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Valutazione dello stress lavoro correlato:esperienze gestionali ed applicative nell'AOUI di Verona
No full textSono stati somministrati a 817 dipendenti ospedalieri il questionario strumento operatore HSE per la valutazione dello stress lavorativo, il questionario MOHQ per valutare il benessere lavorativo e il GHQ-12 per verificare la presenza di disagio psichico. La maggior intensità di rischio psicosociale è stata evidenziata per l'area chirurgica, rispetto a quella medica e rispetto ai servizi ospedalieri, per i soggetti con età inferiore ai 30 aa e per quelli con più di 50 aa, per il personale infermieristico rispetto ai medici
Disturbi da sovraccarico biomeccanico degli arti superiori in fisioterapisti ospedalieri
No full textLa valutazione della prevalenza dei disturbi da sovraccarico biomeccanico in un gruppo di 43 fisioterapisti di differenti strutture ospedaliere, effettuata mediante un questionario specifico appositamente predisposto e il questionario DASH (Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand), ha messo in evidenza che una percentuale elevata dei fisioterapisti (62.7%) riportava disturbi a carico dell’arto superiore, soprattutto a carico della spalle, dei polsi e delle mani
Stress lavoro correlato: differenze di genere in un gruppo di lavoratori ospedalieri
No full textA 593 operatori sanitari, 149 uomini (25,1 %) e 444 donne (74,9%) che svolgono differenti attività in diversi reparti ospedalieri sono stati somministrati il questionario strumento operativo HSE per la valutazione dello stress e il questionario GHQ-12 per la valutazione del disagio psichico. Sono state evidenziate differenze significative tra i due generi con riferimento alle dimensioni organizzative “controllo” e “relazioni”, con livelli di stress più elevati nel genere femminile
Work Related Stress And Gender Differences in Healthcare Workers
No full textWe assessed work-related stress in 593 healthcare workers, 149 men (25.1%) and 444 women (74.9%), by means of the HSE Management Standards Indicator Tool. The questionnaire consists of 35 items that identify six organisational dimensions (demands, control, support, relationships, role and change). The GHQ-12, a questionnaire used to study mental well-being, was also used to evaluate whether work-related stress was potentially correlated to psychological diseases.
Levels of work related stress as perceived by the workers themselves did not differ significantly between groups, except in the areas of Management Standards Control and Relationships where women experienced higher levels of distress. Females also seemed to manifest higher levels than their male colleagues of poor mental well-being, which indicates the possible presence of psychological diseases.
We observed a significant correlation between HSE and GHQ-12 (r=-.46 p<0.001 for males, r=-.53 p<0.001 for women). The strongest correlation was between GHQ-12 and Role, Relationships and Support from managers in males, and between GHQ-12 and Control, Relationships and Support from managers in females
Danni e processi riparativi del DNA mediante comet assay in linfociti di ex-esposti ad amianto
No full textAcute arsine intoxication as a consequence of metal burnishing operations
No full textThe report concerns a 30-year-old factory worker, employed in a small galvanizing plant for over ten years in the burnishing, copper- and nickel-plating of small metal articles for the shoe industry. Acute arsine poisoning was attributed to the use of a dilute solution of CuSO-4 (3%), HCl (32%), and As-2O-3 (2%) for burnishing metal (Fe-Zn) shoelace eyelet holes, in the absence of local exhaust ventilation and with no respiratory protection. Arsine caused severe intravascular hemolysis with a rapid drop in hematocrit and hemoglobin levels. Other body organs were involved as a result of the hypoxic effect of anemia and hemolysis, or as a direct toxic effect of the arsine itself Our experience confirms that exchange transfusion is capable of rapidly arresting the adverse effects of arsine. The importance of preventive measures and worker information to avoid acute arsine poisoning is emphasized
DNA damage and repair capacity by comet assay in lymphocytes of white-collar active smokers and passive smokers (non- and ex-smokers) at workplace.
No full textThe comet assay has been widely used to quantify DNA damage in isolated lymphocytes from subjects exposed to several environmental or occupational substances, especially for estimation of oxidative damage in the DNA, which is well-known to be induced by tobacco smoke. Passive smoking or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been included among those substances that cause cancer with sufficient evidence in humans. In this study, we analyzed, by the alkaline version of comet assay, the lymphocyte DNA damage of white-collar active smokers and non- and ex-smokers exposed to ETS at the workplace. We investigated basal DNA damage, DNA oxidation by formamidopyrimidine glycosylase (Fpg), the repair capacity H2O2-induced DNA damage by kinetics studies and lymphocyte GSH levels, the major intracellular defense against exogenous oxidative stress imposed by cigarette smoking. Our results indicated high basal DNA damage with clear significant correlations with urinary nicotine and cotinine, number of cigarettes/day, and an inverse significant correlation with GSH cellular content in active smokers. Significant Fpg-sensitive sites were found in smokers (> 85\%), considerably high but not significant in passive non- and ex-smokers (> 51\% and 37\%, respectively). The DNA repair capacity had seriously decreased in non-smokers > smokers > ex-smokers, while the same damage was repaired in a short time in never smokers
Interethnic differences at the thermometric response to cold test: functional disorders of blood circulation in hand fingers and exposure to hand-arm vibration.
No full textOBJECTIVES:
To report some notable aspects regarding thermometric response to cold test in black African subjects compared with Caucasians: both groups comprised persons exposed to hand-arm vibration and controls.
METHODS:
An overall sample of 48 workers was examined in order to study their blood circulation in hand fingers: a control group of 12 healthy Caucasian workers never exposed before to hand-arm vibration; 12 Caucasian workers exposed for several years to vibrating tools and affected by occupational Raynaud's phenomenon; 12 healthy black African workers exposed to hand-arm vibration for almost 3 years; and 12 healthy black African workers never exposed to hand-arm vibration. Computerized skin thermometry was performed and thermometric curves were analyzed according to thermometric interpretation criteria such as the area-over-curve (AOC), the fifth minute of recovery/baseline temperature ratio (5REC/BT) and the temperature at the tenth minute of recovery (10REC) after cold tes
Work-related stress mediate the relationship between safety climate and safety performance.
Full text linkDuring the last few years the approach to prevention of injury has focused more on the human factor, highlighting the important role that work-related stress, safety climate and safety culture play in preventing work accidents (Fogarty, 2004). The main aim of the present study was to test Fogarty’s (2004) proposition that the link between safety climate and errors is mediated by psychological health and that psychological stress has an important role as being among the immediate causes of accidents.
For these reasons safety climate, safety performance and work-related stress were assessed in 98 metal and mechanical workers employed in two different companies in the north-east of Italy. The validated Integrated Organizational Safety Climate Questionnaire was used to assess three safety climate measures (Organizational, Supervisor and Co-worker). Each item on each measure has a 7-point scale that ranges from 1 = never to 7 = always. The Italian version of the HSE Management Standards Indicator Tool was used to asses work related stress. Each item has a 5-point scale that ranges from 1 = never to 5 = always.
A Structural equation model showed that work related stress seemed to mediate the relationship between safety climate and safety performance. More data must to be collected to confirm the model.
The results suggest the importance for management to monitor both safety climate and individual health variables to avoid accidents and errors
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