Workload and associated factors: a study in maritime port in Brazil

Abstract

Objective:to identify the effect of the mental, physical, temporal, performance, total effort and frustration demands in the overall workload, and in the same way analyze the global burden of port labor and associated factors that contribute most to their decrease or increase. Method:a cross-sectional, quantitative study, developed with 232 dock workers. For data collection, a structured questionnaire with descriptive, occupational, smoking and illicit drug use variables was applied, as well as variables on the load on the tasks undertaken at work, based on the questionnaire NASA Task Load Index. For data analysis, we used the analysis of the Poisson regression model. Results:the demands physical demand and total effort showed greater effect on the overall workload, indicating high overall load on port work (134 employees - 58.8%). The following remained associated statistically with high levels of workload: age (p = 0.044), to be employee of the wharfage (p = 0.006), work only at night (p = 0.025), smoking (p = 0.037) and use of illegal drugs (p = 0.029). Conclusion:the workload in this type of activity was high, and the professional category and work shift the factors that contributed to the increase, while the age proved to be a factor associated with a decrease.

Dockworkers’ health and safety. A cross-sectional study of self-perceived safety and psychosocial work environment amongst Danish dockworkers

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“…Based on Karasek's model, there appears to be a great amount of support among the dockworkers, which will help prevent a bad psychosocial work environment [27,28]. Physical and mental demands at the job were investigated in a maritime port in Brazil in 2016 [30]. The study showed 48.7% of the study population felt they had a high level of mental strain related to their job as a dockworker, which had a significant effect on the overall workload [30].…”

Rural workload and factors associated with the use of medication by elderly people

“…In Brazil, 16.1% of elderly people reside in rural areas, and 29.1% continue working 33.9% of the hours of the day (3) . Rural labor is intense and exhausting for all individuals and is even more apparent among elderly people.…”

Night Work And Its Implications In The Quality Of Life Of Nurses

“…The working conditions and their pathologies are strongly related to the wear and deterioration of the worker by general conditions of life and by the specific relations of this work. [1,2] Projections of actions to prevent diseases and injuries and to promote healthy conditions and wellbeing in the area of workers' health require metrics capable of detecting adequate or inadequate working conditions with the potential to trigger illness in specific groups of workers. [1,2] In Brazil, in general, the health-work relationship is problematic, due in particular to the lack of adequate working and living conditions.…”

“…[1,2] Projections of actions to prevent diseases and injuries and to promote healthy conditions and wellbeing in the area of workers' health require metrics capable of detecting adequate or inadequate working conditions with the potential to trigger illness in specific groups of workers. [1,2] In Brazil, in general, the health-work relationship is problematic, due in particular to the lack of adequate working and living conditions. Directing this reality to the nursing context, it is verified, through the literature, that these professionals have unsatisfactory working conditions, triggered by multifactorial problems, ranging from the low remuneration to schedules of working hours adopted.…”