Lurdes Gonçalves, Beatriz Lau, Carlos Costa, António Amaro, Fernando Ribeiro
{"title":"Comparing the Impact of Workplace Lifestyle Interventions: A 7-Month Study on Cardiovascular Health, Life Satisfaction, and Quality of Life.","authors":"Lurdes Gonçalves, Beatriz Lau, Carlos Costa, António Amaro, Fernando Ribeiro","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003458","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003458","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to assess the effects of a workplace multicomponent lifestyle intervention compared to active breaks and health education on cardiovascular risk factors, subjective well-being, and quality of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 266 industry workers were assigned to three groups: lifestyle, health education, or active breaks. All received lifestyle guidance. The lifestyle group participated in resistance exercise and active breaks. The active breaks group performed only active breaks, whereas the education group received lifestyle guidance without exercise.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Diastolic blood pressure and sitting time decreased in all groups, with no between-group differences. Only the lifestyle group increased moderate-intensity physical activity. Life satisfaction improved significantly across groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>All interventions improved diastolic blood pressure, sitting time, and life satisfaction, whereas only the lifestyle intervention increased moderate-intensity physical activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"798-804"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144251632","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}
Robert K McLellan, Manijeh Berenji, Ada Egbuji, Kathleen Fagan, Ismail Nabeel, William Brett Perkison, Peter Rabinowitz, Romero Santiago, Patthrarawalai Sirinara, Emily Stoneman, Hannah Thompson
{"title":"Harnessing Occupational and Environmental Medicine Expertise to Transform Medical Care: A Catalyst for Mitigating the Human Health Impacts of Climate Change.","authors":"Robert K McLellan, Manijeh Berenji, Ada Egbuji, Kathleen Fagan, Ismail Nabeel, William Brett Perkison, Peter Rabinowitz, Romero Santiago, Patthrarawalai Sirinara, Emily Stoneman, Hannah Thompson","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003523","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003523","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e743-e758"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144823551","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}
Ander Espin, Jon Irazusta, Miriam Urquiza, Aida Ruiz-Fernández, Unai Latorre Erezuma, Laura Collado Torres, Lars Louis Andersen, Ana Rodriguez-Larrad
{"title":"Videoconference-Supervised Exercise for Low Back Pain in Eldercare Workers: One-Year Follow-up of the ReViEEW Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Ander Espin, Jon Irazusta, Miriam Urquiza, Aida Ruiz-Fernández, Unai Latorre Erezuma, Laura Collado Torres, Lars Louis Andersen, Ana Rodriguez-Larrad","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003474","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the 1-year impact of a 12-week videoconference-supervised exercise program followed by exercise advice on low back pain (LBP) among eldercare workers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>One hundred thirty participants were randomized to control or intervention arms. Both received standard workplace prevention. The intervention group also completed the 12-week program and was encouraged to continue exercising until 1-year follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eleven participants dropped out. Intention-to-treat analysis showed no significant group-by-time effect on average LBP intensity ( P = 0.140). However, significant effects favored the intervention group in work interference from LBP and neck pain and reduced use of hypnotic/anxiolytic medications, whereas a negative effect appeared in work-related personal accomplishment ( P < 0.05). Per-protocol analysis showed gains in trunk muscle endurance and depressive symptoms ( P < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The intervention did not lower average LBP intensity but positively influenced several secondary outcomes, including work interference from pain and medication use.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e720-e728"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499976","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}
André Luis Schneider, Juliana Sampaio do Carmo, Érick Oliveira Rodrigues, Sergio Luiz Ribas Pessa
{"title":"Occupational Mental Health: An Investigation of Risk Indicators Using Interpretable Machine Learning Techniques.","authors":"André Luis Schneider, Juliana Sampaio do Carmo, Érick Oliveira Rodrigues, Sergio Luiz Ribas Pessa","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003468","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003468","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of the study was to apply interpretable machine learning to identify key factors influencing work-related mental health cases to support early intervention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using 1117 records from Brazil's Notifiable Diseases Information System for the period from 2007 to 2022, five machine learning models were developed to classify mental health cases as mild or severe. SHAP analysis was employed to rank and interpret the most influential predictors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The decision tree model achieved 82.9% accuracy (92 of 111 cases classified, including 83 of 85 severe cases), while the support vector machine reached 82.0% accuracy (91 of 111 correct, including 84 of 85 severe). Key determinants included work removal, protective measures, and regional factors. High-risk occupations comprised energy/water operators, legal professionals, and engineers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Interpretable machine learning models effectively predict mental health outcomes, revealing actionable sociodemographic and occupational risk factors for targeted interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e690-e698"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259739","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}
Xuguang Grant Tao, Paul Kauffman, Nimisha Kalia, Nina Leung, Nicholas F Tsourmas, Larry Yuspeh, Edward J Bernacki
{"title":"Does Medical Directions Make Any Differences in Workers' Compensation System? Analysis of Employee- and Employer-Directed Medical Care in Relation to Prolonged Physical Therapy and Attorney Involvement Among Rotator Cuff Tear Claims.","authors":"Xuguang Grant Tao, Paul Kauffman, Nimisha Kalia, Nina Leung, Nicholas F Tsourmas, Larry Yuspeh, Edward J Bernacki","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003480","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore differences in employee- or employer-directed medical care for workplace injuries, related to the prolonged physical therapy (PT) and attorney involvement in the workers' compensation claim process.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Eight thousand eight hundred fourteen rotator cuff tear claims filed to a nationwide insurance carrier from 2007 to 2022 were analyzed for difference in prolonged PT (≥360 days) and attorney involvement by medical direction groups.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Employee-directed and shared employee- and employer-directed medical care had odds ratios of 1.41 and 1.58 for prolonged PT compared with employer direction, respectively. Employer-directed and shared employee and employer medical direction had odds ratios of 2.33 and 1.62 for attorney involvement compared with employee direction, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Employee-directed medical care is associated with more PT, and employer-involved direction is associated with more attorney involvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e738-e742"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499969","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}
Saeedeh Moayedi-Nia, Chelsea Almadin, France Labrèche, Mark S Goldberg, Lesley Richardson, Elisabeth Cardis, Vikki Ho
{"title":"Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) and postmenopausal breast cancer risk.","authors":"Saeedeh Moayedi-Nia, Chelsea Almadin, France Labrèche, Mark S Goldberg, Lesley Richardson, Elisabeth Cardis, Vikki Ho","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Estimate the association between occupational exposures to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) and postmenopausal breast cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Lifetime job histories from a population-based case-control study (2008-2011) of histologically-confirmed breast cancer in Montréal, Canada were linked to a job-exposure matrix to assign geometric mean ELF-MF exposure/workday. Logistic regression estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for cumulative, average, maximum, and duration of maximum exposure to ELF-MF (per interquartile range increase), adjusting for individual-level and ecological covariables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 663 cases and 592 controls revealed no association between occupational ELF-MF exposure and postmenopausal breast cancer, though restricting exposures to 0-10 years before interview and to those during breast development, some positive associations was observed, particularly for ER+/PR+ tumours.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggest no association between occupational ELF-MF exposure and postmenopausal breast cancer risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145214805","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}
Wayne A Cole, Alicia G Dugan, Sara Namazi, Stacey L Brown, Robert D Rinker, Julius C Preston, Ragan E Decker, Martin G Cherniack
{"title":"Associations between Perceived Occupational Prestige and Psychological Symptoms in Correctional Supervisors.","authors":"Wayne A Cole, Alicia G Dugan, Sara Namazi, Stacey L Brown, Robert D Rinker, Julius C Preston, Ragan E Decker, Martin G Cherniack","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003447","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Low occupational prestige - societal perceptions that certain jobs and workers are of low social status - may affect correctional worker well-being. We hypothesized that (1) low prestige is associated with psychological symptoms and (2) the association is mediated by stress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Correctional supervisors (n = 168) completed a survey with measures of occupational prestige, psychological symptoms, work context, and sociodemographic information. Direct and indirect effects were tested using standard multiple regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sample consisted primarily of males (74%) who were married or partnered (72%) with a mean age of 42.5 years (SD, 6.4 years). Direct and indirect (through stress) relationships were observed between low occupational prestige and psychological symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that corrections workers perceive lower occupational prestige to be a work-related stressor with implications for psychological well-being. Future longitudinal studies may establish causality among variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"823-833"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12353385/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144048268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charles M Yarborough, Sala Jane Thanassi, Wendy Todaro Thanassi
{"title":"Why We Should All Care That Everything Is Tuberculosis.","authors":"Charles M Yarborough, Sala Jane Thanassi, Wendy Todaro Thanassi","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003483","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003483","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e766-e767"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610752","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}
Ozlem Kar Kurt, Seyma Karaketir, Zeki Kılıçaslan, Metin Akgün
{"title":"Artificial Stone Silicosis in Turkey: The First National Case Series Follows the Footsteps of Denim Sandblasting.","authors":"Ozlem Kar Kurt, Seyma Karaketir, Zeki Kılıçaslan, Metin Akgün","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003503","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003503","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e768-e770"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144644477","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}