Pub Date : 2022-09-05Epub Date: 2022-07-04DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.01254
Xiangzhi Jing, Lingeng Lu, Yongcheng Yao
Background: To analyze the impact of the flood disasters, social support and personality on the mental health of residents in Henan Province, China, providing fundamental knowledges for making measuring strategies to improve the psychological protection and anti-stress ability of the residents after the disaster.
Material and methods: A cross-section study was conducted via an online survey platform "questionnaire star," which included 572 residents in Henan Province, which underwent the history of ever flood disaster on July 20. The questionnaires of Impact of Event Scale-Revised Edition (IES-R), Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) and the scales of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R) version in Chinese were also administered to each participant. Generalized linear regression model was performed.
Results: The residents who live in the flooding areas, are male and married had a significantly higher post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) score than their counterparts. The scores of depression-anxiety-stress in the residents with stable emotion were significantly lower than those with unstable emotion (p < 0.001). Machine learning showed that PTSD ranked the top risk factor, followed by neuroticism for Depression-Anxiety-Stress after disaster. The PTSD was negatively correlated with social support (p < 0.01), while it was positively correlated with depression-anxiety-stress and emotional stability (p < 0.01). There was a statistically significant interaction between PTSD, social support and neuroticism on depression-anxiety-stress (p < 0.001), with an independent effect of 1.4% on depression-anxiety-stress. Emotional stability showed the largest association with depression-anxiety-stress.
Conclusions: Residents living in the catastrophic flooding areas had significant post-traumatic mental health issues, and the severity of mental problems was differently affected by post-traumatic stress disorder and social support in individuals with different personalities. Introvert and PTSD were the major risk factors for depression-anxiety-stress after the disaster. Med Pr. 2022;73(4):305-14.
{"title":"Personality modifies the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and society support on depression-anxiety-stress in the residents undergone catastrophic flooding in Henan, China.","authors":"Xiangzhi Jing, Lingeng Lu, Yongcheng Yao","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To analyze the impact of the flood disasters, social support and personality on the mental health of residents in Henan Province, China, providing fundamental knowledges for making measuring strategies to improve the psychological protection and anti-stress ability of the residents after the disaster.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A cross-section study was conducted via an online survey platform \"questionnaire star,\" which included 572 residents in Henan Province, which underwent the history of ever flood disaster on July 20. The questionnaires of<i> Impact of Event Scale-Revised Edition</i> (IES-R), <i>Perceived Social Support Scale</i> (PSSS), the <i>Depression Anxiety Stress Scales</i> (DASS-21) and the scales of <i>Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised</i> (EPQ-R) version in Chinese were also administered to each participant. Generalized linear regression model was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The residents who live in the flooding areas, are male and married had a significantly higher post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) score than their counterparts. The scores of depression-anxiety-stress in the residents with stable emotion were significantly lower than those with unstable emotion (p < 0.001). Machine learning showed that PTSD ranked the top risk factor, followed by neuroticism for Depression-Anxiety-Stress after disaster. The PTSD was negatively correlated with social support (p < 0.01), while it was positively correlated with depression-anxiety-stress and emotional stability (p < 0.01). There was a statistically significant interaction between PTSD, social support and neuroticism on depression-anxiety-stress (p < 0.001), with an independent effect of 1.4% on depression-anxiety-stress. Emotional stability showed the largest association with depression-anxiety-stress.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Residents living in the catastrophic flooding areas had significant post-traumatic mental health issues, and the severity of mental problems was differently affected by post-traumatic stress disorder and social support in individuals with different personalities. Introvert and PTSD were the major risk factors for depression-anxiety-stress after the disaster. Med Pr. 2022;73(4):305-14.</p>","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40555909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-05Epub Date: 2022-08-23DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.01233
Robert Gregorczyk, Beata Janasik, Jakub Smuga
One of the priorities in the field of occupational safety and health in the European Union (EU) is research on dissemination and application of scientific results, which results in changes in legislation on exposure assessment to chemical agents and risk estimation. The aim of this paper is to analyze the EU legislation on exposure assessment and risk estimation to chemical agents based on biological monitoring studies, in the context of workers' health protection, with reference to the occupational hygiene management system and standard. An analysis was made of the current legal regulations as well as recommendations and guidelines for biological monitoring studies in the assessment of workers' exposure to selected metals. A comparison was made between the regulations in force in Poland and in EU. The rationale for implementing biological monitoring tools in occupational health prevention as an additional tool to protect workers from chemical agents was evaluated. Med Pr. 2022;73(4):349-56.
{"title":"[Health protection of a worker exposed to chemical agents in the work environment - biological monitoring in health risk assessment: legal regulations].","authors":"Robert Gregorczyk, Beata Janasik, Jakub Smuga","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One of the priorities in the field of occupational safety and health in the European Union (EU) is research on dissemination and application of scientific results, which results in changes in legislation on exposure assessment to chemical agents and risk estimation. The aim of this paper is to analyze the EU legislation on exposure assessment and risk estimation to chemical agents based on biological monitoring studies, in the context of workers' health protection, with reference to the occupational hygiene management system and standard. An analysis was made of the current legal regulations as well as recommendations and guidelines for biological monitoring studies in the assessment of workers' exposure to selected metals. A comparison was made between the regulations in force in Poland and in EU. The rationale for implementing biological monitoring tools in occupational health prevention as an additional tool to protect workers from chemical agents was evaluated. Med Pr. 2022;73(4):349-56.</p>","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40719463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-05Epub Date: 2022-07-12DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.01236
Paweł Kot
Background: The use of information and communication technologies by employees of organizations may cause technostress for their users. The sources of technostress in organizations are techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, techno-uncertainty. An organization may also have technostress inhibitors that counteract the experience of technostress.
Material and methods: The purpose of this research was to determine the psychometric properties of the Polish adaptation of Technostress Creators and Technostress Inhibitors Scale.
Results: In the first study (N = 632), the 8-factor structure of the questionnaire was confirmed by the use of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Furthermore, a high internal consistency of the adapted method was obtained. The second study (N = 451) confirmed the external validity of the adapted method by correlating it with the Perceived Stress Scale. The third study (N = 123) confirmed high stability at the time of results obtained in 2 measurements with the adapted scale.
Conclusions: To conclude, it can be stated that the Polish adaptation of the Technostress Creators and Technostress Inhibitors Scale is characterized by good psychometric indicators and can be successfully used in various organizations in the diagnosis and reduction of technostress. Med Pr. 2022;73(4):277-93.
{"title":"Psychometric properties of the Polish adaptation of <i>Technostress Creators and Technostress Inhibitors Scale</i>.","authors":"Paweł Kot","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The use of information and communication technologies by employees of organizations may cause technostress for their users. The sources of technostress in organizations are techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, techno-uncertainty. An organization may also have technostress inhibitors that counteract the experience of technostress.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The purpose of this research was to determine the psychometric properties of the Polish adaptation of<i> Technostress Creators and Technostress Inhibitors Scale</i>.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the first study (N = 632), the 8-factor structure of the questionnaire was confirmed by the use of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Furthermore, a high internal consistency of the adapted method was obtained. The second study (N = 451) confirmed the external validity of the adapted method by correlating it with the<i> Perceived Stress Scale</i>. The third study (N = 123) confirmed high stability at the time of results obtained in 2 measurements with the adapted scale.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>To conclude, it can be stated that the Polish adaptation of the <i>Technostress Creators and Technostress Inhibitors Scale</i> is characterized by good psychometric indicators and can be successfully used in various organizations in the diagnosis and reduction of technostress. Med Pr. 2022;73(4):277-93.</p>","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40595978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-05Epub Date: 2022-07-04DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.01108
Karolina Mudło-Głagolska
Background: So far, studies based on the dualistic model of passion have ignored how the 2 different types of passion interact in a person's identity. The aim of this article is to identify profiles of passion for work and their consequences for psychological well-being.
Material and methods: The survey was conducted on a sample of 522 employees of various employment sectors. The Passion Scale was used to assess passion for work, while to explore well-being, the anxiety and depression subscale of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and the Subjective Vitality Scale were employed. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to distinguish the passion profiles, following which the results regarding well-being in the following groups were compared using non-parametric tests.
Results: Four passion profiles have been identified. They are termed as high-moderate (profile 1: high harmonious passion for work and moderate obsessive passion for work), high (profile 2: high harmonious passion for work and obsessive passion for work), optimal (profile 3: high harmonious passion for work and low obsessive passion for work), and low (profile 4: low harmonious passion for work and low obsessive passion for work). Employees with a low score for both harmonious passion for work and obsessive passion for work had the lowest score regarding well-being.
Conclusions: This study was one of the first to use the LPA approach to explore the configuration of passion for work. It provided an indication of how the different dimensions and levels of passion set up with each other and what their consequences would be. The conducted research emphasized the protective role of the harmonious passion for work against the negative effect of obsessive passion for work. Med Pr. 2022;73(4):315-23.
{"title":"Latent profile analysis of passion for work and its relationship with psychological well-being.","authors":"Karolina Mudło-Głagolska","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>So far, studies based on the dualistic model of passion have ignored how the 2 different types of passion interact in a person's identity. The aim of this article is to identify profiles of passion for work and their consequences for psychological well-being.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The survey was conducted on a sample of 522 employees of various employment sectors. The <i>Passion Scale</i> was used to assess passion for work, while to explore well-being, the anxiety and depression subscale of the <i>General Health Questionnaire</i> (GHQ-28) and the <i>Subjective Vitality Scale</i> were employed. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to distinguish the passion profiles, following which the results regarding well-being in the following groups were compared using non-parametric tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four passion profiles have been identified. They are termed as high-moderate (profile 1: high harmonious passion for work and moderate obsessive passion for work), high (profile 2: high harmonious passion for work and obsessive passion for work), optimal (profile 3: high harmonious passion for work and low obsessive passion for work), and low (profile 4: low harmonious passion for work and low obsessive passion for work). Employees with a low score for both harmonious passion for work and obsessive passion for work had the lowest score regarding well-being.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study was one of the first to use the LPA approach to explore the configuration of passion for work. It provided an indication of how the different dimensions and levels of passion set up with each other and what their consequences would be. The conducted research emphasized the protective role of the harmonious passion for work against the negative effect of obsessive passion for work. Med Pr. 2022;73(4):315-23.</p>","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40469903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BACKGROUND Nurses displayed low levels of subjective well-being and high turnover intention. How to enhance the subjective well-being and decrease the turnover rate of nurses is of great importance. However, little is known about whether work engagement mediates between character strengths and subjective well-being. The study aims to explore character strengths, work engagement and subjective well-being in nurses, and to determine whether work engagement plays a mediating role between the relationship. MATERIAL AND METHODS From December 2017 to December 2018, 450 Chinese registered nurses completed the character strengths scale, work engagement scale, and subjective well-being scale. The relationship between study variables was tested by Pearson correlation. The mediating effect of work engagement was tested by the bootstrap method. RESULTS The results indicated the following: (1) the 4 elements of character strengths and work engagement were significantly and positively correlated with subjective well-being; (2) character strengths could significantly predict both work engagement and subjective well-being; (3) work engagement played a mediating role in this relationship. CONCLUSIONS Character strengths affect subjective well-being in Chinese registered nurses, and work engagement plays a mediating variable among the relations. Therefore, nurses are encouraged to foster their character strengths and improve their level of work engagement for their subjective well-being. Following the results, the study recommends that nursing managers be aware of the importance of using character strengths in nursing work, taking actions to excavate nurses' character strengths and encouraging nurses to use character strengths in clinical work to promote engagement and well-being. In the meantime, interventions to improve the level of subjective well-being based on nurses' character strengths should be considered. Med Pr. 2022;73(4).
{"title":"A study of character strengths, work engagement and subjective well-being in Chinese registered nurses.","authors":"Xiaotong Ding, Houming Kan, Xueqin Chu, Chenyu Sun, Fei-ling Ruan","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01203","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Nurses displayed low levels of subjective well-being and high turnover intention. How to enhance the subjective well-being and decrease the turnover rate of nurses is of great importance. However, little is known about whether work engagement mediates between character strengths and subjective well-being. The study aims to explore character strengths, work engagement and subjective well-being in nurses, and to determine whether work engagement plays a mediating role between the relationship.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIAL AND METHODS\u0000From December 2017 to December 2018, 450 Chinese registered nurses completed the character strengths scale, work engagement scale, and subjective well-being scale. The relationship between study variables was tested by Pearson correlation. The mediating effect of work engagement was tested by the bootstrap method.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000The results indicated the following: (1) the 4 elements of character strengths and work engagement were significantly and positively correlated with subjective well-being; (2) character strengths could significantly predict both work engagement and subjective well-being; (3) work engagement played a mediating role in this relationship.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000Character strengths affect subjective well-being in Chinese registered nurses, and work engagement plays a mediating variable among the relations. Therefore, nurses are encouraged to foster their character strengths and improve their level of work engagement for their subjective well-being. Following the results, the study recommends that nursing managers be aware of the importance of using character strengths in nursing work, taking actions to excavate nurses' character strengths and encouraging nurses to use character strengths in clinical work to promote engagement and well-being. In the meantime, interventions to improve the level of subjective well-being based on nurses' character strengths should be considered. Med Pr. 2022;73(4).","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44098854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BACKGROUND In order to obtain appropriate, acoustic conditions of working environment in open plan offices, it is necessary to apply quite a large acoustic treatment in these rooms (e.g., to achieve reverberation time 0.2-0.4 s). However, in cases where the background noise levels in rooms are very low (A-weighted sound pressure level <30 dB), then acoustic treatment alone may be insufficient. In such cases, it may be necessary to use a sound system that generate an "artificial" background noise (sound masking system). It is important that the sound masking system must mask the sound in many workplaces. Therefore, sound masking systems contain a large number of sound sources (loudspeakers), evenly distributed throughout the room. Most often, these loudspeakers are placed in a sound-absorbing suspended ceiling. MATERIAL AND METHODS The article considers the possibility of reducing the number of sound masking sources by using 4-loudspeakers columns. These columns use speakers with much smaller dimensions and less power. The shape of the columns and the arrangement of the loudspeakers in the columns result in a directional radiation pattern that allows for a more even distribution of the masking sound in a room. The article provides the criterion of obtaining a uniform masking sound in the open plan offices. These criteria relate to obtaining appropriate masking sound parameters in the working area, and are based on the criterion value of the distraction distance of the room. RESULTS The article provides the results of measurement tests of the uniformity of masking sound in the room with the use of the above-mentioned sound masking columns. CONCLUSIONS It is possible to limit the number of standard masking sound sources in the rooms under consideration using pyramid-shaped sound columns with 4 loudspeakers are used. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).
{"title":"[Reducing noise nuisance in open-plan office rooms by masking unwanted sounds with pyramid-shaped sound columns].","authors":"W. Mikulski","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01244","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000In order to obtain appropriate, acoustic conditions of working environment in open plan offices, it is necessary to apply quite a large acoustic treatment in these rooms (e.g., to achieve reverberation time 0.2-0.4 s). However, in cases where the background noise levels in rooms are very low (A-weighted sound pressure level <30 dB), then acoustic treatment alone may be insufficient. In such cases, it may be necessary to use a sound system that generate an \"artificial\" background noise (sound masking system). It is important that the sound masking system must mask the sound in many workplaces. Therefore, sound masking systems contain a large number of sound sources (loudspeakers), evenly distributed throughout the room. Most often, these loudspeakers are placed in a sound-absorbing suspended ceiling.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIAL AND METHODS\u0000The article considers the possibility of reducing the number of sound masking sources by using 4-loudspeakers columns. These columns use speakers with much smaller dimensions and less power. The shape of the columns and the arrangement of the loudspeakers in the columns result in a directional radiation pattern that allows for a more even distribution of the masking sound in a room. The article provides the criterion of obtaining a uniform masking sound in the open plan offices. These criteria relate to obtaining appropriate masking sound parameters in the working area, and are based on the criterion value of the distraction distance of the room.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000The article provides the results of measurement tests of the uniformity of masking sound in the room with the use of the above-mentioned sound masking columns.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000It is possible to limit the number of standard masking sound sources in the rooms under consideration using pyramid-shaped sound columns with 4 loudspeakers are used. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43210334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress is one of the main reasons for deterioration in mental and physical health, and it leads to a decrease in work efficiency. Providing appropriate methods of diagnosing the level of stress allows for making a reliable verification of the effectiveness of stress reduction interventions and for assessing individual differences in reactivity to stress. The aim of this study was to review the available studies that use the most common stress induction protocols in laboratory settings and measure psychophysiological reactions to stress. The review included research using the following protocols: MIST, MA, TSST, Stroop Test and PASAT, and measuring brain activity, heart activity, cortisol levels and muscle tones. The analyzes included papers available in the PubMed database, published in 2015‒2021, in which studies were conducted on healthy adults. The analysis of the available studies revealed that the protocols induced changes in the activity of the autonomic nervous system, the cardiovascular system and brain activity. Moreover, TSST is a protocol that is most often used to assess the level of stress and differences in reactivity to induced stress depending on individual differences in personality traits, and to make the comparison of specific groups of people. Measurements of induced stress are usually done by analyzing the cortisol levels in response to stress and changes in heart activity. The MIST test is a commonly used method in neuroimaging studies. The analysis of the research results has revealed that the protocols, beside inducing a typical physiological response, are associated with blunting the physiological response to stress in some people. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).
{"title":"[Measurement of stress response in laboratory settings - a review of studies using stress induction protocols].","authors":"Sylwia Sumińska","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01109","url":null,"abstract":"Stress is one of the main reasons for deterioration in mental and physical health, and it leads to a decrease in work efficiency. Providing appropriate methods of diagnosing the level of stress allows for making a reliable verification of the effectiveness of stress reduction interventions and for assessing individual differences in reactivity to stress. The aim of this study was to review the available studies that use the most common stress induction protocols in laboratory settings and measure psychophysiological reactions to stress. The review included research using the following protocols: MIST, MA, TSST, Stroop Test and PASAT, and measuring brain activity, heart activity, cortisol levels and muscle tones. The analyzes included papers available in the PubMed database, published in 2015‒2021, in which studies were conducted on healthy adults. The analysis of the available studies revealed that the protocols induced changes in the activity of the autonomic nervous system, the cardiovascular system and brain activity. Moreover, TSST is a protocol that is most often used to assess the level of stress and differences in reactivity to induced stress depending on individual differences in personality traits, and to make the comparison of specific groups of people. Measurements of induced stress are usually done by analyzing the cortisol levels in response to stress and changes in heart activity. The MIST test is a commonly used method in neuroimaging studies. The analysis of the research results has revealed that the protocols, beside inducing a typical physiological response, are associated with blunting the physiological response to stress in some people. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45636488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BACKGROUND Occupational health impairment of medical personnel manifested as a prominent problem in COVID-19. The aim of this study is to investigate the occupational physical injuries of front-line medical staffs in Hubei province during the fight against COVID-19. MATERIAL AND METHODS questionnaire survey was conducted among 476 medical staffs from 3 regions of Hubei Province, including general characteristics and the physical discomfort/damage suffered in the isolation wards during working hours. RESULTS A total of 457 valid questionnaires were collected. The common physical discomfort/damage included skin injuries (22.76%), conjunctivitis (15.10%), falls (9.19%), intolerant unwell symptoms (8.53%) and sharp injuries (6.13%). Logistic regression analysis showed that: lack of protective work experience (OR = 2.049, 95% CI: 1.071-3.921), continuous working for 4 h (OR = 3.771, 95% CI: 1.858-7.654), and working >4 h (OR = 7.076, 95% CI: 3.197-15.663) were high-risk factors for skin injuries. Working continuously for 4 h (OR = 3.248, 95% CI: 1.484-7.110) and working >4 h (OR = 3.096, 95% CI: 1.232-7.772) were high-risk factors for conjunctivitis. Lack of protective work experience was a high risk factor for falls (OR = 5.508, 95% CI: 1.299-23.354). The high risk factors for intolerant unwell symptoms were continuous working for 4 h (OR = 5.372, 95% CI: 1.239-23.301) and working >4 h (OR = 8.608, 95% CI: 1.843-40.217). Working in a COVID-19 critical care unit (OR = 3.249, 95% CI: 1.344-7.854) and implementation of nursing (OR = 9.766, 95% CI: 1.307-72.984) were high risk factors for sharp injuries. CONCLUSIONS Occupational physical injuries are universal in the COVID-19 ward. Those who take up nursing, work in a critical care ward, with no experience in an isolation ward for infectious diseases, and work continuously for ≥4 h on the same day should get more attention. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).
{"title":"Investigation and analysis of occupational physical injuries among healthcare staffs during allopatric medical aid for the fight against COVID-19.","authors":"Chaona Gao, Guanzhong Ma, Dongdong Jiao, Jinli Guo, Yonggang Zhang, Liping Zhu, Jianli Li, Yanli Lou, Honglin Dong","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01222","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Occupational health impairment of medical personnel manifested as a prominent problem in COVID-19. The aim of this study is to investigate the occupational physical injuries of front-line medical staffs in Hubei province during the fight against COVID-19.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIAL AND METHODS\u0000questionnaire survey was conducted among 476 medical staffs from 3 regions of Hubei Province, including general characteristics and the physical discomfort/damage suffered in the isolation wards during working hours.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000A total of 457 valid questionnaires were collected. The common physical discomfort/damage included skin injuries (22.76%), conjunctivitis (15.10%), falls (9.19%), intolerant unwell symptoms (8.53%) and sharp injuries (6.13%). Logistic regression analysis showed that: lack of protective work experience (OR = 2.049, 95% CI: 1.071-3.921), continuous working for 4 h (OR = 3.771, 95% CI: 1.858-7.654), and working >4 h (OR = 7.076, 95% CI: 3.197-15.663) were high-risk factors for skin injuries. Working continuously for 4 h (OR = 3.248, 95% CI: 1.484-7.110) and working >4 h (OR = 3.096, 95% CI: 1.232-7.772) were high-risk factors for conjunctivitis. Lack of protective work experience was a high risk factor for falls (OR = 5.508, 95% CI: 1.299-23.354). The high risk factors for intolerant unwell symptoms were continuous working for 4 h (OR = 5.372, 95% CI: 1.239-23.301) and working >4 h (OR = 8.608, 95% CI: 1.843-40.217). Working in a COVID-19 critical care unit (OR = 3.249, 95% CI: 1.344-7.854) and implementation of nursing (OR = 9.766, 95% CI: 1.307-72.984) were high risk factors for sharp injuries.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000Occupational physical injuries are universal in the COVID-19 ward. Those who take up nursing, work in a critical care ward, with no experience in an isolation ward for infectious diseases, and work continuously for ≥4 h on the same day should get more attention. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41691030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BACKGROUND The growing incidence of caries at all ages groups, justifies the need of constant search for effective methods of preventing, also in the context of the assessment of the impact of occupational agent. The research hypothesis assumed that due to the specificity of the profession, students of the gastronomic school have forced, additional contact with food. Thus it might be difficult for them students to maintain proper oral hygiene and, consequently, increase the incidence of tooth decay. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study group comprised 109 men: 55 students of a gastronomic technical school (GA) and for comparison 54 students of an electrical and IT technical school (E-I), whose vocational education was completely unrelated to food processing. The study was performed at 2 stages (at the beginning and after 3 years of practical vocational training) and comprised of 2 parts: a dental examination and a questionnaire examination (assessment of individual oral hygiene, preferred food products and sources of knowledge about nutrition). RESULTS After 3 years of observation, a higher, statistically significant, increase in the number of people with caries (P > 0) was observed in the group of students from the E-I school. The analysis of the sources of knowledge on healthy eating and oral hygiene showed that after 3 years of practical vocational training, the main source of knowledge for GA students was school and the Internet, for E-I students the internet and the family. CONCLUSIONS The smaller increase in the incidence of tooth decay in the group of GA might probably be associated with the theoretical and practical teaching of food and nutrition in the school. Therefore, the methods of conducting pro-health education on oral hygiene in vocational schools should be improved and the standards of medical conduct during obligatory preventive examinations in every student starting their practical vocational training should be extended. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).
{"title":"[Is dental prophylaxis justified in activities of occupational medicine?]","authors":"Małgorzata Jaraszek, W. Hanke, A. Marcinkiewicz","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01234","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000The growing incidence of caries at all ages groups, justifies the need of constant search for effective methods of preventing, also in the context of the assessment of the impact of occupational agent. The research hypothesis assumed that due to the specificity of the profession, students of the gastronomic school have forced, additional contact with food. Thus it might be difficult for them students to maintain proper oral hygiene and, consequently, increase the incidence of tooth decay.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIAL AND METHODS\u0000The study group comprised 109 men: 55 students of a gastronomic technical school (GA) and for comparison 54 students of an electrical and IT technical school (E-I), whose vocational education was completely unrelated to food processing. The study was performed at 2 stages (at the beginning and after 3 years of practical vocational training) and comprised of 2 parts: a dental examination and a questionnaire examination (assessment of individual oral hygiene, preferred food products and sources of knowledge about nutrition).\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000After 3 years of observation, a higher, statistically significant, increase in the number of people with caries (P > 0) was observed in the group of students from the E-I school. The analysis of the sources of knowledge on healthy eating and oral hygiene showed that after 3 years of practical vocational training, the main source of knowledge for GA students was school and the Internet, for E-I students the internet and the family.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000The smaller increase in the incidence of tooth decay in the group of GA might probably be associated with the theoretical and practical teaching of food and nutrition in the school. Therefore, the methods of conducting pro-health education on oral hygiene in vocational schools should be improved and the standards of medical conduct during obligatory preventive examinations in every student starting their practical vocational training should be extended. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42604198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Filip Kukić, R. Orr, A. Vesković, N. Petrović, Dane Subošić, Nenad Koropanovski
BACKGROUND Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was a sudden unknown stressor that could cause fear among people. Police officers were in the front lines, often unknowingly in direct contact with infected individuals, thus fear of getting infected (i.e., fear of COVID-19) could be higher in this population. Police students are preparing for the job of police officers and how they cope with a sudden unknown situation could be of importance for job performance and their mental health if such a situation occurs. This study aimed to investigate the association of perceived stress and coping strategies with fear of COVID-19 in police students. MATERIAL AND METHODS Perceived stress scale-10, Brief COPE, and Fear of COVID-19 (FSV-19) were administered to 340 police students (female = 183 [53.82%] and male = 157 [46.18%]). Correlation analysis was applied to test the association between perceived stress, all dimension of coping and fear of COVID-19. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to investigate between-gender differences. For mediating and moderating effect of coping primary coping style were used. RESULTS MANOVA reviled that significant differences occurred in perceived stress, 3 primary coping styles and fear of COVID-19 based on a gender. Stepwise regression analysis extracted the most significant predictors of fear of COVID-19. Perceived stress was the strongest predictor in general and in both genders. Denial and self-distancing were significant coping subscales in males, while humour and denial were significant in females. CONCLUSIONS Perceived stress and coping strategies that students used to deal with the situation moderately defined their fear of COVID-19 outbreak, with perceived stress being the strongest predictor. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).
{"title":"Association between perceived stress, coping profile and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic among male and female police students.","authors":"Filip Kukić, R. Orr, A. Vesković, N. Petrović, Dane Subošić, Nenad Koropanovski","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01145","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was a sudden unknown stressor that could cause fear among people. Police officers were in the front lines, often unknowingly in direct contact with infected individuals, thus fear of getting infected (i.e., fear of COVID-19) could be higher in this population. Police students are preparing for the job of police officers and how they cope with a sudden unknown situation could be of importance for job performance and their mental health if such a situation occurs. This study aimed to investigate the association of perceived stress and coping strategies with fear of COVID-19 in police students.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIAL AND METHODS\u0000Perceived stress scale-10, Brief COPE, and Fear of COVID-19 (FSV-19) were administered to 340 police students (female = 183 [53.82%] and male = 157 [46.18%]). Correlation analysis was applied to test the association between perceived stress, all dimension of coping and fear of COVID-19. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to investigate between-gender differences. For mediating and moderating effect of coping primary coping style were used.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000MANOVA reviled that significant differences occurred in perceived stress, 3 primary coping styles and fear of COVID-19 based on a gender. Stepwise regression analysis extracted the most significant predictors of fear of COVID-19. Perceived stress was the strongest predictor in general and in both genders. Denial and self-distancing were significant coping subscales in males, while humour and denial were significant in females.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000Perceived stress and coping strategies that students used to deal with the situation moderately defined their fear of COVID-19 outbreak, with perceived stress being the strongest predictor. Med Pr. 2022;73(3).","PeriodicalId":18749,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41573609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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