CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT OF STRESS AT WORK
WEBJan 1, 2002 · A model of stress at work. 1. Situations that are likely to cause stress are those that are unpredictable or uncontrollable, uncertain, ambiguous or unfamiliar, or involving conflict, loss or performance expectations. Stress may be caused by time limited events, such as the pressures of examinations or work deadlines, or …
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WEB3 days ago · OEM is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality research relating to the full range of chemical, physical, ergonomic, biological and psychosocial hazards in the workplace and to environmental contaminants and their health effects. OEM is the official journal of the Faculty of …
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WEBOccupational and Environmental Medicine is an international peer reviewed journal covering current developments in occupational and environmental health worldwide.Occupational and Environmental Medicine publishes high-quality research relating to the full range of chemical, physical, ergonomic, biological and psychosocial hazards in the workplace and to environmental contaminants and their ...
Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the …
WEBObjectives Pleural mesothelioma is a rare respiratory cancer, mainly caused by inhalation of asbestos fibres. Other inorganic fibres are also suggested risk factors. We aimed to investigate the association between exposure to asbestos or refractory ceramic fibres (RCFs) and pleural mesothelioma among male Norwegian offshore petroleum workers. Methods Among 25 347 men in the Norwegian Offshore ...
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by workplace violence in a US ...
WEBObjectives Approximately 81% of traumatic brain injury cases are considered to be mild (mTBI), but few studies have reviewed mTBI caused by workplace violence (WPV). This study aimed to (1) determine the incidence of mTBI secondary to WPV in a statewide workers’ compensation system using International Classification of Disease codes and (2) analyse and compare factors associated with return ...
Work-related asthma in the USA: nationally representative …
WEBObjective We studied the associations of working in occupations with high asthma trigger exposures with the prevalence and incidence of asthma, and with ever reporting an asthma diagnosis throughout working life. Methods We used the nationally representative Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1968–2015; n=13 957; 205 498 person-years), with annual reports of occupation and asthma diagnoses ...
Incidence of mesothelioma in young people and causal exposure …
WEBResults From 1993 to 2018, 30 828 incident MM cases have been collected and 1278 (4.1%) presented diagnosis at early age (≤50 years). There is a substantial association between age at diagnosis and the type of asbestos exposure and a significantly lower frequency of cases with occupational exposure to asbestos (497 cases vs 701 expected) in young people has been documented.
Effectiveness of psychological skills training for police personnel: a ...
WEBThere has been an increasing interest in primary prevention programmes developed to improve police officers’ mental health. This meta-analysis synthesised the existing findings on psychological skills training for police personnel including resilience training and mindfulness-based training. Particularly, this study systematically assessed the effectiveness of training programmes on mental ...
Absence from work and return to work in people with back pain: a ...
WEBIntroduction. Low back pain is a major problem throughout the world; it is common, and often recurrent. A recent systematic review of 165 studies on the epidemiology of back pain estimated the global 1-month period prevalence to be 23.2% (±2.9%).1 The 1-year incidence of a first ever episode of back pain has been reported to range from 6.3% to 15.4%.2 The incidence of back pain is highest in ...
SURVEILLANCE IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH - Occupational
WEBSurveillance is a core activity in the practice of occupational health. Two broad groups of surveillance are commonly performed—hazard surveillance and health surveillance. While the focus of the former is hazards at the workplace, the latter type of surveillance pertains to the health of a person of group of workers.