between Immigrant and Non-immigrant Healthcare Workers in the United States: Evidence From the National Health Interview Survey 美国移民和非移民医护人员工作条件的比较：来自全国健康访谈调查的证据

IF 3.5 3区医学

Safety and Health at Work Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2024.09.004

Megan Guardiano , Timothy A. Matthews , Wendie Robbins , Jian Li

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