Dan L Hunt, Edward J Bernacki, Nicholas F Tsourmas, Nimisha Kalia, Larry Yuspeh, Nina Leung, Judith Green-McKenzie, Paul Malak, Xuguang Grant Tao
{"title":"Rotator Cuff Tears, Repairs, and Shoulder Arthroplasties Among Workers' Compensation Claimants: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study at a National Workers' Compensation Insurance Carrier.","authors":"Dan L Hunt, Edward J Bernacki, Nicholas F Tsourmas, Nimisha Kalia, Larry Yuspeh, Nina Leung, Judith Green-McKenzie, Paul Malak, Xuguang Grant Tao","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003210","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Rotator cuff repair (RCR) is increasingly being performed for both acute traumatic and degenerative tears of the rotator cuff, whereas total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is reserved for osteonecrosis of the humeral head, arthritis of the glenohumeral joint, and failed RCR.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to assess the incidence and patient characteristics of rotator cuff tears (RCTs), RCRs, and TSAs among workers' compensation claimants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 8347 RCTs indemnity claims filed to Accident Fund Group from 2007 to 2022 were studied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over the study period, the percentages of RCTs increased from 41% to 65% among shoulder injury indemnity claimants, RCRs increased from 88% to 92% of RCTs, and TSAs increased from 1% to 5%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>RCT, RCR, and TSA have increased dramatically among workers' compensation claimants, with age of the injured worker being the primary determinant of the increase.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141989851","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}
Carolina Meira Moser, Bárbara Tietbohl-Santos, Pricilla Braga Laskoski, Simone Hauck
{"title":"Beyond the Pandemic: Longitudinal Lessons on Social Support, Sleep Quality, and Burnout Among Healthcare Workers.","authors":"Carolina Meira Moser, Bárbara Tietbohl-Santos, Pricilla Braga Laskoski, Simone Hauck","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003194","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003194","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess occupational burnout (OB) changes among Brazilian healthcare workers (HCWs) from COVID-19 onset to 6 months later (T1) and identify risk and protective factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and hierarchical multivariate linear regression in a two-stage online survey (initial n = 1054; T1 n = 316), this study examined the impact of various factors on OB.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant increases in personal and work-related OB were observed by T1. Psychiatric diagnosis and workload emerged as risk factors ( P < 0.01), while having a partner, good family relations, workplace well-being, and adequate sleep were protective ( P < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>OB levels among Brazilian HCWs increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interventions should target personal and organizational wellness to alleviate burnout, emphasizing the importance of strong relationships, workplace health, and good sleep practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141629571","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}
Anne Konring Larsen, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Mia Nyvang Stilling, Charlotte Diana Nørregaard Rasmussen, Richard H Osborne, Marie Birk Jørgensen
{"title":"An Occupational Health Literacy Intervention in Nursing Homes Improved Organizational Health Literacy-A Quasi-Experimental Stepped Wedge Cluster Trial.","authors":"Anne Konring Larsen, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Mia Nyvang Stilling, Charlotte Diana Nørregaard Rasmussen, Richard H Osborne, Marie Birk Jørgensen","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003211","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examined the effectiveness of a workplace health literacy intervention on individual, interpersonal, and organizational health literacy.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using a quasi-experimental stepped wedge cluster design, we evaluated an intervention for 509 nursing home employees with two elements: 1) courses for employees and management on pain prevention, management, and communication and 2) structured dialogues between employees and supervisors, emphasizing pain prevention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One organizational health literacy item improved, with supervisors helping with pain prevention increasing by 0.42 points (95% CI 0.11;0.73). Positive trends were observed in supervisor actions when informed about pain (0.39 points, 95% CI -0.09;0.86), ease of finding workplace pain solutions (0.12 points, 95% CI -0.03;0.79), and employees having pain management information (0.44 points, 95% CI -0.03;0.92).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The intervention improved one organizational health literacy item, with positive trends in three other items.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074904","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}
Veruscka Leso, Anna Testa, Daniela Pacella, Maria Carmela Macrini, Guido Daniele Villani, Paola Gervetti, Giuseppe Barbato, Antonio Rispo, Fabiana Castiglione, Ivo Iavicoli
{"title":"The Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases on Patients' Quality of Life and Work Functionality: An Observational Study.","authors":"Veruscka Leso, Anna Testa, Daniela Pacella, Maria Carmela Macrini, Guido Daniele Villani, Paola Gervetti, Giuseppe Barbato, Antonio Rispo, Fabiana Castiglione, Ivo Iavicoli","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003213","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to assess the employment status, quality of life, and work functionality in patients affected by inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients (N = 216) were enrolled between June 2020 and October 2021. Personal, clinical, and occupational features were investigated. The Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire and the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire were administered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the enrolled patients, 114 (53%) were employed. The mean absenteeism and presenteeism percentages of 10% and 37% were determined, with 44% and 39% of daily and work activity impairment, respectively. A poor Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) was retrieved (47 ± 12). Extraintestinal manifestations, disease activity, and HRQoL were associated with occupational outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>IBD can impact patients' work functionality. The association between clinical, psychological, and occupational issues suggests the relevance for a multidisciplinary management of the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074906","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 Study on Nonvibration-Exposed Organs Correlated Indices as Diagnostic Biomarkers of Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome.","authors":"Kanshou Zhou, Fanfei Zeng, Siheng Wu, Yingshan Zeng, Qingsong Chen, Hongyu Yang","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003188","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003188","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of the study is to explore the feasibility of using nonvibration-exposed organ-related indices as vibration-induced white finger (VWF) diagnostic biomarkers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Individuals were selected from a factory in China using the judgment sampling method. They were divided into control (con), non-VWF, and VWF groups according to the presence/absence of exposure to hand-transmitted vibration and VWF. Blood samples were collected for ELISA tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis of receiver operating characteristic curves was done on six indicators to assess their diagnostic sensitivity for VWF. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for insulin was 0.909 and was 0.923 for aspartate aminotransferase.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Insulin and aspartate aminotransferase could be used as indices for the diagnosis of hand-arm vibration syndrome.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622011","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}
Jacob Berry, Kari Nadeau, Jason Glaser, Kenji Saito, Barrak Alahmad
{"title":"Improved Public Health Messaging on Exertional Heat Stroke.","authors":"Jacob Berry, Kari Nadeau, Jason Glaser, Kenji Saito, Barrak Alahmad","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003206","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003206","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141989849","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":"Progression of Chest X-ray Findings of Silicosis Among Fluorspar Miners and Prognostic Factors: Retrospective Cohort Study in Mongolia.","authors":"Davaajav Khishigtogtokh, Nasanjargal Bayasgalan, Munkhtsetseg Lkhachinbal, Ichinnorov Dashtseren, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Mayumi Toyama, Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Takeo Nakayama","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003209","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to delineate the natural progression of silicosis in fluorspar miners after the termination of dust exposure and identify its prognostic factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study, conducted from 2000 to 2019, included 67 former miners. Radiological images were evaluated by comparing the initial and most recent radiographs using the International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis. Cox multivariate proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratios using follow-up time to analyze the multivariable study of associated prognostic factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the participants, 50 (75%) exhibited progression over 2 to 16 years (median, 5.8 years). The Cox analysis highlighted older age as a likely precursor to the progression of significant opacities. Additionally, higher International Labour Organization category grades at onset were associated with disease progression.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Nearly three-quarters of the miners diagnosed with silicosis demonstrated radiological progression even after the termination of dust exposure. Advancement in age and the degree of initial radiological opacity were associated with progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142010145","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}
Marit Skogstad, Øivind Skare, Asgeir Mamen, Erika Zardin, Per Anton Sirnes
{"title":"Cardiorespiratory Fitness Associates Negatively With Arterial Stiffness in a Cohort of Industrial Workers Followed Up for 4 Years.","authors":"Marit Skogstad, Øivind Skare, Asgeir Mamen, Erika Zardin, Per Anton Sirnes","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003185","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003185","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Previously, we have found increased carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) among shift workers compared to day workers in industry, and a decline in maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O 2max ) in all 86 workers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Utilizing all available measurements in 2018, 2021, and 2022, this study investigated associations between V̇O 2max and measures of arterial stiffness. Using a mixed model approach, we analyzed the cross-sectional association between all V̇O 2max (outcome) and measures of arterial stiffness (covariates).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We observed a significant association between V̇O 2max and cfPWV of -1.59 (95% confidence interval [CI], -3.03 to -0.16), and between augmentation pressure (AP) and augmentation index (Aix) of -0.32 (95% CI, -0.58 to -0.06) and -0.12 (95% CI, -0.23 to -0.005), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found a significant negative association between cardiorespiratory fitness and measures of arterial stiffness. The former and present results pose challenges for shift workers' future macrovascular and microvascular health.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141629600","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}
Philippe Jean-Luc Gradidge, Tahlia Alsop, António Palmeira, Neil F Gordon, Sjaan Gomersall
{"title":"A Qualitative Analysis of Workers Perceptions on the Role of Management in Promoting Health Behavior, Informed by the COM-B Model.","authors":"Philippe Jean-Luc Gradidge, Tahlia Alsop, António Palmeira, Neil F Gordon, Sjaan Gomersall","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003198","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003198","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The primary objective of this study was to explore the viewpoints held by employees at a pharmaceutical manufacturing workplace in a middle-income country regarding management's role in promoting health behaviors in the workplace.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used transcripts of focus group discussion from an original study that investigated employee perceptions of factors associated with healthy behaviors among South African pharmaceutical manufacturing factory workers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants felt that workplace managers could improve capability through health promotion strategies, supportive leadership, and promoting a culture of health. They could provide opportunity through employee engagement programs and resources, and physical activity opportunities were specifically identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrates that managers in a middle-income country have the potential to contribute to workplace health in a range of ways that include addressing capability, opportunity, and motivation of their workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141879986","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":"Trajectory of Telework in a Brazilian Labor Court During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study of Working and Health Conditions According to Work Modality.","authors":"Fauzi El Kadri Filho, Sérgio Roberto de Lucca","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003220","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003220","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to compare ergonomic and psychosocial risks and the prevalence of musculoskeletal problems and common mental disorders during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic according to work modality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A longitudinal study was carried out with 659 employees between 2021 and 2022. The data were collected via web with self-administered questionnaires. The Wilcoxon and repeated-measure analysis of variance tests were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The participants who started teleworking during the pandemic showed significant improvements in their workstations and worsening of the risks associated with rest breaks after returning to face-to-face work. Employees in telework presented a significant reduction in the intensity of musculoskeletal complaints in the last 7 days compared to those who returned to face-to-face work.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although there was a reduction in the ergonomic risk after returning to face-to-face work, telework was related to better working and health conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142086432","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}