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Global prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among sanitary workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
CONCLUSION: The current evidence shows that sanitation workers have a higher prevalence of occupationally associated MSDs, which might be lowered by using ergonomic work design principles.PMID:38083826 | DOI:10.1080/10803548.2023.2293390 (Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - December 12, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sina T Tolera Nega Assefa Tesfaye Gobena Source Type: research

Framework for the assessment of the safety culture in the oil and gas industry
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2023 Dec 11:1-30. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2023.2293389. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAbstractApproaches to safety culture assessment may have many limits if supported exclusively by quantitative methods. Based on that, a research team developed a quantitative-qualitative approach to assess the maturity of the safety culture on an oil platform. To that end, the team sought to develop and test a method consisting of an initial ethnographic phase followed by 4 other distinct phases: definition of homogeneous groups; production of customized questionnaires; quantitative evaluation; and qualitative assessm...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - December 12, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Raoni Rocha Francisco Duarte Francisco P A Lima Marina Mercado Adriana Ara újo Luciano Garotti Magno Campos Source Type: research

Stress influence on real-world driving identified by monitoring heart rate variability and morphologic variability of ECG signals: The case of intercity roads
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that driver stress could be detected with an accuracy of 92% using MV metrics as an accurate physiological index of the driver's state.PMID:38083847 | DOI:10.1080/10803548.2023.2293391 (Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - December 12, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sajjad Rostamzadeh Alireza Abouhossein Shahram Vosoughi Saeid Bahramzadeh Gendeshmin Rasoul Yarahmadi Source Type: research

The relationship between workplace toxicity, stress, physical activity and emotional eating
This study examines the relationship between perceived workplace toxicity and stress of employees in the hospitality industry and emotional eating behaviors within the context of their physical activity levels. A cross-sectional design from amongst quantitative research methods was used, in which data was collected via questionnaires from 846 participants, who work in five-star hotels in Alanya, Turkey. The study concluded that workplace toxicity positively predicts stress and emotional eating, and the impact of workplace toxicity on emotional eating occurs via stress. Furthermore, physical activity plays a moderating role...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - November 27, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Engin Üngüren Ömer Akgün Tekin Source Type: research