{"title":"Quantitative Analysis of the Factors that Influence Welding Fume Exposure via ART Modelling","authors":"Wei Jiang, Yuan Xu, Mengqi Zhang, Shengxiang Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Welding fumes from industrial operations pose serious health risks. This study aimed to investigate the factors driving changes in welding fume exposure by analyzing key factors using the Advanced REACH Tool (ART) for dust exposure assessment in building materials enterprises.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The dust exposure of 18 building materials enterprises was compared using ART model assessments and measured data. Multiple covariance analysis identified key influencing factors consistent with field conditions. Finally, correlation and regression analyses evaluated the relationships between these factors and dust exposure.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The ART model showed the highest agreement with field data at the 95th percentile. Correlation and regression analyses identified moisture content, surface contamination/emissions, and dust particle size as the main influencing factors.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Mitigating occupational health risks requires prioritized control of moisture content, followed by dust particle size and surface contamination/emission. Targeted control of these parameters supports actionable strategies to reduce occupational health risks from welding fume exposure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 3","pages":"Pages 317-324"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyong-Hui Lee , Sangjun Choi , Kyung Ehi Zoh , Dong-Hee Koh , Won Kim , Dong-Uk Park
{"title":"Approach to Chemical Health Risk Assessment for Maintenance Workers at Electronics Manufacturing Facilities","authors":"Kyong-Hui Lee , Sangjun Choi , Kyung Ehi Zoh , Dong-Hee Koh , Won Kim , Dong-Uk Park","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Maintenance workers in the electronics manufacturing industry are exposed to a diverse combination of gaseous and particulate substances, yet specific guidance for assessing their chemical health risks remains limited. The aims of this study are to develop a stepwise framework approach for qualitatively assessing hazard severity, exposure probability, and chemical health risks for maintenance workers at electronic manufacturing facilities, and to propose a method for categorizing these factors through occupational health risk assessment (OHRA).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We developed a stepwise framework for qualitatively assessing the health risks posed by chemicals to maintenance workers in electronics facilities. This framework employs a semiquantitative approach using ordinal scores to evaluate the severity of chemical hazards and the likelihood of exposure, particularly in situations where representative measurement data for multiple chemicals are unavailable.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The framework assesses hazard severity qualitatively by considering the number of chemicals and the presence of carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic substances or sensitizing hazards. A qualitative approach to estimating the likelihood of exposure is recommended, focusing on the effectiveness of engineering controls, the frequency and duration of maintenance works and tasks (MW), and the use of air jets. Two examples of a qualitative chemical OHRA for maintenance workers are given, one for a moderate hazard chemical integrating several exposure factors, and the second for MW on an ion implanter.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Further research is needed to validate this method and to develop additional practical guidance for the assessment of chemical health risks associated with MW.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 3","pages":"Pages 378-385"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samikshya Badal , Kyle Holland , Margaret Foster , Aurora B. Le
{"title":"Occupational Safety and Health Risks of Informal Waste Workers in Nepal: A Mapping Review","authors":"Samikshya Badal , Kyle Holland , Margaret Foster , Aurora B. Le","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Informal waste workers (IWWs) are a crucial yet under-protected worker population. IWWs in low- and middle-income countries encounter numerous occupational safety and health (OSH) hazards but are without regulatory protections. In Nepal, rapid urbanization and inadequate waste management systems have led to thousands of IWWs. The objective of this mapping review is to synthesize the existing literature on OSH hazards encountered by Nepalese IWWs. Evidence on this worker population in Nepal has yet to be summarized and this review highlights practice and research gaps that can inform future evidence-based policies and interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Inclusion criteria included English language research (1996–2024) exploring OSH risks in Nepalese IWWs. Studies focusing on formal workers, non-Nepalese, or non-OSH outcomes were excluded. Five databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, CINAHL, and Journals@Ovid) and grey literature (WorldCat, Dimensions, OpenAlex, and Google Scholar) were searched, compiled, and analyzed using Covidence .</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of N = 6 studies were included in the study (four cross-sectional and two mixed methods) with a total 2,860 participants, predominantly from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. High prevalence of physical injury (66.2%), respiratory symptoms (69.9%), elevated blood lead levels (mean: 11.68 μg/dL), and mental health issues (27.4% depressive symptoms) were reported. Similarly, personal protective equipment (PPE) use was limited (32.4%), with IWWs citing cost and discomfort as primary reasons for not using it. Women IWWs were subject to higher mental health risks and social stigma.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Nepalese IWWs are exposed to severe OSH risks driven by systemic neglect. Prioritized interventions include formalization of work, increasing PPE access, and gender-inclusive policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 3","pages":"Pages 325-332"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145060820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Keller , Liwei Chen , Feng Gao , Jian Li
{"title":"Risk for Diabetes From Long Working Hours and Night Work in the United States: Prospective Associations and Machine Learning Techniques","authors":"Elizabeth Keller , Liwei Chen , Feng Gao , Jian Li","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Diabetes contributes significantly to death in the U.S., with many working-age individuals affected. This research determined the independent and joint associations of long working hours and night work with diabetes risk in U.S. workers, and their contribution to risk prediction.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This prospective study included 1,454 workers from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study with 9-year follow-up. Long working hours included those working 55 or more hours per week. Night work involved those working 16 or more nights per year. Diabetes was determined by self-reported diagnosis or treatment. Multivariable Poisson regression analysis was applied to examine the prospective association of these work-related factors at baseline with incident diabetes. A gradient boosting machine learning model was used to investigate the contributions of both factors in predicting incident diabetes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Long working hours (RR and 95% CI = 1.60 [1.04, 2.46], p < 0.05) and night work (RR and 95% CI = 1.66 [1.05, 2.62], p < 0.05) were independently associated with the risk for diabetes, while controlling for baseline covariates. Gradient boosting analysis suggested long working hours and night work facilitated diabetes incidence. Exposure to both long working hours and night work increased the risk for diabetes (RR and 95% CI = 3.02 [1.64, 5.58], p < 0.001), suggesting additive interaction.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Organizations may consider reducing hours on duty and improving shift systems for primary prevention of diabetes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 3","pages":"Pages 355-360"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145060824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mikala E. Jakobsen, Asta Kjærgaard, Emilie M. Rudolf, Julie Palmqvist, Jeppe Z.N. Ajslev
{"title":"Enterprise Characteristics Were Associated With Adherence to a Dialog-based Inspection Practice Aimed at Improving Occupational Safety and Health in Denmark","authors":"Mikala E. Jakobsen, Asta Kjærgaard, Emilie M. Rudolf, Julie Palmqvist, Jeppe Z.N. Ajslev","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Risks in the psychosocial and ergonomic working environment can be complex and difficult for labor inspectors to uncover. In 2020, authorities implemented a dialog-based inspection practice in order to improve the working environment in all types of Danish enterprises.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The study sample consisted of 3183 enterprises and stemmed from a quasi-experiment, Agreement To Problem-solve (ATP), implemented nation-wide by Danish authorities. Enterprises that were offered an ATP could accept this voluntary agreement if the labor inspectors suspected a complex health and safety problem, especially problems in the psychosocial or ergonomic working environment. We used univariate and multivariate logistic regression models to investigate associations between enterprise characteristics and fulfillment of the ATP.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In total, 2335 enterprises fulfilled an ATP from 2020 to 2023. Compared to <em>Public administration, education and health care</em>, the industries <em>Industrial, raw materials and supply</em> and <em>Trade, transportation etc.</em> had significantly lower odds ratios (ORs) of fulfilling the agreement [OR: 0.70, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.53; 0.92 and OR: 0.6, 95% CI: 0.46; 0.80, respectively]. Enterprises with more than 35 employees had a significantly higher probability of fulfilling the agreement than enterprises with 1–9 employees. The OR of fulfillment regarding ergonomics was 0.75 times that of the psychosocial (95% CI: 0.58; 0.98).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This dialog-based inspection practice showed promising results in regards to addressing and terminating suspicions regarding the psychosocial and ergonomic working environment. The enterprises' industry, number of employees, and type of occupation safety and health problem were associated with fulfillment of this dialog-based inspection practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 3","pages":"Pages 297-302"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Confounding Effects of Lifestyle Factors in Cancer Risk Estimation for Occupational Radiation Exposure","authors":"Eun Jung Park , Ye Jin Bang , Won Jin Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The confounding effect of lifestyle factors is an important concern in occupational studies, particularly when the risk magnitude is relatively small. This study aimed to evaluate the potential confounding effects of lifestyle factors on the association between radiation exposure and cancer incidence.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data from all Republic of Korean diagnostic medical radiation workers enrolled in the national dose registry were merged with cancer incidence records up to 2018. Excess relative risks (ERRs) for cancer were calculated using Poisson regression models to quantify the radiation dose-response relationship. Major lifestyle factors were imputed using multiple imputations by chained equations based on survey data. The confounding effects were assessed by comparing ERRs before and after adjustment for lifestyle factors.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The baseline ERR for cancer incidence per Sievert was 0.44 (95% CI: -0.94, 1.83) after adjusting for attained age, sex, birth year, and employment duration. Further adjustment for lifestyle factors (smoking status, alcohol consumption, body mass index, physical exercise, sleep duration, and night shift work) did not substantially modify this risk coefficient, with change-in-estimate values ranging from 0% to 13.6%. Sensitivity analyses conducted with the survey-based cohort and sex-stratified analyses yielded consistent results.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Our study found little evidence of significant confounding effects from unmeasured lifestyle factors on cancer risk when basic registry data variables were adjusted among medical radiation workers. Further studies are warranted to investigate the impact of unmeasured and unknown confounders to improve the accuracy of radiation risk estimates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 3","pages":"Pages 310-316"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier Garcia Rivas , Margaret Whitley , BongKyoo Choi
{"title":"Geographical Fast-food Restaurant Density, Workplace Eating Behaviors, and Obesity Among Firefighters","authors":"Javier Garcia Rivas , Margaret Whitley , BongKyoo Choi","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Obesity rates in the general population are influenced by the local food environment. However, no epidemiological studies have examined how the food environment near the workplace may influence obesity outcomes, especially for occupational groups like firefighters who have high obesity prevalence. This article investigates the direct and indirect pathways between geographical fast-food restaurant density (GFFRD) and obesity among 227 professional firefighters.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We used three clinically assessed obesity measures (body mass index, waist circumference, and body fat percent) as outcome variables and self-reported eating habits as mediating variables collected with a firefighter-specific questionnaire. We employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore both direct and indirect pathways, acknowledging the exploratory nature of this analysis given the limited foundational research in occupational fast-food density.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We found a statistically significant but small indirect association between GFFRD and obesity measures, mediated by organizational and individual-level eating behaviors, with potential implications for occupational health at a population level.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The study findings contribute to the evidence on how the food environment near the workplace influences obesity risk through eating behaviors. These insights may inform interventions targeting dietary habits in firefighters and other shift workers to mitigate workplace-related obesity risks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 2","pages":"Pages 220-227"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144263542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joon Yul Choi , Sungmin Kim , Yongho Lee , Dohyeon Kim , Wanhyung Lee
{"title":"Association Between Shift Working and Brain Morphometric Changes in Workers: A Voxel-wise Comparison","authors":"Joon Yul Choi , Sungmin Kim , Yongho Lee , Dohyeon Kim , Wanhyung Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>There is abundant evidence from observational studies linking various health problems to shift work, but there is a lack of brain-based neurological evidence. Therefore, we examined morphometric changes on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) between shift and non-shift workers.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total 111 healthy workers participated in this study and underwent brain MRI, with the analysis incorporating merged workers' health surveillance data from regional hospital workers. Voxel-based morphometry analysis was used to investigate regional changes in the gray matter volume. To investigate the association of structural changes between shift workers and non-shift workers, a general linear model and threshold-free cluster enhancement were used with covariates, including total intracranial volume, age, and sex.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>After family-wise error correction, non-shift workers exhibited a significantly larger cerebellar region (<em>p</em> < 0.05) than shift workers. Conversely, the inferior parietal gyrus was found to be significantly larger in shift workers than in non-shift workers with family-wise error correction.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>We observed increased clusters in the brains of both shift and non-shift workers, suggesting that the acquired occupational environment, including the shift work schedule, could influence brain neuroplasticity, which is an important consideration for occupational health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 2","pages":"Pages 236-242"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144263760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexis Descatha , Hugues Dousseau , Sabrina Pitet , Francis Magnolini , Neil McMillan , Neil Mangelsdorf , Rick Swan , Jean-Marie Steve , Didier Pourret , Marc Fadel
{"title":"Work Exposome and Related Disorders of Firefighters: An Overview of Systematized Reviews","authors":"Alexis Descatha , Hugues Dousseau , Sabrina Pitet , Francis Magnolini , Neil McMillan , Neil Mangelsdorf , Rick Swan , Jean-Marie Steve , Didier Pourret , Marc Fadel","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Firefighters experience many exposures associated with negative health outcomes. Because of this, there are many studies on the subject. Our objective here was to conduct an umbrella review of systematized reviews to identify firefighting activities and related exposures associated with negative health outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A comprehensive search of the PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus (Health) was conducted using all firefighter systematized reviews. We extracted the country and date of the review, type of firefighter, types of exposure, and related health outcomes. Risk of bias was based on AMSTAR-2 checklist.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In 1130 studies, 47 systematized reviews were included, mostly in the last 5 years and from North America and Australia. The topics were diverse, ranging from general aspects to specific exposures, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, wildland fires, organizational, traumatic, or psychological stress exposure, and from prevention or surveillance to specific health effects (e.g., cancer, mental health, musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular, and pulmonary health, etc.). The risk of bias assessment using the selection grid shows a significant heterogeneity, though some studies were of very high quality.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>This umbrella review provides a comprehensive description of systematized reviews describing populations of firefighters, including information on exposure, health outcomes, and illness/injury prevention.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 2","pages":"Pages 145-155"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144263567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moderating Effect of Psychosocial Safety Climate on the Association of Job Demands and Job Resources With Psychological Distress Among Japanese Employees: A Cross-sectional Study","authors":"Akiomi Inoue , Hisashi Eguchi , Yuko Kachi , Akizumi Tsutsumi","doi":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shaw.2025.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>We examined the moderating (buffering or amplifying) effect of psychosocial safety climate (PSC) on the association of job demands (psychological demands) and job resources (job control, supervisor support, coworker support, and extrinsic reward) with psychological distress among Japanese employees.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A self-report web-based questionnaire was administered to 2,200 employees (1,100 men and 1,100 women) registered with a Japanese private online survey company. The questionnaire included scales on job demands and job resources (the Job Content Questionnaire and the short-form Effort–Reward Imbalance Questionnaire), PSC (the 12-item PSC scale), and psychological distress (the K6 scale) and items on participants' demographic and occupational characteristics (age, gender, education, occupation, work form, and working hours per week). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed using psychological distress as a dependent variable. Interaction terms of job demands and job resources with PSC were included.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There was a significant interaction effect of psychological demands with PSC on psychological distress (<em>β</em> = −0.053, <em>p</em> = 0.008), adjusted for demographic and occupational characteristics. <em>Post hoc</em> simple slope analysis showed that the simple slope of psychological demands was lesser at higher levels of PSC (1 standard deviation above the mean) (<em>β</em> = 0.101, <em>p</em> < 0.001) than at lower levels (1 standard deviation below the mean) (<em>β</em> = 0.199, <em>p</em> < 0.001). No significant interactions were observed between job resources and PSC.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Our findings suggest that PSC buffers the positive association of psychological demands with psychological distress.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56149,"journal":{"name":"Safety and Health at Work","volume":"16 2","pages":"Pages 213-219"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144263623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}