BACKGROUND Concerns were raised about the possibility of a high prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in a truck assembly plant. AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in a group of truck assembly workers. METHOD A cross-sectional study of 461 truck assembly workers was carried out using a modified version of the Nordic questionnaire and the...

background: to assess the status of occupational hazards and their prevention among the practicing dentists in chandigarh city, india. materials and methods: a closed-ended questionnaire was prepared to record demographic status, types of occupational hazards encountered, and status of measures used for their prevention. a total 113 out of 130 dentists completed the questionnaire and the respon...

BACKGROUND Evidence on the detrimental health effects of prolonged sedentary behavior is accumulating. Interventions need to have a specific focus on sedentary behavior in order to generate clinically meaningful decreases in sedentary time. When evaluating such intervention, the question whether a participant improved or deteriorated their behavior is fundamental and instruments that are able t...

The present contribution presents two field studies combining tools and methods from cognitive psychology and from occupational psychology in order to perform a thorough investigation of workload in employees. Cognitive load theory proposes to distinguish different load categories of working memory, in a context of instruction. Intrinsic load is inherent to the task, extraneous load refers to c...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of two self-report physical activity (PA) questionnaires - the AQuAA (Activity Questionnaire for Adults and Adolescents) and PASE (Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly) - in cancer patients. METHODS Test-retest reliability was determined by administering the questionnaires twice within 5 days. Intraclass correlation coeff...

Introduction: Occupational stress is a health hazard to the individual worker both physically and psychologically. Research for past years shows that, signs of occupational appear be rising amongst nursing profession. The ability nurses appropriately handle while on duty may have significant impact outcomes, especially job performance. Objective: This study was conducted measure work-related it...

Trial management is dominated by the three Rs recruitment, retention and responses. While much research goes into strategies to increase recruitment, retention and responses receive less attention. As trial managers we adopt several strategies to increase questionnaires response rates despite a lack of supportive evidence. The majority of participant responses are collected via postal questionn...

INTRODUCTION Professional burnout has been described as a gradual erosion of a person and may be one of the possible consequences of chronic occupational stress. Although occupational stress has been surveyed among dentists in Hong Kong, no study has been published about burnout in the profession. This study aimed to evaluate burnout among Hong Kong dentists and its association with occupationa...

OBJECTIVES It is not known which of the many asthma-specific quality of life (QoL) questionnaires best capture the lived experience of people with asthma. The objective of this study was to explore patients' views of three commonly used asthma-specific QoL questionnaires. DESIGN Qualitative study using semistructured interviews. SETTING Primary and secondary care in Brighton and Hove, UK. ...