Effects of a worksite labor gymnastics program on novice and experienced workers.

Introduction: Worksite labor gymnastics programs are interventions that can positively affect industrial workers. Studies show that experienced and novice workers perceive their working conditions differently. Our premise is that labor gymnastics programs affect these two groups diversely.

Analysis of the influence of occupational, sociodemographic and health factors on the demotivation of the intensivist.

Introduction: Understanding motivation, identifying motivational factors of health professionals, and recognizing how managers and leaders can successfully motivate healthcare professionals is a growing concern.

Objectives: To assess the occupational, sociodemographic, and health factors that influence the occurrence of demotivation in the intensive care unit professionals.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with health professionals from nine intensive care units in João Pessoa, Paraíba state, Brazil.

Influence of extended working hours and physical recovery on absenteeism in the footwear industry from a system dynamics model.

. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are recurrent in the footwear industry, resulting in absenteeism. This study aimed to quantitatively analyze the influence of overtime work and physical recovery time on the occurrence of WMSD-related absenteeism using a system dynamics model.

Influence of environmental variables on students' cognitive performance in indoor higher education environments.

Background: Educational environments can have environmental conditions that are incompatible with the needs of students, compromising their well-being and affecting their performance.

Objective: To identify the environmental variables that influence the performance of university students and measure this influence through an experiment in indoor environments.

Methods: The study applied an experimental methodology for three consecutive days in seven educational environments located in different regions of Brazil, measuring the environ-mental conditions, the students' perception of the environment, and their cognitive performance.

Working as a contact center attendant: Relating purpose, meaning, sustainability and mental health.

Background: There are companies that can be considered financially successful while creating negative externalities for their workers. This is the case of contact centers.

Objective: The objective of this article is to investigate the challenges for a service company (such as a contact center) in reconciling its economic and financial objectives with the promotion of the work dimension, guaranteeing workers the possibility of professional, collective, and human development.

Construction of a Musculoskeletal Discomfort Scale for the Lower Limbs of Workers: An Analysis Using the Multigroup Item Response Theory.

Musculoskeletal symptoms are a major occupational health problem in workers, and these can affect all professional occupations. Previous studies have proposed metrics capable of evaluating the musculoskeletal discomfort experienced by workers. However, no study has developed a metric that considers professional groups.

Team Workload and Performance of Healthcare Workers with Musculoskeletal Symptoms.

In healthcare professionals, musculoskeletal complaints are the most frequent health disorders with the greatest potential for productivity losses. The teamwork developed by these professionals can be a coping strategy, but it can also be one more demand for the maintenance of performance. For this reason, this research aimed to investigate the relationship between team workload and performance in healthcare workers with different intensities of musculoskeletal symptoms.

Do men and women have different musculoskeletal symptoms at the same musculoskeletal discomfort level?

Owing to biological and social factors, illness-related musculoskeletal symptoms tend to vary between men and women. However, in the past, conceptualised discomfort metrics were applied uniformly to both genders. This study aimed to develop a scale to measure musculoskeletal discomfort that compares the symptoms between men and women.

Sickness absence from work in the footwear industry: A longitudinal study.

Background: Studies on illness in the footwear industry have prioritized specific work sectors and diseases.

Objectives: To analyze the main factors related to sickness absence and the indicators of illness in terms of recurrence and workdays lost among workers at a footwear company, ranging from storage of raw material to distribution of the final product.

Methods: A total of 9072 cases of absence from work were investigated in shoe production units from 2014 to 2017.

Evaluation of musculoskeletal discomfort using item response theory: creation of a scale based on the self-reported pain symptoms.

This study aims to build a scale for musculoskeletal discomfort based on the self-reported musculoskeletal pain by individuals. For this, methods such as factorial analysis and item response theory were used. A sample of 1821 workers of a footwear industry participated in this study.

Effects of a worksite physical activities program among men and women: An interventional study in a footwear industry.

The study aims to assess the association between various levels of engagement in a worksite physical activities program and variables related to musculoskeletal symptoms, psychophysiological well-being, difficulty to perform tasks, willingness to work, and interpersonal relationships, among men and women in a footwear industry. This program involved 1113 workers. Data were analysed using an ordinal logistic regression model.

Risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders among workers in the footwear industry: a cross-sectional study.

The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of biomechanical, psychosocial, environmental and individual factors on local and multisite work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) symptoms among workers at a footwear manufacturing company. The sample comprised 267 workers. The results showed that: (a) age, sedentary lifestyle, inappropriate posture and perceived effort were associated with symptoms in the shoulders, and the combination of these factors increased the odds four-fold; (b) inappropriate posture, perceived effort and bullying were related to symptoms in the wrists, and the combination of these factors increased the odds seven-fold; (c) inappropriate posture, perceived effort, length of work at the company and low social support were associated with multisite symptoms, and their combination increased the odds up to 30-fold.