Working hours and labour productivity from the occupational medicine perspective
Ind Health. 2024 Jan 29. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0191. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38281743 | DOI:10.2486/indhealth.2023-0191 (Source: Industrial Health)
Source: Industrial Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mo-Yeol Kang Source Type: research
Predicting physical and mental health status through interview-based evaluation of work stress: initial attempts to standardize the interviewing method
This study conducted an interview-based stress evaluation that considered the psychosocial models of work stress and verified the evaluation's predictive validity. A four-stage assessment comprising a pre-survey, pre-interview questionnaire, stress assessment interview, and post-survey after one month was conducted with 50 Japanese workers. Additionally, 16 occupational health professionals provided stress evaluations based on recorded interview videos. Variables based on intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were computed in multiple ways to compare the agreement among the evaluators. The generalized estimating equat...
Source: Industrial Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Keita Kiuchi Xin Kang Ryota Nishimura Manabu Sasayama Kazuyuki Matsumoto Source Type: research
Symptoms of heat illness and water consumption habits in mine industry workers over the summer months in Australia
Ind Health. 2024 Jan 16. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0139. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMine industry workers (n=515) from various locations in Australia completed a questionnaire to assess the prevalence of symptoms associated with heat-related illness and water consumption habits during a summer season. Participants read from a pre-defined list and noted any heat-related symptoms that they had experienced. The most prevalent symptoms experienced were fatigue, headache, sweating, and dark coloured urine, with 77% of respondents reporting at least one symptom. Workers with shorter employment durations had higher rates of ...
Source: Industrial Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sarah M Taggart Olivier Girard Grant J Landers Karen E Wallman Source Type: research
Association between different types of physical activity and occupational stress in Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study
This study suggests that work-related MVPA is associated with higher psychological stress responses, while exercise-based PA is associated with lower psychological or physical stress responses.PMID:38233117 | DOI:10.2486/indhealth.2023-0092 (Source: Industrial Health)
Source: Industrial Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Takafumi Abe Kenta Okuyama Atsushi Motohiro Daijo Shiratsuchi Minoru Isomura Source Type: research
Frequency of laughter and work engagement among Japanese employees: a cross-sectional study during COVID-19
This study investigated the relationship between laughter frequency and work engagement among Japanese employees during the pandemic. We conducted a web-based survey among Japanese employees (20-59 years) via an internet survey company in December 2021; 1,058 valid data were analysed. Of the respondents, 65.1% laughed at least once a week, but the frequency was much lower than that reported in previous studies conducted before the pandemic. Additionally, those who laughed at least once a week had significantly higher work engagement scores than those who laughed less than once a month. Although employees reduced their freq...
Source: Industrial Health - January 3, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Akihito Shimazu Keiko Sakakibara Fuad Hamsyah Michiko Kawada Daisuke Miyanaka Naana Mori Masahito Tokita Source Type: research
Uneven distribution of stressful working conditions among Japanese nurses: a secondary analysis of nurses with and without children
This study aimed to clarify the differences in working conditions and psychological status among female Japanese nurses based on child-rearing attributes. We used data from 1,600 female nurses at 10 Japanese hospitals collected by the study of the Work Environment for Hospital Nurses in Japan conducted in 2016. The variables included work conditions (number of night shifts per month, daily overtime, number of paid holidays per year, and social support received), psychological status (sense of coherence, emotional exhaustion, and work engagement), and sociodemographic characteristics. An analysis of covariance was performed...
Source: Industrial Health - December 26, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ryohei Kida Yasuko Ogata Satoko Nagai Source Type: research
Measuring work engagement in Thailand: development and validation testing of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale - Thai version (UWES-TH)
This study aimed to develop and test the psychometric properties of a Thai-language version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). The 17-item version of UWES was translated into Thai and a survey was conducted with 507 registered nurses at a public regional hospital in Thailand. Results showed that the alpha and omega total coefficients for the vigor, dedication, and absorption subscales were acceptable. Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) indicated that the three-factor model performed the best for both versions of UWES-17-TH and UWES-9-TH. Both versions correlated positively with job resources and nega...
Source: Industrial Health - December 26, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Oraphan Tatha Akihito Shimazu Kazuhiro Watanabe Norito Kawakami Wilmar B Schaufeli Source Type: research
Occupational carcinogens in Italy: an overview on exposure to cadmium and its compounds
Ind Health. 2023 Dec 26. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2023-0128. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGiven the recognized carcinogenicity of cadmium, several regulatory interventions have been carried out over the years to protect exposed workers. The aim of the study is to investigate the prevalence and extent of exposure to cadmium among Italian workers. Data was collected from a nation-wide occupational exposure registry (SIREP, 1996-2022). Gender-specific statistical analysis was carried out for some exposure-related variables (cadmium compound, activity sector, occupational group, firm size). Potentially exposed workers were esti...
Source: Industrial Health - December 26, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Alberto Scarselli Marisa Corfiati Davide DI Marzio Alessandro Marinaccio Source Type: research
Uneven distribution of stressful working conditions among Japanese nurses: a secondary analysis of nurses with and without children
This study aimed to clarify the differences in working conditions and psychological status among female Japanese nurses based on child-rearing attributes. We used data from 1,600 female nurses at 10 Japanese hospitals collected by the study of the Work Environment for Hospital Nurses in Japan conducted in 2016. The variables included work conditions (number of night shifts per month, daily overtime, number of paid holidays per year, and social support received), psychological status (sense of coherence, emotional exhaustion, and work engagement), and sociodemographic characteristics. An analysis of covariance was performed...
Source: Industrial Health - December 26, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ryohei Kida Yasuko Ogata Satoko Nagai Source Type: research
Measuring work engagement in Thailand: development and validation testing of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale - Thai version (UWES-TH)
This study aimed to develop and test the psychometric properties of a Thai-language version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). The 17-item version of UWES was translated into Thai and a survey was conducted with 507 registered nurses at a public regional hospital in Thailand. Results showed that the alpha and omega total coefficients for the vigor, dedication, and absorption subscales were acceptable. Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) indicated that the three-factor model performed the best for both versions of UWES-17-TH and UWES-9-TH. Both versions correlated positively with job resources and nega...
Source: Industrial Health - December 26, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Oraphan Tatha Akihito Shimazu Kazuhiro Watanabe Norito Kawakami Wilmar B Schaufeli Source Type: research
