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Self-resilience as a protective factor against development of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in police officers
ConclusionsDespite several limitations, these results suggest that a high degree of self-resilience may protect police officers from critical incident-related PTSD symptoms. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Computer use at work is associated with self-reported depressive and anxiety disorder
ConclusionsA high proportion of computer use at work may be associated with depressive and anxiety disorder. This finding suggests the necessity of a work guideline to help the workers suffering from high computer use at work. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 12, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Risk factors for lesions of the knee menisci among workers in South Korea ’s national parks
ConclusionThe factor that most affected the menisci lesions among the workers in Korean national park was a high cumulative intensity of trekking. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 9, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

The association between long working hours and hearing impairment in noise unexposed workers: data from the 5th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES 2010 –2012)
ConclusionsThe association between long working hours and hearing impairment in both low and high frequencies was significant in Korean female workers with a dose-response relationship. Therefore, the law to change the culture of long working hours should be enacted in order to protect the workers ’ health and improve the quality of life in Korean workers. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 5, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Ambulatory heart rate of professional taxi drivers while driving without their typical psychosocial work stressors: a pilot study
ConclusionsThe impact of physical worksite hazards alone on ambulatory HR of professional taxi drivers in Los Angeles generally appeared to be minor. Future ambulatory heart rate studies including both physical and psychosocial hazards of professional taxi drivers are warranted. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 5, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Relationship between thyroid stimulating hormone and night shift work
ConclusionsThis result of this study suggests that night shift workers may have an increased risk of thyroid diseases, compared to non-night shift workers. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 5, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Air pollution and urinary n-acetyl-B-glucosaminidase levels in residents living near a cement plant
ConclusionsU-NAG levels seem to be affected by air pollution exposure as well as age, hypertension, diabetes, and even low levels of cadmium and low levels of mercury. Moreover, concurrent exposure to heavy metals and air pollution can have additive cytotoxic renal effects. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 28, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Comparisons of hearing threshold changes in male workers with unilateral conductive hearing loss exposed to workplace noise: a retrospective cohort study for 8  years
ConclusionsAt high-frequencies, particularly at 4  kHz, the range of hearing threshold changes was lower in ears with conductive hearing loss than in contralateral ears. This is suggested as a protective effect against noise exposure. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Night shift work and inflammatory markers in male workers aged 20 –39 in a display manufacturing company
ConclusionsA significant association between shift work and increases in inflammatory markers was confirmed. Because chronic low-grade inflammation plays an important role in the development of cardiovascular diseases, regular follow-up of inflammatory markers as a marker of cardiovascular diseases in shift workers may serve as an early indicator in predicting the effects of shift work on health. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 19, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Association between second-hand smoke and psychological well-being amongst non-smoking wageworkers in Republic of Korea
ConclusionsExposure to SHS was associated with poor well-being measured by the WHO-5 well-being index, indicating the importance of reducing SHS exposure at the workplace for psychological well-being amongst non-smoking wageworkers. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 19, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Gender differences in Reasons for Sickness Presenteeism - a study among GPs in a Swedish health care organization
ConclusionsGender socialization and gender stereotypes may influence work and health-related behavior. Because sickness presenteeism is related with negative effects both on individuals and at organizational levels, it is important that managers of health organizations understand the reasons for this, and how gender roles may influence the prevalence of sickness presenteeism and the reasons that female and male GPs give for their behavior. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 19, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Comparison of anxiety and depression status between office and manufacturing job employees in a large manufacturing company: a cross sectional study
ConclusionsOffice job workers had higher levels of anxiety and depression than those working in manufacturing jobs. Our findings suggest that occupational physicians should consider the organizational risks faced by office job employees, and consider the differences in psychological health between office and manufacturing job workers when implementing interventions. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 14, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

The association of relational and organizational job stress factors with sleep disorder: analysis of the 3rd Korean working conditions survey (2011)
ConclusionA number of studies have reported that stress affects sleep disorder. In this study, many factors suspected to increase the risk of sleep disorder were added to previously known job stress factors. In particular, this study found a strong correlation between work-associated sleep disorder and relational and organizational job stress factors. Sleep disorder may lead to large decreases in workers ’ quality of life and work efficiency. Awareness and interventions are therefore required to reduce workplace stress; additional research of this topic is also required. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 12, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Effects of computer familiarity and computer type on the performance of Korean computerized neurobehavioral test
ConclusionsUnlike previous study results, the choice reaction time, the addition, and the finger tapping speed of dominant hand were the only parameters affected by the computer familiarity. Both the type of keyboard and the type of computer significantly influenced the simple reaction time and the choice reaction time. Therefore, it is recommended to use a desktop computer with a simplified keyboard for such parameters. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 8, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Reliability and validity of the workplace harassment questionnaire for Korean finance and service workers
ConclusionWorkplace harassment in actual workplaces were investigated based on interviews, and the statistical analysis contributed to systematizing the types of actual workplace harassment. By statistical method, we developed the questionare, 20 items of 3 categories. (Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 8, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research