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BMC Emerg Med
January 2025
Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf (UKE), Seewartenstraße 10, 20459, Hamburg, Germany.
Background: Emergency departments (EDs) are high pressure work environments with several psychosocial job demands, e.g., violence, and job resources, e.
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January 2025
Psychology, University of Turin Department of Psychology, Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
Background: The work experience of seafarers differs significantly from other land-based occupations due to several factors, particularly remoteness and the restricted work environment. This study seeks to examine the impact of burnout and health impairment in the maritime industry, using the Job Demand-Resources theory as a framework.
Methods: To investigate these phenomena, an online questionnaire was sent to 239 Italian seafarers (94.
BMC Public Health
January 2025
Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death among adults in Germany. There is evidence that occupational exposure to particulate matter, noise, psychosocial stressors, shift work and high physical workload are associated with CHD. The aim of this study is to identify occupations that are associated with CHD and to elaborate on occupational exposures associated with CHD by using the job exposure matrix (JEM) BAuA-JEM ETB 2018 in a German study population.
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January 2025
National Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
Medical hyperbaric sessions for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, conducted at 2.4-2.5 ATA for 80 to 120 minutes, expose staff to increased risk of DCS due to the inhalation of compressed air, which increases gas solubility in body fluids as per Henry's Law.
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December 2024
Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP), Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Aim was to investigate to what extent cognitive functioning differs by three socioeconomic conditions: low income, being without employment, and living alone. A total of N = 158,144 participants of the population-based German National Cohort (NAKO) provided data on socioeconomic conditions and completed cognitive tests. Multivariable confounder-adjusted regression analyses indicated that cognitive functioning was lower in those with low income (b = -0.
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