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background and objective : restless legs syndrome (rls) is a sleep disorder with an association to sleep quality. we investigated the sleep quality in patients with rls among health-care workers with or without shift work. materials and methods : all female health-care workers (n = 540) in four educational hospitals were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. international rls study group (irl...

This study was conducted with the cleaning personnel of a university hospital in the city of Campinas, State of São Paulo. These are public employees whose work is mainly physical: cleaning is a job that requires heavy physical work; in addition, workers are also exposed to chemical products. The objective of this survey was to evaluate the work ability of cleaners from different age groups, fo...

BACKGROUND Hand-arm vibration exposure may cause hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) including sensorineural disturbances. AIMS To investigate which factors had the strongest impact on work ability in vibration-exposed workers. METHODS A cross-sectional study in which vibration-exposed workers referred to a department of occupational and environmental medicine were compared with a randomized...

PROBLEM We often need to be able to assess the extent to which individuals have or lack work ability. For this we need instruments. Most of the instruments available have flaws. They either lack validity or they use roundabout methods when collecting information about the individual's work ability. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to present a conceptual model for constructing a questionna...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of personal, clinical, and occupational aspects on work ability of workers with and without work-related musculoskeletal disorders using the Work Ability Index. METHODS There were participating 127 workers of industrial production lines of a medium-size multinational company. An approved version of the Work Ability Index, a questionnaire developed by Finland's...