Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health
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Scand J Work Environ Health · May 2011
Workplace bullying and subsequent sleep problems--the Helsinki Health Study.
The associations between workplace bullying and subsequent sleep problems are poorly understood. This study aims to address this evidence gap. ⋯ Workplace bullying is associated with sleep problems, but associations attenuate after factors related to the social environment, work, and health are simultaneously taken into account.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · Nov 2010
The impact of junior doctors' worktime arrangements on their fatigue and well-being.
Many doctors report working excessively demanding schedules that comply with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). We compared groups of junior doctors working on different schedules in order to identify which features of schedule design most negatively affected their fatigue and well-being in recent weeks. ⋯ The current findings identify parameters, in addition to those specified in the EWTD, for designing schedules that limit their impact on doctors' fatigue and well-being.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · May 2010
Modeling the Unites States government's economic cost of noise-induced hearing loss for a military population.
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility and utility of developing economic cost models for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). First, we outline an economic model of NIHL for a population of US Navy sailors with an "industrial"-type noise exposure. Next, we describe the effect on NIHL-related cost of varying the two central model inputs--the noise-exposure level and the duration of exposure. Such an analysis can help prioritize promising areas, to which limited resources to reduce NIHL-related costs should be devoted. ⋯ Our economic cost model can be used to estimate the changes in NIHL-related costs that would result from changes in noise-exposure level and/or duration for a single military population. Although the model is limited at present, suggestions are provided for adapting it to civilian populations.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · Jan 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialEffort-reward imbalance and one-year change in neck-shoulder and upper extremity pain among call center computer operators.
The literature on psychosocial job factors and musculoskeletal pain is inconclusive in part due to insufficient control for confounding by biomechanical factors. The aim of this study was to investigate prospectively the independent effects of effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work on regional musculoskeletal pain of the neck and upper extremities of call center operators after controlling for (i) duration of computer use both at work and at home, (ii) ergonomic workstation design, (iii) physical activities during leisure time, and (iv) other individual worker characteristics. ⋯ This study suggests that ERI predicts regional upper-extremity pain in -computer operators working >or=20 hours per week. Control for physical workload and ergonomic workstation design was essential for identifying ERI as a risk factor.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · May 2009
Self-reported versus expert-assessed work-relatedness of pain in the neck, shoulder, and arm.
The aim of this study was to compare self-reported work-relatedness of neck-shoulder and arm pain with experts' assessments based on specific criteria. ⋯ Compared with expert assessment, self-reporting did not seem to particularly exaggerate work-relatedness. Nevertheless, there was considerable disagreement, especially on cases assessed as non-work--related. However, agreement will depend on the case definitions and the criteria for work-relatedness used both by the participants and the experts.