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Objective: We examined associations between psychosocial risk factors and musculoskeletal discomfort among tellers at a bank Lima, Peru.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 234 workers. The instruments used were the Questionnaire of Psychosocial Risks at Work SUSESO - ISTAS 21 Short Version, an adaptation of the Nordic Musculoskeletal DiscomfortQuestionnaire and a sociodemographic data sheet. These two questionnaires were administered between September and November 2018. We analyzed associations between the two main study variables with chi-square tests.

Results: The most prevalent psychosocial factor dimensions were "psychological demands" (50.1%) and "double presence" (49.1%). The most frequent musculoskeletal discomfort were in the neck (75.9%) and thoracolumbar (75%) areas. We observed an association between the level of psychosocial risk in the "compensation" dimension and the number of body regions affected by musculoskeletal discomfort (p<0.05).

Conclusions: There is a relationship between the level of psychosocial risk in the "compensation" dimension and the number of body regions with reported musculoskeletal discomfort. We recommend implementing psychosocial risk factor preventive measures to avoid musculoskeletal discomfort in bank tellers.

Objective: to identify the difficulties and needs of medical professionals in occupational health services in Catalonia with respect to carrying out their functions, as prescribed by law.

Methods: Delphi study in three rounds. The selection of participants was carried out sepa - rately for in-house versus outsourced occupational health services. The first round included two open-ended questions: What difficulties do you encounter when performing your duties in your occupational health service? And, what are your needs in terms of being able to per - form your duties in your occupational health service? In the second and third rounds, partic - ipants ranked the categories identified in the first round according to their importance and relevance. We calculated an inter-rater agreement index (ICC) and an "index of concern (IP)".

Results: Among in-house occupational health services, the most highly ranked difficulties were case management of workers with limitations and the low quality of medical sur - veillance systems. Among outsourced occupational health services, the most notable dif - ficulties were the lack of communication with other organizations and the prioritization of economic and profitability criteria associated with the high work volume. For both types of services, there was a clear need to establish communication channels with other institu - tions or organizations such as primary care, mutual insurance companies, public medical evaluation units and public occupational health units.

Conclusions: The different type of occupational health services reflects important differ - ences in the types of difficulties encountered, but not in needs, where there are more points in common.

The commercialization of asbestos in Europe in the second half of the 20th century translated into consumption of millions of tons of this material. Occupational exposure to asbestos is controlled under the 2009 European Union Directive. Currently, through epidemiological surveillance and pathology registries (mainly mesotheliomas), it is possible to record past exposures. Despite prohibiting its use, large amounts of asbestos remain in buildings, infrastructures and vehicles, among others. The road to elimination of existing asbestos began with a 2013 European Parliament Resolution and the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2015 / C 251/03).To better understand barriers to implementing these plans, we reviewed the experience in Poland the only country that to date has implemented an action plan with great financial support, together with actions carried out in Spain generally, and Navarre specifically, given the latter's exhaustive registry of exposed workers.The enormous economic effort required to implement these plans, along with the environmental risks associated with asbestos abatement, require detailed planning, which should consider understanding why the objectives set by Poland, a benchmark country, have not been achieved to date.

Objective: To review the scientific literature related to the effects of occupational exposure to risk factors for skin neoplasms in fishery workers.

Method: Critical analysis of the papers recovered through systematic review from en MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science y Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud (LILACS). STOROBE guidelines were followed to evaluate their quality.

Results: After attributing inclusion and exclusion criteria to the search, 11 articles were accepted for review and critical analysis. In 7 of them, a statistically significant association was obtained between skin neoplasia and occupational exposure in fishermen.

Conclusions: Despite having found studies that were significant in terms of the relationship of malignant lesions and exposure to ultraviolet radiation in the workplace, some of them did not control possible biases, therefore the results should be taken with caution.

Objective: To analyze the effects of vertical height and lifting frequency on the physiological response in workers during lifting of loads.

Methods: Factorial experimental design with blocks, considering vertical height and lifting frequency as independent variables; the dependent variable was defined as the heart rate. The experiment was conducted in 20 workers between the ages of 18 and 40 years with at least six months of experience in warehouse and packaging tasks at a dairy products company. We calculated the FRIMAT coefficient to determine the physiological load of the task.

Results: We found a significant effect on the heart rate response due to the interaction of the rate and the vertical height of the lift. Based on the FRIMAT coefficient, we obtained a rating of "minimal workload" for 85% of the treatments; for one treatment there was a rating of "somewhat difficult."

Conclusions: Height and frequency of lift do not act separately and have an effect on the physiological load of the worker during manual lifting, reflected by changes in the heart rate.

Introduction: Workplace health promotion integrates initiatives in health and safety in the occupational field, with personal improvements, increased productivity and lower risks and social cost, especially with respect to migraine headaches, a neurological disorder affecting approximately 11% of the population. The objective of this study was to know the preventive resources available to workers with migraine headaches and the preventive management options in their companies.

Method: Cross-sectional observational study of 3,342 patients from Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany and other European Union countries, conducted through an anonymous survey on the web of the European Migraine & Headache Alliance (EMHA-web), from September 2018 to January 2019.

Results: Occupational stress (77.65%) and use of computer monitors (63.87%) are the most common risks described by workers with migraine. About. 43.71% of workers are not familiar with the type of occupational health service present in their company, 49.06% do not have a medical service; 67.67% reported no work-related limitations due to migraine, neither dismissal nor non-renewal of their contract (88.29%), but 42.14% had experienced some conflict due to decreased productivity; 26.54% were unaware of the concept of vulnerable workers or had not requested this status because of their migraine (63.8%), nor had.

Objective: To analyse the compliance of the preventive instructions formulated by the Health Authority against COVID-19 for the de-escalation phase among the industrial and construction sectors in Navarre.

Methods: On the basis of those preventive instructions, questionnaires were drawn up to verify their implementation on site. The occupational risk prevention technicians of the Occupational Health Service (OHS) of the Institute of Public and Work Health of Navarre and those of the External Prevention Services (EPS), under the executive coordination of the OHS, visited the enterprises to advise, verify and require, if necessary, compliance with the instructions dictated.

Results: The compliance of the preventive instructions is higher in the industrial sector than in the construction sector. Cleaning practices, hygienic resources and the provision of respiratory protection equipment are widespread. The application of necessary measures in common places (restrooms, dining rooms) are less frequent. There is a lack of informative posters and written corroboration of the preventive instructions. The difference of several results between the OHS and the EPS technicians is remarkable.

Conclusions: Weaknesses have been identified in achieving safe workplaces in the construction and industrial sectors during the de-escalation phase in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The role of Public Health in the enterprises and the integration of the prevention services in public policies against occupational risks must be reconsidered.