Med Lav
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The workplace plays a central role in causing stress and different kinds of syndromes and diseases. More generally, organizational procedures and practices could have an impact on nurses' quality of life. Although several studies have investigated this link, none of them considered nurses working in prehospital emergency care. ⋯ Several organizational health dimensions provided an explanation for the complaints reported by nurses working in prehospital emergency care in terms of quality of life and psychosomatic disorders. The results allowed identification of possible interventions focusing on specific duties and organizational aspects that would improve the quality of nurses' health.
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OBJECTOVE: The objective of the study was two-fold: (1) to ascertain the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in podiatrists in Spain, and (2) to identify relationships between intensity and duration of pain and socio-demographic variables. ⋯ There is a significant prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints in daily podiatry work and the most affected body areas are the lower back, upper back and neck. The most affected demographic classes seem to be the younger age groups, females and married podiatrists.