Health and environment
Ahmad Bashtani; Elahe Amouzadeh; Jamshid Yazdani Cherati; Siavash Etemadinezhad; Hossein Kalateh Arabi; Kalteh Haji Omid
Volume 28, Issue 6 , January and February 2022, , Pages 874-884
Abstract
One of the most important factors causing musculoskeletal disorder is awkward body posture during work. Ergonomic interventions to improve working posture are essential. Improving posture is effective in promoting health, reducing stress and reducing work discomfort, it is also an important factor in ...
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One of the most important factors causing musculoskeletal disorder is awkward body posture during work. Ergonomic interventions to improve working posture are essential. Improving posture is effective in promoting health, reducing stress and reducing work discomfort, it is also an important factor in terms of work efficiency and job performance. There is a close relationship between posture and work efficiency, which has led to improved posture, increased efficiency and job performance.materials and methods:The present quasi-experimental research is a descriptive-analytical study that has been performed on 164 employees of small workshops. This study was performed in three stages including ergonomic evaluation of employees' posture using REBA evaluation method, interventions and post-intervention post-re-evaluation. WILCOXON statistical method was used to analyze the results.findings:The results of this study showed the improvement of posture in the organs of neck, trunk, arm, forearm, wrist and legs. Also, the comparison of overall score and risk level before and after the intervention was significant (P
SeyyedMehdi Razavi; Alireza Ghorbani; Hossein Kalate Arabi; MohammadReza ShegerfNakhaee; Yaser Tabaraee
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 665-673
Abstract
Introduction: Job stress including physical, social and psychological factors, impact on personnel’s health. This problem is more observed in health workers that have continuous communication with patients. Continual and severe stressors are integral part of health worker that exposed at risk of burnout. ...
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Introduction: Job stress including physical, social and psychological factors, impact on personnel’s health. This problem is more observed in health workers that have continuous communication with patients. Continual and severe stressors are integral part of health worker that exposed at risk of burnout. This study aimed to determine the association between burnout and workplace physical condition in health department staff of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This cross - sectional study was conducted among 220 staff of health Department of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences. Maslach standardized inventory and workplace physical condition questionnaire contain ten question verified by Faculty members of Sabzevar school of health were completed by employee. The collected data were analyzed by spss 16 software.
Results: The highest average of age was in caretaker and administrative staff (41.3±7.08). There was a significant relationship between lack of personal accomplishment and depersonalization with workhouse and also significant relationship between lacks of personal accomplishment, depersonalization, and emotional exhaustion whit field of activity was observed. . Physical condition of the workplace was associated with lack of personal accomplishment.
Conclusion: The work environment in healthcare system is always associated with job stresses and its personnel that are susceptible to job burnout. It is proposed by encouraging informal relations within the organization, motivating employee, training, improving of physical conditions of work and meritocracy can implement effective interventions to reduce vulnerability and staff burnout.