11 research outputs found
Tendências e diversidade na utilização empÃrica do Modelo Demanda-Controle de Karasek (estresse no trabalho): uma revisão sistemática
Considerations on the calculation of fractions of cardiovascular disease attributable to psychosocial work factors
Occupational status as a determinant of mental health inequities in French young people: is fairness needed? Results of a cross-sectional multicentre observational survey
Virtual reality serious game for musculoskeletal disorder prevention
Musculo Skeletal Disorders (MSDs) is the most common disease in the workplaces causing disabilities and excessive costs to industries, particularly in EU countries. Most of MSDs prevention programs have focused on a combination of interventions including training to change individual behaviors (such as awkward postures). However, little evidence proves that current training approach on awkward postures is efficient and can significantly reduce MSDs symptoms. Therefore, dealing with awkward postures and repetitive tasks is the real challenge for practitioners and manufacturers, knowing that the amount of risk exposure varies increasingly among workers depending on their attitude and expertise as well as on their strategy to perform the task. The progress in MSDs prevention might come through developing new tools that inform workers more efficiently on their gestures and postures. This paper proposes a potential Serious Game that immerses industrial workers using Virtual Reality and helps them recognize their strategy while performing tasks and trains them to find the most efficient and least risky tactics
Demandas psicológicas e controle do processo de trabalho de servidores de uma universidade pública
This cross-sectional research aimed to analyze the psychological demand and work control self-reported by the Education Administrative Technicians of a public university. This is a complete sample selection consisting of 833 Education Administrative Technicians who self-completed a questionnaire with questions structured in 2013/2014. A descriptive bivariate analysis was performed with the calculation of psychosocial stress at work, using the Demand-Control Model quadrants categorized as: low-demand work (low-demand and high-control), reference group, passive work (low-demand and low-control), active work (high-demand and high-control), high-demand (high-demand and low-control) – group with the highest exposure. The study complies with all ethical and legal research requirements involving human beings. There was a predominance of the category of workers performing passive work (n = 319, 39.7%), low work demand (n = 274, 34.1%), high work demand (n
= 116, 14.4%) and active work (n = 95, 11.8%). There were contributions from the investigation on the health of these workers insofar as they provided a diagnosis of the category. There is a recommendation for such data to support interventions to empower them and retailor jobs.Pesquisa transversal que objetivou analisar a demanda psicológica e o controle do trabalho autorreferido pelos Técnicos Administrativos em Educação de uma universidade pública. Amostra de seleção completa composta por 833 Técnicos Administrativos em Educação, que auto preencheram um questionário com questões estruturadas em 2013/2014. Realizada análise descritiva e bivariada com cálculo do estresse psicossocial no trabalho, utilizando os quadrantes do Modelo Demanda-Controle categorizados como: trabalho de baixa exigência (baixa demanda e alto controle) grupo de referência, trabalho passivo (baixa demanda e baixo controle), trabalho ativo (alta demanda e alto controle), alta exigência (alta demanda e baixo controle) grupo de maior exposição. Foram atendidos todos os requisitos éticos e legais de pesquisa envolvendo seres humanos. Houve predomÃnio da categoria de trabalhadores que executam trabalho passivo (n = 319; 39,7%), trabalho de baixa exigência (n = 274; 34,1%), trabalho de alta exigência (n = 116; 14,4%) e trabalho ativo (n = 95; 11,8%). Houve contribuições da investigação para a saúde destes trabalhadores, na medida em que propiciou um diagnóstico da categoria. Há recomendação para que tais dados subsidiem intervenções no sentido de empoderálos e fazer readequação dos postos de trabalho