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Health professionals should contemplate the results from this study when planning primary prevention strategies.

BackgroundThe role of healthy lifestyle behavior (HLB) in terms of physical activity, alcohol intake, smoking, and diet put together has not yet been explored for the risk of low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP). Our aim was to study if an HLB is protective against the onset of long duration troublesome LBP and NP in men and women.MethodsTwo cohorts from the Stockholm Public Health Cohort, free from LBP (n=12,483) and NP (n=10,539), respectively, in 2006, were surveyed with questionnaires. Baseline information about physical activity, alcohol intake, diet, and smoking were dichotomized into being healthy/not healthy and combined in a categorical variable according to the number of healthy behaviors present. Binomial regression analyses were used to evaluate the role of HLB for the outcomes 4 years later.ResultsWhen men with three or four healthy lifestyles were compared to men with none or one, the risk ratio (RR) of LBP was 0.63 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.39–1.02). The corresponding RR for LBP in women was 0.86 (95% CI: 0.56–1.32). When men with three or four healthy lifestyles were compared to men with none or one, the RR for NP was 1.13 (95% CI: 0.74–1.71). The corresponding RR for NP in women was 0.52 (95% CI: 0.35–0.77).ConclusionAn HLB seems to be protective for long duration troublesome LBP in men, and for long duration troublesome NP in women.

The purpose of this review was to investigate the association between publication performance and the organizational and psychosocial work environment of academics in a university setting. In 2018 we conducted database searches in Web of Science, Medline and other key journals (hand-searched) from 1990 to 2017 based on population, exposure and outcome framework. We examined reference lists, and after a title and abstract scan and full-text reading we identified studies that were original research and fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Articles were evaluated as having a low, moderate or high risk of bias using a quality assessment form. From the studies (n = 32) identified and synthesized, work-environment characteristics could explain the quality and quantity aspects of publication performance of academics. Management practices, leadership and psychosocial characteristics are influential factors that affect academics’ publication productivity. Most of the reviewed studies were judged to be of moderate quality because of issues of bias, related to the measuring of publication outcome. The findings in the studies reviewed suggest that highly productive research academics and departments significantly tend to be influenced by the organizational and psychosocial characteristics of their working environment. The practical relevance of this review is that it highlights where academics’ performance needs support and how the work environment can be improved to bolster publication productivity.

Objetivo Determinar la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud (CVRS) en población general del área urbana de Bucaramanga.Metodología Encuesta transversal, realizada entre septiembre y noviembre de 2013, donde se aplicó el cuestionario SF-36 para medir CVRS en población general residentes en cuatro barrios seleccionados por conveniencia. La información fue sistematizada en el programa Excel, se calcularon puntajes por cada dominio y se compararon por edad, sexo, ocupación, escolaridad y estrato socioeconómico de los participantes.Resultados Se entrevistaron 1 098 personas entre 15 y 99 años, 732 (66,7%) mujeres, con edad promedio de 46 años, mediana de escolaridad de 11 años, residentes en estratos socioeconómicos 1 a 4, dedicados principalmente a actividades de comercio/servicios y hogar. Los puntajes en todos los dominios fueron superiores a 60%, considerados indicadores de buena CVRS. Sin embargo, hay un decline de la CVRS con el aumento de la edad, en contraste, los hombres mostraron mejores puntajes de CVRS que las mujeres en todos los dominios, además los estudiantes y personas con mayor escolaridad presentaron niveles más altos de CVRS.Discusión La CVRS en ésta población fue reportada como buena, sin embargo, se identificaron diferencias por edad, sexo, escolaridad y ocupación; que pueden sugerir inequidades en el acceso y uso de los servicios de salud. Estos hallazgos orientan acciones de promoción de la salud tendientes a mejorar la CVRS en éstos grupos vulnerables, como parte de las estrategias del Plan Decenal de Salud Pública en la ciudad.