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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Raymond Agius
This paper addresses lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic from a UK Occupational Medicine perspective to permit comparison with other national accounts. In spite of good prior research and statute, the necessary resources to protect workers' health were seriously lacking when the pandemic struck. Weak public health guidance, which did not recognise dominant airborne transmission, was applied to workplaces, leaving workers and others unprotected, especially in respect to Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)...
December 7, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Baris Demirkol, Celal Satici, Elif Tanriverdi, Ramazan Eren, Elif Altundas Hatman, Hande Aytul Yardimci, Halide Nur Urer, Kursad Nuri Baydili, Erdogan Cetinkaya
BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the contribution of serum IgG testing to the history of exposure in the diagnosis of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. METHODS: A single-center, retrospective, cross-sectional study including 63 patients pathologically diagnosed with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis in line with the guidelines of the American Thoracic Society. Descriptive statistics were presented and Kappa statistic was performed to evaluate the compatibility between panel and the history of exposure...
October 24, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Georgios Gourzoulidis, Flora Gofa, Leonidas G Ioannou, Ioannis Konstantakopoulos, Andreas D Flouris
BACKGROUND: Specialized occupational health and safety (OHS) issues are covered at the EU level through detailed legislation and guidelines. Unfortunately, this does not extend to occupational heat stress, not only in Greece but also (with few exceptions) internationally. One possible explanation could be the difficulty in accurately identifying the dangerous conditions, as many environmental and individualized elements are involved, and hundreds of "thermal stress indicators" are available...
October 24, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Luigi Vimercati, Domenica Cavone, Omero Negrisolo, Floriana Pentimone, Luigi De Maria, Antonio Caputi, Stefania Sponselli, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Francesco Cafaro, Elisabetta Chellini, Alessandra Binazzi, Davide Di Marzio, Carolina Mensi, Dario Consonni, Enrica Migliore, Carol Brentisci, Andrea Martini, Corrado Negro, Flavia D'Agostin, Iolanda Grappasonni, Cristiana Pascucci, Lucia Benfatto, Davide Malacarne, Veronica Casotto, Vera Comiati, Cinzia Storchi, Lucia Mangone, Stefano Murano, Lucia Rossin, Federico Tallarigo, Filomena Vitale, Marina Verardo, Silvia Eccher, Gabriella Madeo, Tommaso Staniscia, Francesco Carrozza, Ilaria Cozzi, Elisa Romeo, Paola Pelullo, Michele Labianca, Massimo Melis, Giuseppe Cascone, Giovanni Maria Ferri, Gabriella Serio
The study describes the 466 cases of malignant mesotheliomas (MM) collected by the National Mesothelioma Register (ReNaM) in Italy in the period 1993-2018 relating to subjects with exclusive asbestos exposure in merchant or military navy. The cases among maritime workers represent 1.8% of the total cases with defined exposure registred in the ReNaM, of which 212 cases (45.4%) among merchant maritime workers and 254 cases (54.5%) among navy. The distribution by site of mesothelioma showed 453 (97.2%) MM cases of the pleura, 11 (2...
October 24, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Ozlem Kar Kurt, Neslihan Akanil Fener, Erdogan Cetinkaya
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a complex immune-mediated interstitial lung disease (ILD) triggered by inhalation exposure to environmental or occupational antigens in genetically susceptible individuals. Novel exposure sources and antigens are frequently identified. However, the causative agent remains unidentified in nearly half of HP cases. Early diagnosis for nonfibrotic-HP and quitting the exposure may prevent the disease progression to fibrotic forms and related complications. Here, we present two cases of HP associated with mold exposure in hazelnut husks, leaves, and shells in hazelnut agriculture...
October 24, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Francesca Larese Filon, Jessica Granzotto, Antonio Bignotto, Barbara Alessandrini, Paolo Barbina, Francesca Rui
BACKGROUND: The study of recognized occupational diseases trend is important to understand the preventive approach needed in the future, however, while numbers of occupational diseases are available on web, data on incidence are missing. The aim of our study was to analyze the trend and the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of recognized occupational diseases in Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (FVG) and Liguria region from 2010 to 2021. METHODS: Numbers of recognized occupational diseases by the Italian National Insurance for Occupational Diseases (INAIL) were analyzed and incidence were calculated considered the total number of workforces in the area...
October 24, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Monireh Sadat Seyyedsalehi, Paolo Boffetta
INTRODUCTION: Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a large, complex group of synthetic chemicals humans can be exposed to from occupational or environmental sources. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we examined the association between PFAS exposure, particularly Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS), and risk of kidney, liver, and testicular cancer. METHODS: We systematically searched PubMed to identify cohort and case-control studies reported after the Monograph of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the Toxicological Profile of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry...
October 24, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Pietro Apostoli
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 24, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Gianfranco Alicandro, Alberto Gerli, Claudia Santucci, Stefano Centanni, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Carlo La Vecchia
BACKGROUND: Italy experienced a sustained excess in total mortality between March 2020 and December 2022, resulting in approximately 226,000 excess deaths. This study extends the estimate of excess mortality in the country until June 2023, evaluating the persistence of excess mortality. METHODS: We used mortality and population data from 2011 to 2019 to establish a baseline for expected deaths during the pandemic. Over-dispersed Poisson regression models were employed, stratified by sex, to predict expected deaths...
October 24, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Hanene Ben Said, Khaoula Kaabi, Neila Kerkeni, Imen Youssef, Najla Mechergui, Dorra Brahim, Imen Youssfi, Meriem Mersni, Ghada Bahri, Mongi Hamdouni, Nizar Ladhari
BACKGROUND: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is frequently present among workers. This syndrome's professional and economic impact makes it a priority in occupational health. We aimed to describe the professional future of workers suffering from occupational CTS after surgery and the factors that could influence their retention at the job. -Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of workers operated on occupational CTS was conducted from 2014 to 2019. The data was collected using pre-established and phone questionnaires to determine their professional future after surgery...
August 2, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Chiara Ghislieri, Monica Molino, Valentina Dolce
BACKGROUND: This paper provides a brief, evidence-based reflection on the differences between 'old-normal' remote working and mandatory work-from-home during the Covid-19 pandemic. From the perspective of applied psychology in the field of work and organizations, we used self-report instruments to assess variations in work-family conflict and enrichment, frequency of information and communication technologies use, and recovery in two longitudinal studies. METHODS: The first study involved 148 individuals from the technical-administrative staff of a large Italian University, during an experimentation of remote working (one day per week) in 2019...
August 2, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Jelena Djokovic, Srdjan Jankovic, Aleksandar Milovanovic, Petar Bulat
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of low doses of ionizing radiation on healthcare workers using dosimeter data and several biomarkers of effects, and to asses the suitability of those tests. METHODS: Data from the last medical examinations, obtained from the medical records of 148 employees were analysed. They were divided into three groups: nuclear medicine, interventional radiology and general radiology. The examination included hematological parameters and cytogenetical tests: unstable chromosomal aberrations (UCA) and micronucleus test (MNT)...
August 2, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Marianna Giunchi, Marco Peña-Jimenez, Sara Petrilli
BACKGROUND: Since previous studies have shown that the request of off-work technology-assisted supplemental work (off-TASW) can contribute to blurring the boundaries between the work and family domain by increasing work- family conflict (WFC), the purpose of this study is to go further, investigating how this relationship impacts stress perceptions. METHOD: A cross-sectional study that involved a sample of 221 French workers was carried out using a self-reported questionnaire...
August 2, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Stefania Curti, Stefano Mattioli, Francesco Saverio Violante
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between occupational exposure to biomechanical risk factors and shoulder tendinopathies. METHODS: We updated recent systematic reviews about specific shoulder disorders and work-related risk factors. MEDLINE was searched up to September 2022. Studies satisfying the following criteria were included: i) the diagnosis was based on physical examination plus imaging data (when available), and ii) the exposure assessment was based on video analysis and/or directly measured...
August 2, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Francesca Larese Filon, Ottavia Spadola, Claudio Colosio, Henk Van Der Molen
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of data on occupational disease incidence in Italy, and we analyzed the trend on time as an incidence rate ratio (IRR). METHODS: Occupational diseases reported to the Italian National Insurance for Occupational Diseases (INAIL) in industrial and services sectors from 2006 to 2019 were considered and analyzed. Annual case counts were analyzed using a Poisson regression model to estimate incidence trends. RESULTS: The incidence of occupational diseases in the industrial and services sectors in 2019 was 261 cases for 100,000 workers, with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) representing 65% of the total cases, their incidence being 169...
August 2, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Alberto Modenese, B Ralph Chou, Balázs Ádám, Tom Loney, Marilia Silva Paulo, Thomas Tenkate, Fabriziomaria Gobba
Globally, hundreds of millions of outdoor workers are exposed to solar radiation (SR) for the majority of their working life. Such occupational exposure is known to induce various adverse health effects to the eyes, mainly related to its ultraviolet (UV) component. The present work is a call-to-action aimed at raising the awareness on the need of health surveillance for the prevention of the chronic ocular diseases in outdoor workers. Photo-chemical chronic damage can induce pterygium at the outer layer of the eye and cataract in the lens...
August 2, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Antonio Mutti
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
August 2, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Tuba İnce Parpucu, Sabriye Ercan, Zeliha Başkurt, Ferdi Başkurt
BACKGROUND: Fatigue is also an important occupational condition for hairdressers. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the lower extremity fatigue and related factors in hairdressers. METHODS: Lower Extremity Fatigue was assessed with 2 questions containing a 5-point Likert scale. Numerical fatigue rating scale was used to assess general fatigue level, visual analogue scale was used to assess occupational satisfaction, Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) was used to assess health profile, and Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (CMDQ) was used to assess lower quadrant pain profile...
June 12, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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Lorenzo Bellini, Nazzareno Fagoni, Aida Andreassi, Giuseppe Maria Sechi, Rodolfo Bonora, Giuseppe Stirparo
BACKGROUND: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is a medical emergency whose chances of survival can be increased by rapid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and early use of Public Access Defibrillators (PAD). Basic Life Support (BLS) training became mandatory in Italy to spread knowledge of resuscitation maneuvers in the workplace. Basic Life Support (BLS) training became mandatory according to the DL 81/2008 law. To improve the level of cardioprotection in the workplace, the national law DL 116/2021 increased the number of places required to be provided with PADs...
June 12, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nejdiye Güngördü, Seher Kurtul, Mehmet Sarper Erdoğan
BACKGROUND: Occupational factors, working conditions, age, gender, exercise, acquired habits, and stress affect a person's sleep quality. The aim of this study was to investigate sleep quality, work stress, and related factors among office workers in a hospital. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted with office workers actively working in a hospital. A questionnaire consisting of a sociodemographic data form, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Swedish Workload-Control-Support Scale were used to assess the participants...
June 12, 2023: La Medicina del Lavoro
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