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Smartphone use and stroop performance in a university workforce: A survey-experiment

Open Health
Smartphones are now an integral part of everyday life, and their wide use by employees has raised concerns regarding workplace safety and productivity. Issues like ‘nomophobia’ and ‘digital amnesia’ have been marked as challenges, especially during the ...
Ntelezos Konstantinos, Kyriakopoulou Georgia, Dafni Marianna-Foteini, Tsamourgeli Aspasia Maria, Lalou Georgia, Sampanai Romina, Bistola Anthoula, Delitzakis Dimitrios   +7 more
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The application of fNIRS in studies on occupational workload: a systematic review

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundOccupational workload can contribute to significant health problems such as chronic stress, fatigue and burnout. To investigate the underlying mechanisms, it is necessary to monitor brain activity in real work environments.
Robin Gemmerich, Ole Müller, Andrea Schaller   +2 more
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Review of Occupational Health and Safety Organization in Expanding Economies: The Case of Southern Africa

Annals of Global Health, 2015
Background: Globally, access to occupational health and safety (OHS) by workers has remained at very low levels. The organization and implementation of OHS in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Botswana has remained at suboptimal levels.
Dingani Moyo, Muzimkhulu Zungu, Spoponki Kgalamono, Chimba D. Mwila   +3 more
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Health, Physical Activity and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Stone, Sand, and Gravel Mine Workers: Implications for Enhancing and Sustaining Worker Health and Safety

Safety, 2020
There is little data delineating relationships between health and worker musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS), particularly among stone, sand, and gravel mine (SSGM) workers.
Todd D. Smith, Abdulrazak O. Balogun, Zuojin Yu, Charmaine Mullins-Jaime   +3 more
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Investigation by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale of daytime sleepiness in professional drivers during work hours

Open Health
Daytime sleepiness in the professional driving industry may affect the safety of drivers at work. Fatigue and obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome are the most common causes that lead to daytime sleepiness.
Ntelezos Konstantinos, Dafni Marianna-Foteini, Kyriakopoulou Georgia, Tsamourgeli Aspasia Maria, Karavasili Marianna, Delitzakis Dimitrios, Ioannis-Dimopoulos-Chountis, Panagiotidis Ilias   +7 more
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Bridging method and practice: Toward a balanced approach to statistical modeling in occupational medicine and psychology [PDF]

GIornale Italiano di Psicologia e Medicina del Lavoro
Statistical modeling plays a pivotal role in occupational medicine and psychology, offering essential tools to understand complex interactions between workplace factors and employee health.
Francesco CHIRICO
doaj   +1 more source

The Mediating Role of Affective Organisational Commitment for Employees’ Health

Izzivi Prihodnosti, 2022
Research Question (RQ): What is the role of organisational commitment in health, especially in the context of other work-related psychosocial factors (optimism, empowerment, stressful working conditions, job insecurity, and satisfactory payment ...
Jožica Čehovin Zajc, Marija Milavec Kapun, Matic Kavčič   +2 more
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Evaluating the Impact of Digital Health Interventions on Workplace Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Administrative Sciences
With the increasing penetration of digital technologies into health management, digital health interventions in workplaces have been subject to substantial interest.
Evripidis P. Kechagias, Georgios A. Papadopoulos, Ioanna Rokai   +2 more
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Sleep Health Promotion in the Workplace

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
A workplace sleep health promotion program was implemented in an Italian police unit from 2016 to 2017. Of the 242 police officers in the unit, 218 (90%) agreed to take part in the program. A crossover trial was made in which the police officers were divided into two groups that performed sleep health promotion activities in the first and second year ...
Sergio Garbarino, Giovanni Tripepi, Nicola Magnavita   +2 more
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Workplace as an origin of health inequalities. [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1999
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of the workplace on the socioeconomic gradient of sickness absence. DESIGN: Comparison of the relation between socioeconomic status and employee sickness absence in three different towns. SETTINGS: The towns of Raisio, Valkeakoski, and Nokia in Finland. They are equal in size and regional social deprivation indices,
Vahtera, J, Virtanen, P, Kivimaki, M, Pentti, J   +3 more
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