Work : a journal of prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation
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Occupational stress has been a health-related issue among nurses for many decades. Emergency department nurses are frequently confronted with occupational stress in their workplace; in particular, they encounter stressful situations and unpredictable events. These encounters could make them feel more stressed than nurses in other departments. Research considering occupational stress from the perspective of Thai emergency department nurses is limited. ⋯ The results of this study can be used by hospital management to help them adopt effective strategies, such as support programs involving co-workers/supervisors, to decrease occupational stress among emergency department nurses. Future research that explores each of the themes found in this study could offer a more comprehensive understanding of nurses' occupational stress in the emergency department.
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Little research is available on low back biomechanical stresses that obese and overweight workers experience from manual load lifting. ⋯ In light of previous research on spine, bone and obesity, the study results seem to suggest that severely obese individuals are likely at an increased risk of lifting-related low back pain compared with normal weight individuals.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of the lumbar flexion angle and repositioning error during lumbar flexion-extension in young computer workers in Korea with differing back pain.
Differences in LBP symptoms are particularly important with regard to the controversy over repositioning error because there can be considerable variation in the pattern of LBP symptoms in a heterogeneous LBP group. For this reason, several researchers have suggested that a study of subdivided LBP types is needed. Indeed, some recent studies have attempted to differentiate LBP subgroups. ⋯ This study suggests that lumbar hyper-mobility occurred and proprioception of the lumbar segment was decreased in people with LBP associated with lumbar flexion compared with people with LBP associated with lumbar extension. We also suggest that a lumbar repositioning error measurement using the lumbar flexion-extension test may be a more effective evaluation method in people with LBP associated with lumbar flexion than in those with LBP associated with lumbar extension.
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Only few longitudinal studies have explored separately predictors of pain incidence and persistence. ⋯ Our study provides only limited evidence that risk factors predicting new ULP differ from those predicting its persistence.
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The construction sector has presented positive development regarding the decrease in occupational accident rates in recent years. Regardless, the construction sector stands out systematically from other industries due to its high number of fatalities. ⋯ It was concluded that effective risk prevention can only be achieved by a global correlation of causal factors including not only production ones but also client requirements, financial climate, design team competence, project and risk management, financial capacity, health and safety policy and early planning. Accordingly, a model is proposed.