Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health
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Scand J Work Environ Health · Jul 2013
Psychosocial working conditions, occupational groups, and risk of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: a cohort study of 43,000 Swedish twins.
The aim of this study was to investigate associations between psychosocial working conditions, occupational groups defined by sector, and disability pension (DP) with mental diagnoses while accounting for familial confounding. ⋯ One unit increase in job demands and working in the occupational groups healthcare and social work or service and military work seem to be risk factors of DP with mental diagnoses, independent from various background factors including familial ones. However, one unit increase in job control or working in commercial work seem to be protective factors of such DP, accounting for confounding factors of this study.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · May 2013
ReviewConceptual heuristic models of the interrelationships between obesity and the occupational environment.
Research and interventions targeting the relationship between work, its attendant occupational hazards, and obesity are evolving but merit further consideration in the public health arena. In this discussion paper, conceptual heuristic models are described examining the role of obesity as both a risk factor and health outcome in the occupational setting. ⋯ Identification of combinations of risk factors pertinent to obesity in the occupational environment will provide important guidance for research and prevention.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · Jan 2013
Predictors of employment among cancer survivors after medical rehabilitation--a prospective study.
This study aimed to (i) investigate cancer survivor's employment status one year after the completion of a medical rehabilitation program and (ii) identify demographic, cancer, and psychosocial, treatment-, and work-related predictors of return to work (RTW) and time until RTW. ⋯ Our findings emphasize the high relevance of motivational factors. Occupational motivation and skepticism towards returning to work should be carefully assessed at the planning of the rehabilitation program.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · Sep 2012
The joint association of sleep duration and insomnia symptoms with disability retirement--a longitudinal, register-linked study.
The aim of this study was to examine the joint association of sleep duration and insomnia symptoms with subsequent disability retirement. ⋯ Frequent insomnia symptoms dominate the joint association of sleep duration and insomnia symptoms with subsequent disability retirement. Examining exclusively sleep duration would provide an incomplete understanding of the consequences of poor sleep.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · Sep 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effectiveness of participatory ergonomics to prevent low-back and neck pain--results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.
The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to investigate the effectiveness of the Stay@Work participatory ergonomics (PE) program to prevent low-back and neck pain. ⋯ PE neither reduced low-back and neck pain prevalence nor pain intensity and duration nor was it effective in the prevention of low-back and neck pain or the recovery from neck pain. However, PE was more effective in the recovery from low-back pain.