Sleep disorders and fatigue among truck and bus drivers in Mexico.

Background: Fatigue and sleep disturbances are among the most common disorders suffered by transport drivers.

Objective: To identify and analyze working conditions for Mexican federal transportation truck and bus drivers, and their connection with sleep disorders and fatigue.

Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative study was performed with a convenience sample of 172 drivers (84 truck and 88 bus) by applying the Survey Evaluation and Monitoring of Workers Health (PROESSAT in Spanish) and the Yoshitake Fatigue questionnaire.

Working Conditions and the Components of Burnout Among Nursing Staff in a Public Hospital in Mexico City.

Background: Working conditions in public hospitals in Mexico City are highly demanding. The need for healthcare is pressing, materials and instruments are scarce, and exposure to pain and suffering is constant. These adverse conditions have an adverse impact on the physical and mental health of healthcare professionals.

Musculoskeletal disorders and occupational demands in nurses at a tertiary care hospital in Mexico City.

Objective: Identify the association between working conditions, musculoskeletal symptoms and ergonomic demands on nurses.

Background: The physical demands of nursing often require repetitive and forced movements that increase the likelihood of developing musculoskeletal disorders, which are the main occupational diseases in this working population.

Methodology: Cross-sectional study of 329 nurses chosen at random.

[Construct validity, reliability, and cutoff point of the Subjective Symptoms of Fatigue Test in Mexican workers].

Objective: To evaluate the construct validity and the internal reliability of the Subjective Symptoms of Fatigue Test (SSFT), as well as to establish its best cutoff point.

Materials And Methods: The SSFT was developed in Japan to measure fatigue in a population of workers; the test includes 30 items in three spheres. Construct validity was explored through differences among groups, using a population of 1399 workers from eight industries studied in Mexico City in 1999.

Computer use increases the risk of musculoskeletal disorders among newspaper office workers.

Background: Our objectives were to estimate prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among office workers at a newspaper in Mexico City, analyze the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and use of the personal computer (PC) and associated ergonomic factors in the aforementioned population, and to analyze the modifying effect that psychosocial factors have on the relationship between ergonomic factors and musculoskeletal disorders and extant jobs at the newspaper.

Methods: A total of 73% (218 of 298) of office workers at a newspaper were studied. Information was collected by a questionnaire completed by participants.

[Risks and health problems caused by the use of video terminals].

Objective: To evaluate the association between video display terminal (VDT) use and health hazards, occupational risks, and psychosocial factors, in newspaper workers.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1998 in a representative sample (n = 68) drawn from a population of 218 VDT operators in Mexico City. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire.