Groneberg, David A Braumann, Hannah Rolle, Stefan Quarcoo, David Klingelhöfer, Doris Fischer, Axel Nienhaus, Albert Brüggmann, Dörthe
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Needlestick injuries have caused a deleterious effect on the physical and mental health of millions of health-care workers over the past decades, being responsible for occupational infections with viruses such as HIV or hepatis C. Despite this heavy burden of disease, no concise studies have been published on the global research landscape so far. W...
Hofmann, Felix Martin Olawumi, Edward Michaelis, Martina Stößel, Ulrich Hofmann, Friedrich
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Globally, norovirus (NoV) is the leading cause of gastroenteritis infection among all ages. The development of prevention strategies in the field of occupational health requires a detailed knowledge about the impact of the disease on employees. This review article aims not only at evaluating the burden of NoV outbreaks on staff but also at discussi...
van der Hoek-Snieders, Hanneke E. M. Boymans, Monique Sorgdrager, Bas Dreschler, Wouter A.
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ObjectiveNeed for recovery is a predictor of work stress and health problems, but its underlying factors are not yet well understood. We aimed to identify hearing-related, work-related, and personal factors influencing need for recovery in hearing-impaired employees.MethodsWe retrospectively identified hearing-impaired employees (N = 294) that were...
Rentrop, Vanessa Schneider, Johanna Sophie Bäuerle, Alexander Junne, Florian Dörrie, Nora Skoda, Eva-Maria Schedlowski, Manfred Mallmann, Bernhard Benecke, Anke-Verena Kohler, Hannah
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Due to the SARS CoV-2-virus (COVID-19), anxiety, distress, and insecurity occur more frequently. In particular, infected individuals, their relatives, and medical staff face an increased risk of high psychological distress as a result of the ongoing pandemic. Thus, structured psychosocial emergency concepts are needed. The University hospital of Es...
Thomée, Sara Österberg, Kai Rådman, Lisa Jakobsson, Kristina
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The purpose was to examine long-term consequences of exposure to electrical current passing through the body. We investigated (1) whether electricians after having experienced an electrical accident report more cognitive problems and lower mental wellbeing and (2) have objectively verifiable reduced cognitive function; and (3) which circumstances a...
Nuvolone, Daniela Petri, Davide Biggeri, Annibale Barbone, Fabio Voller, Fabio
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Thirty-four geothermal power plants for the production of electricity are currently active in the geothermal areas in Tuscany. The present study aimed to investigate the association between short-term exposure to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and acute health outcomes. This study used individual data on non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory morta...
Lin, Ming-Hung Yang, Ya-Lun Sung, Fung-Chung Liu, Chiu-Shong Lung, Chi-Hsuan Wang, Jong-Yi
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As studies on mental disorders in victims of occupational injury or disease are limited, this study aims to evaluate the risk of, and factors associated with, the development of mental illness in patients with occupational injury or disease using insurance claims data from Taiwan. This retrospective cohort study analyzed insurance records in Taiwan...
Lallukka, Tea Hiilamo, Aapo Oakman, Jodi Mänty, Minna Pietiläinen, Olli Rahkonen, Ossi Kouvonen, Anne Halonen, Jaana I
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We examined the associations between recurrent single- and multisite pain and incident sickness absence (SA) of different lengths and the risk of disability pension (DP). The data were derived from the Finnish Helsinki Health Study. Pain measures were recorded for panel 1 in 2000/2 and 2007, and for panel 2 in 2007 and 2012 (altogether 3191 employe...
Jensen, Johan Høy Flachs, Esben Meulengracht Skakon, Janne Rod, Naja Hulvej Bonde, Jens Peter Kawachi, Ichiro
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The impact of organizational change at work on cardiovascular disease (CVD) among employees is poorly understood. We examined the longitudinal associations between different types of work-unit organizational changes and risk of CVD among employees. We used multilevel mixed-effects parametric survival models to assess the risk of incident ischemic h...
Lange, Stefanie Burr, Hermann Rose, Uwe Conway, Paul Maurice
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of self-reported workplace bullying on depressive symptoms in a prospective study among a representative sample of employees from Germany. We focused specifically on the role of the perpetrator (co-workers and superiors), which was never done before in a longitudinal design. We used data from a na...
