Sinonasal Cancer Cases in a Nationwide Hospital Cancer Registry in Brazil, 2007-2021
CONCLUSIONS: Establishing the profile of Brazilians with sinonasal cancer can stimulate epidemiologic research for monitoring this group of cancers with a high association with occupational exposures.PMID:38411978 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v115i1.15066 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Francisco Koller Dario Consonni Carolina Mensi Luciana de Alcantara Nogueira Cristiano de Oliveira Ribeiro Paulo Ricardo Bittencourt Guimar ães Luciana Puchalski Kalinke Source Type: research
Predictors of Job Satisfaction and Association with Psychological Distress Among Academic Medicine Faculty in Kazakhstan
CONCLUSIONS: Compared to previous research in this area, our findings reported a higher prevalence of psychological distress and dissatisfaction. Potential reason for higher rates of dissatisfaction may be the global disruption due to COVID-19 pandemic.PMID:38411979 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v115i1.15010 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Assem Uristemova Ayan Myssayev Serik Meirmanov Lyudmila Migina Source Type: research
Determinants of COVID-19 Infection Among Employees of an Italian Financial Institution
CONCLUSION: Data from industry-based surveillance systems may effectively predict the risk of subsequent infection.PMID:38411980 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v115i1.14690 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Roberta De Vito Martina Menzio Pierluigi Laqua Stefano Castellari Alberto Colognese Giulia Collatuzzo Dario Russignaga Paolo Boffetta Source Type: research
Outcome of the Compensation Process Initiated by an Occupational and Environmental Diseases Center
CONCLUSION: This study shows the benefit of a consultation by occupational disease consultants. However, difficulties still need to be solved in these procedures. Thus, the systematic follow-up of patients shows its advantages. The provision of support to carry out the process seems necessary.PMID:38411975 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v115i1.15517 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mathilde Scherer Celine Lamouroux Aliz ée Fiquemont Jean-Baptiste Fassier Laure Gautheron Am élie Massardier-Pilonchéry Barbara Charbotel Source Type: research
The Role of Physical Exercise in the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Manual Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Med Lav. 2024 Feb 22;115(1):e2024008. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v115i1.15404.ABSTRACTWork-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are the most common occupational health problem in the European Union. Physical exercise interventions have been investigated in the prevention of WMSDs in many sectors. Therefore, our aim was to assess the effect of physical exercise in manual workers for the primary and secondary prevention of WMSDs. We conducted a systematic search of the literature and papers were included if: the participants were adult employees exclusively engaged in manual labor tasks; non-acute physical exercise intervention;...
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Valentina Bullo Francesco Favro Davide Pavan Alessandro Bortoletto Stefano Gobbo Giuseppe De Palma Stefano Mattioli Emma Sala Lucia Cugusi Andrea Di Blasio David C Cruz-Diaz Danilo Sales Bocalini Marco Bergamin Source Type: research
Assessing Workplace Violence: Methodological Considerations
Med Lav. 2024 Feb 22;115(1):e2024003. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v115i1.15186.ABSTRACTThe risk of violence is present in all workplaces. It must be accurately assessed to establish prevention and protection measures tailored to the features of each situation. The risk management process requires compliance in a sequential order: 1) risk identification, 2) quantitative risk assessment, and 3) impact assessment. Gathering workers' experiences using lists, focus groups, or participatory ergonomics groups is necessary to identify the phenomenon. For risk assessment, spontaneous reporting of events is often insufficient. It may be compl...
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Nicola Magnavita Francesca Larese Filon Gabriele Giorgi Igor Meraglia Francesco Chirico Source Type: research
Sinonasal Cancer Cases in a Nationwide Hospital Cancer Registry in Brazil, 2007-2021
CONCLUSIONS: Establishing the profile of Brazilians with sinonasal cancer can stimulate epidemiologic research for monitoring this group of cancers with a high association with occupational exposures.PMID:38411978 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v115i1.15066 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Francisco Koller Dario Consonni Carolina Mensi Luciana de Alcantara Nogueira Cristiano de Oliveira Ribeiro Paulo Ricardo Bittencourt Guimar ães Luciana Puchalski Kalinke Source Type: research
Predictors of Job Satisfaction and Association with Psychological Distress Among Academic Medicine Faculty in Kazakhstan
CONCLUSIONS: Compared to previous research in this area, our findings reported a higher prevalence of psychological distress and dissatisfaction. Potential reason for higher rates of dissatisfaction may be the global disruption due to COVID-19 pandemic.PMID:38411979 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v115i1.15010 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Assem Uristemova Ayan Myssayev Serik Meirmanov Lyudmila Migina Source Type: research
Determinants of COVID-19 Infection Among Employees of an Italian Financial Institution
CONCLUSION: Data from industry-based surveillance systems may effectively predict the risk of subsequent infection.PMID:38411980 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v115i1.14690 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - February 27, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Roberta De Vito Martina Menzio Pierluigi Laqua Stefano Castellari Alberto Colognese Giulia Collatuzzo Dario Russignaga Paolo Boffetta Source Type: research
COVID-19 in Workplace Settings: Lessons Learned for Occupational Medicine in the UK
Med Lav. 2023 Dec 7;114(6):e2023055. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v114i6.15461.ABSTRACTThis paper addresses lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic from a UK Occupational Medicine perspective to permit comparison with other national accounts. In spite of good prior research and statute, the necessary resources to protect workers' health were seriously lacking when the pandemic struck. Weak public health guidance, which did not recognise dominant airborne transmission, was applied to workplaces, leaving workers and others unprotected, especially in respect to Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE). The Health and Safety Executive (...
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - December 7, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Raymond Agius Source Type: research
Learning from the Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A New Paradigm for Occupational Biohazard Assessment and Management
Med Lav. 2023 Dec 7;114(6):e2023056. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v114i6.15452.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected workplaces in many different aspects. In this scenario, Occupational Physicians played a crucial role in assessing and managing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated diseases to guarantee workers' health and the safety of workplaces. However, the pandemic experience has drawn attention to several critical issues in overall biohazard prevention and management strategies, originating from important knowledge gaps in our scientific understanding. An extensive analysis of the relevant hurdles that have emerg...
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - December 7, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Paolo Durando Alborz Rahmani Alfredo Montecucco Guglielmo Dini Source Type: research
From Pandemic to World Instability and War Crimes: Lessons Learned in a Turbulent Socio-Political Landscape
Med Lav. 2023 Dec 7;114(6):e2023052. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v114i6.15436.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38060206 | PMC:PMC10731566 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v114i6.15436 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - December 7, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Antonio Mutti Source Type: research
COVID-19 Marked a Change in the Scope of Occupational Medicine from Occupational to Work-Related Diseases and Total Worker Health ®
Med Lav. 2023 Dec 7;114(6):e2023053. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v114i6.15429.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic challenged occupational medicine, while its focus had already shifted from occupational diseases to work-related illnesses. Such a broader scope allowed the inclusion of transmissible diseases among the causes for concern in working settings. COVID-19 has had a profound impact globally, resulting in millions of infections, often lethal. From its appearance, COVID-19 was found to affect specific groups of workers at higher risk of contracting the virus due to their occupation or workplace conditions, which accounts for its cons...
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - December 7, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Massimo Corradi Silvia Ranzieri Source Type: research
Quantitative Assessment of Asbestos Fibers in Abdominal Organs: A Scoping Review
CONCLUSION: The studies included were heterogeneous in terms of exposure and cases, type of samples, as well as analytical techniques, therefore we cannot confirm a specific pattern of distribution in any organ, based on the low homogeneity of the exposure status. The colon is the organ in which the number of fibers is the highest, probably because of exposure arising from both internal distribution of inhaled fibers and ingestion. Additional studies of the number of asbestos fibers in abdominal organs should be made to achieve better representativity.PMID:38060208 | PMC:PMC10731569 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v114i6.14946 (Source:...
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - December 7, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Yohama Caraballo-Arias Francesco Roccuzzo Francesca Graziosi Nataliia Danilevskaia Samantha Rota Carlotta Zunarellli Paola Caffaro Paolo Boffetta Mattia Bonetti Francesco Saverio Violante Source Type: research
Occupational Risk Factors for Laryngeal Cancer in Tunisia: A Case Control Study
CONCLUSIONS: Our results supported the role of occupational factors in developing LC. Further studies enabling an in-depth analysis of occupational exposures are necessary to provide a clearer definition of the etiological associations between single agents and circumstances of exposure and the genesis of LC.PMID:38060209 | PMC:PMC10731567 | DOI:10.23749/mdl.v114i6.14588 (Source: Medicina del Lavoro)
Source: Medicina del Lavoro - December 7, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Asma Gaddour Aicha Brahem Hiba Mosbah Chaima Sridi Maroua Saidane Mouna Belakhdher Asma Chouchene Imen Kacem Maher Maoua Houda Kalboussi Olfa El Maalel Souheil Chatti Wassim Kermani Mrizek Najib Source Type: research
