Analysis of occupational stress in a high fashion clothing factory with upper limb biomechanical overload

Forcella, Laura; Bonfiglioli, Roberta; Cutilli, Piero; Siciliano, Eugenio; Donato, Angela Di; Nicola, Marta Di; Antonucci, Andrea; Giampaolo, Luca Di; Boscolo, P; Violante, Francesco Saverio

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“…The physicians showed low levels of anxiety and perception of symptoms, rather elevated JD with rather high DL, with levels of job strain in the normal range; the percentage of smokers was very low. This investigation demonstrates that the perception of symptoms in all the health service staff was highly correlated with levels of anxiety and job strain which is in agreement with the results of previous studies on office-workers, teachers and blue collar workers (10,16,17). In conclusion, this investigation demonstrates that in the rehabilitation and health care centers the occupational strain of physiotherapists, professional nurses and health care assistants is higher than that of physicians, social assistants and logopedics.…”

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“…These effects increased with age and were more evident in females because of the difficulty to balance home and job activities and periods of lack of sleep (13). In this study we used the "Karasek's Job Content Questionnaire" which has previously proven to be a useful instrument in determining job strain in a large group of Italian employees (14), by the staff of a university (10,15), by a group of teachers (16), by workers in a clothing industry (17) and by health service staff (3). Today there are different types of health services for the treatment of acute and chronic diseases and rehabilitation.…”

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Well-being at work in a center for rehabilitation

Forcella¹

2013

P.& R.

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SummaryBackground: the quality of the work environment of nurses is a subject of increasing interest since there is a close link between the quality of care and patient satisfaction. Surveys on the characteristics of hospitals in Europe, United States and Asia demonstrated that the quality of organizational behaviour influenced emotional exhaustion and the intention to change jobs in nurses. With regard to this, we performed a survey on the health service staff, at risk of occupational stress, in a center for rehabilitation located in Abruzzo (Italy). Methods: the first step of the investigation was to identify homogenous groups of workers considering their duties in relation to job stress. We investigated all the health service staff, the office-workers and the blue collar workers (117 women and 58 men); 85% of them were in a stable job. We used anonymous questionnaires to evaluate the perception of anxiety, job stress and symptoms. State trait anxiety inventory (STAI) was used in scale 1, to measure state-anxiety as a temporary and varying condition, and in scale 2, to monitor trait-anxiety, as a relatively fixed tendency of the personality. Occupational stress was determined by the Italian version of the Karasek Job Content Questionnaire, composed of 49 items, determining decision latitude (DL), job demand (JD) job strain (JD/DL), social support and job insecurity. The perception of symptoms was also evaluated by a 10 item questionnaire. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS® software 11.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). The "multiple comparisons/post hoc tests" (into the ANOVA) for the analysis of significant differences among groups was utilized, while the Spearman rho correlation coefficient was applied to evaluate the correlation between quantitative variables such as STAI 1 and STAI 2, DL, JD, JI, SS. Results: the levels of anxiety and job insecurity of all the groups of workers were within the normal range. Physiotherapists and professional nurses showed rather higher anxiety, elevated job demand (JD), rather lower decision latitude and higher job strain ("job strain" = JD/DL). The health care assistants showed lower JD and DL similar to that of the professional nurses. The social assistants, teachers and logopedics showed rather low JD and rather elevated DL. Physicians had low values of anxiety, job demand and job strain, high DL and low perception of symptoms. The job stress of the blue collar workers of the hospital was similar to that of the professional nurses and physiotherapists. The perception of symptoms in all the sanitary staff was highly correlated with levels of anxiety and job strain. Conclusions: the low levels of anxiety and job insecurity of the health service staff show that, in this center, the work environment was of good quality. However, this study also indicates that in centers for rehabilitation and treatment of chronic diseases, the levels of occupational stress of physiotherapists and professional nurses are higher than those of the other groups of health service staff ...

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Well-being at work in a center for rehabilitation

Forcella¹

2013

P.& R.

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“…Regarding the calculation of the duration per exertion multiplier (DM), since we hypothesized a 1-minute cycle time, the following formula is used: = 0.45 + 0.31 • (11) in which D is the duration per exertion measured in seconds. The parameter D is calculated by dividing the total exertion time (in seconds) by the number of exertions done in the same time, in other words, it is the reciprocal of the frequency (f) that we are looking for.…”

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“…Conditions in which workers are forced to operate by making repeated movements in addition to using high force are common in several task jobs, such as in assembly lines and construction sectors [4][5][6][7][8]. Other factors, like the duration of repeated movements and awkward postures, along with the existence of complementary physical, psychological and environmental factors, can also contribute to developing WMSDs [9][10][11].…”

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Risk Assessment of Repetitive Tasks: A Comparative Analysis among Different Methods to Update the Maximum Frequency Allowed

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Antonucci²,

Coltrinari³

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A comparison in terms of the maximum frequency of movement allowed in the no-risk area, when varying the force and the duty cycle, was made among the follows methods: Strain Index (SI), Revised Strain Index (RSI), Occupational Repetitive Action (OCRA) Index and ACGIH (TLV). The RSI provides similar results to the OCRA Index and ACGIH(TLV) in less than 1/3 of the overall pre-set combinations of force (BS) and duty cycle (DC). Some of the highlights are as follows: the ACGIH (TLV) method allows 6 exertions per second in the net time of the cycle, while the RSI less than 1, in the hypothesis of BS=1 and DC=60%; in the same conditions, but for a DC=100%, the ACGIH(TLV) allows almost 2 exertions per second while the RSI and the OCRA Index do not consider any frequency of movement as "safe" in this circumstance; in the same conditions but when DC=20% and BS=5, the RSI method allows less than 0.5 exertions per second, while using the OCRA Index it is possible to stay in the "safe" area even if the exertions per second are over 4. More epidemiological data would be desirable to better define the boundary conditions used by the methods.

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Inter- and intra-rater reliability of the OCRA checklist method in video-recorded manual work tasks

Rhén

Forsman

2020

Applied Ergonomics

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Analysis of occupational stress in a high fashion clothing factory with upper limb biomechanical overload

Cited by 5 publications

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Well-being at work in a center for rehabilitation

Well-being at work in a center for rehabilitation

Risk Assessment of Repetitive Tasks: A Comparative Analysis among Different Methods to Update the Maximum Frequency Allowed

Inter- and intra-rater reliability of the OCRA checklist method in video-recorded manual work tasks

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