Occupational and traffic accidents among veterinary surgeons

Trimpop, Rüdiger; Austin, Elizabeth; Kirkcaldy, Bruce

doi:10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<243::aid-smi859>3.0.co;2-t

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“…One of the important stressors investigated in occupational stress studies is car accidents. It was reported that car accidents happened while going to or returning from work, and they were related to working environment, weekly working hours, duration of lunch break, distance to the work, gender, and number of children [16] . It was reported in the German study that weekly working duration of veterinary surgeons was 44.2 h [16] .…”

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“…It was reported that car accidents happened while going to or returning from work, and they were related to working environment, weekly working hours, duration of lunch break, distance to the work, gender, and number of children [16] . It was reported in the German study that weekly working duration of veterinary surgeons was 44.2 h [16] . While 69.9% of veterinary surgeons in the German study reported that they did not have any accidents in the last one year, 61.9% of male and 34.9% of female veterinary surgeons reported that they had an accident in the last one year in our study [16] .…”

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“…It was reported in the German study that weekly working duration of veterinary surgeons was 44.2 h [16] . While 69.9% of veterinary surgeons in the German study reported that they did not have any accidents in the last one year, 61.9% of male and 34.9% of female veterinary surgeons reported that they had an accident in the last one year in our study [16] . In another study, it was reported that risk of having a car accident was reported to be high in subjects, who worked for more than 48 hours a week in line with high occupational stress [14] .…”

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“…In our study, more than half of participants (54.3%) had a car accident, and it was determined that 14.4% of those accidents happened during animal/clinical visits. Working hours and high occupational stress might increase accidents related to the work and especially risk of car accidents [16] . However, in our study, only one participant reported that traffic accident was a stressor related to occupation (Table 4).…”

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“…Workload-work control and support model are generally employed in studies, which investigate occupational stress among veterinary surgeons [12] . According to studies performed on veterinary surgeons, main risk factors triggering occupational stress are extended working hours, inefficient time for family and for resting and having no enough break, financial problems, difficulty in following up new developments and innovations, requirement of limitless working period, high expectations of clients/animal owners, intense physical workload, low rating of veterinary occupation by population, and disrespectful behaviour among veterinary surgeons [12][13][14][15][16][17] . In addition, several factors like private life conditions of staff, absence of occupational controls, inability to contribute in decision making steps, low social support at working environments, unclear and incomprehensible job descriptions can also trigger occupational stress [15,18] .…”

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Occupational Stress and Risk Factors in Veterinary Surgeons

Cevızcı¹,

Babaoğlu²,

Serpen³

et al. 2014

Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg

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The aim of this study was to investigate occupational stress and risk factors among veterinary surgeons. The present crosssectional study was performed in 2012 via a web-based survey. Data of 223 individuals who responded to the survey are presented. In order to evaluate the occupational stress Turkish Version of "Swedish Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire" was used. Mean age of participants was 37.45±9.11 and 28.3% of subjects were female. Work load, work control, skill, decision latitude, and social support mean points with standard deviations were found to be 9.42±1.86, 10.27±2.72, 7.06±1.78, 3.21±1.64 and 11.26±3.94, respectively. It was reported that 92 subjects were working for public institutions and 131 were working for private sector. Decision latitude and social support levels in surgeons working for public institutions were statistically significantly lower than their counterparts in the private sector. There was no statistically significant difference in work load, work control and skill use between two groups. Of participants 54.3% reported that they had car accidents, 19.3% reported that they had the accident in the last one year, and 9.9% reported that they had the accident during a patient visit. Majority of Turkish veterinary surgeons in our study group reported that they experienced occupational stress. Occupational stress and related factors in work environment can influence work health negatively by causing physical, mental and social problems. Keywords: Veterinary surgeon, Occupational stress, Work load, Work control, Social support Veteriner Hekimlerde İş Stresi ve Risk Faktörleri ÖzetBu çalışmada, veteriner hekimler arasında iş stresinin ve risk faktörlerinin incelenmesi amaçlandı. Kesitsel tipteki bu çalışma, 2012 yılında web-tabanlı anket aracılığı ile yapıldı. Ankete yanıt veren 223 bireyin verileri sunuldu. İş stresini değerlendirmek için "İsveç İş Yükü-Kontrol-Destek Anketi"nin Türkçe Sürümü kullanıldı. Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 37.45±9.11'di ve %28.3'ü kadındı. Katılımcıların iş yükü, iş kontrolü, beceri, karar serbestliği ve sosyal destek ortalama puanları ile standart sapmaları sırasıyla 9.42±1.86, 10.27±2.72, 7.06±1.78, 3.21±1.64 ve 11.26±3.94 olarak belirlendi. Kamuda çalışan hekimler arasında karar serbestliği ve sosyal destek düzeyleri özel sektörde çalışanlara göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde daha düşüktü. İş yükü, iş kontrolü ve beceri kullanımı yönünden iki grup arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark saptanmadı. Katılımcıların %54.3'ü araba kazası yaşadıklarını, %19.3'ü son bir yıl içinde kaza yaptıklarını ve %9.9'u kazaların hasta ziyareti sırasında olduğunu bildirdi. Çalışma grubumuzda yer alan veteriner hekimlerin çoğu iş stresi yaşadıklarını bildirdi. İş stresi ve işyeri ortam faktörleri, fiziksel, ruhsal ve sosyal sağlık sorunlarına yol açarak çalışanların iş sağlığını olumsuz yönde etkileyebilir. İş sağlığı ve güvenliği uygulamalarının henüz her meslek grubuna yansımadığı Türkiye gibi ülkelerde veteriner hekimler arasında iş stresi gibi mesleksel...

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Section: Cevi̇zci̇ Babaoğlu Serpen Yilmaz Boyar çEli̇kelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cevi̇zci̇ Babaoğlu Serpen Yilmaz Boyar çEli̇kelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stress factors predicting injuries of hospital personnel

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Kivimäki

Elovainio³

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Intervention on occupational stress among teachers in the middle schools in China

Wang

et al. 2006

Stress and Health

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions on occupational stress among teachers in middle schools. The study group consists of 459 teachers (247 men and 212 women) from four middle schools. The control group consists of 502 teachers (271 men and 231 women). The three dimensions of occupational adjustment (including occupational stress, psychological strain, and coping resources) were measured with the Occupational Stress Inventory‐Revised Edition (OSI‐R) and the work ability was assessed with the Work Ability Index (WAI) among teachers. The integrated interventions (involving organizational and individual level intervention) were taken to the teachers in the study group. The main results were as follows. The scores of some scales of occupational role questionnaire and personal strain questionnaire decreased significantly and the scores of some scales of personal resources questionnaire and WAI increased significantly after intervening. This study suggested that interventions were efficient in reducing the teachers' occupational stressors, increased their coping resources and improved their work ability. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Occupational and traffic accidents among veterinary surgeons

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Occupational Stress and Risk Factors in Veterinary Surgeons

Occupational Stress and Risk Factors in Veterinary Surgeons

Stress factors predicting injuries of hospital personnel

Intervention on occupational stress among teachers in the middle schools in China

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