<b>Occupational competence and its relationship to emotional health in injured workers in return to work programs: A Malaysian study</b>

Murad, Mohd Suleiman; O’Brien, Lisa; Farnworth, Louise; Chien, Chun-Ru

doi:10.3109/11038128.2012.720276

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“…Workers in high-demand low-resourced jobs have previously been reported to be more likely to attend work while sick [47] . However, if sickness or injury affects the workers' perceptions about their ability to perform work tasks competently or safely, this can lead to increased incidence of stress, anxiety, and depression [48] . Demerouti and co-workers [49] caution that presenteeism may ultimately lead to further deterioration in employee's mental and physical condition and should be discouraged.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychological Distress and Pain Reporting in Australian Coal Miners

Carlisle

Parker

2014

Safety and Health at Work

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BackgroundCoal mining is of significant economic importance to the Australian economy. Despite this fact, the related workforce is subjected to a number of psychosocial risks and musculoskeletal injury, and various psychological disorders are common among this population group. Because only limited research has been conducted in this population group, we sought to examine the relationship between physical (pain) and psychological (distress) factors, as well as the effects of various demographic, lifestyle, and fatigue indicators on this relationship.MethodsCoal miners (N = 231) participated in a survey of musculoskeletal pain and distress on-site during their work shifts. Participants also provided demographic information (job type, age, experience in the industry, and body mass index) and responded to questions about exercise and sleep quality (on- and off-shift) as well as physical and mental tiredness after work.ResultsA total of 177 workers (80.5%) reported experiencing pain in at least one region of their body. The majority of the sample population (61.9%) was classified as having low-level distress, 28.4% had scores indicating mild to moderate distress, and 9.6% had scores indicating high levels of distress. Both number of pain regions and job type (being an operator) significantly predicted distress. Higher distress score was also associated with greater absenteeism in workers who reported lower back pain. In addition, perceived sleep quality during work periods partially mediated the relationship between pain and distress.ConclusionThe study findings support the existence of widespread musculoskeletal pain among the coal-mining workforce, and this pain is associated with increased psychological distress. Operators (truck drivers) and workers reporting poor sleep quality during work periods are most likely to report increased distress, which highlights the importance of supporting the mining workforce for sustained productivity.

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Psychological Distress and Pain Reporting in Australian Coal Miners

Carlisle

Parker

2014

Safety and Health at Work

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“…Workplace safety enhances Knowledge, attitude and GSP will build a safety culture in an organization (Oamen & Ihekoronye, 2022;Odu et al, 2023), further, he has also reported that following the GSP spreads safety awareness in the organization, which helps in reducing the incidents/accidents in the occupational environment. To reduce the incidents/ accidents it is very much necessary for all the workers should have proper eye vision; and no stress-related problems and they should be trained in the proper working environment to perform the particular task (Murad et al, 2013). The fourteen elements of the PSM were compared to the different safety practices of the safety aspects with respect to the new threedimensional safety approach in the pharmaceutical industry.…”

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The New Three-Dimensional Safety Approach for the Implementation of Process Safety Management (PSM) and Improving Safety Aspects for the Pharmaceutical Industry in India – An Overview

Kumar

2024

IJIAS

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Implementation of the fourteen elements of process safety management (PSM) helps to build a good safety culture in the organization. The new three-dimensional approach, which consists of good safety practices, safety precautions, and frequent checking of the process equipment and its devices has been applied to the various elements of the process safety management. The elements of process safety management are six, four, and three are good safety practices, safety precautions, and frequent checking of process equipment and its devices but one of the elements is the combination of all the three-dimensional approach, which is a trade secret, which insists that all the people in the organization should follow all the documented procedures from two to thirteen elements of the process safety management, the controlled copy should only be used inside the company premises. We have taken secondary published data for assessing the deviations of the three-dimensional safety approach for the human failures in the pharmaceutical industry, which has led to various incidents/accidents from October 2017 to September 2021. The deviation, which we have observed for the good safety practices, safety precautions, and frequent checking of process equipment and its devices was ten, nine, and one numbers before implementation of the process safety management. After the implantation of the process safety management, the incidents were reduced to three numbers from January 2022 to August 2023, in which deviation has been found in the two and one for the good safety practices and safety precautions.

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“…A higher level of occupational competence is associated with higher levels of mental wellbeing among non-migrant populations, such as mothers and university students [12,13]. In contrast, injured workers with low occupational competence experience more stress, anxiety, and depression [14,15]. For migrants, occupational competence may also impact their mental well-being when they experience changes in physical, economic, political, The eligible participants were Chinese and Vietnamese technical intern trainees working in Japan during the survey period (11 August 2020 to 30 September 2020).…”

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Competence in Daily Activities and Mental Well-Being among Technical Intern Trainees in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Arita

Shibanuma

Carandang

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Migrant workers are at a greater risk of having low mental well-being compared to their local counterparts. The Japanese government accepts migrants through its Technical Intern Training programs, but the factors associated with their mental well-being remain unclear. This study aimed to (1) assess trainees’ competence and importance in daily activities and (2) examine the association between their competence and mental well-being. We conducted a cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaires. We recruited trainees through their supervising organizations and social media. We used the Occupational Self-Assessment tool to measure competence and importance in daily activities and the World Health Organization-5 Well-being Index to measure mental well-being. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the association between competence and mental well-being. Among 383 trainees, 30.6% felt difficulty expressing themselves, and 27.4% felt difficulty accomplishing goals. Almost 50% valued self-care, working towards their goals, and managing their finances. Higher competence scores were associated with higher mental well-being scores (B = 0.76; 95% CI = 0.52, 1.00). Competence may be a key to having higher mental well-being among migrant trainees in Japan. A supportive and enabling environment, as well as mental health promotion at the community level, may improve trainees’ competence in daily activities.

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Occupational competence and its relationship to emotional health in injured workers in return to work programs: A Malaysian study

Cited by 11 publications

References 24 publications

Psychological Distress and Pain Reporting in Australian Coal Miners

Psychological Distress and Pain Reporting in Australian Coal Miners

The New Three-Dimensional Safety Approach for the Implementation of Process Safety Management (PSM) and Improving Safety Aspects for the Pharmaceutical Industry in India – An Overview

Competence in Daily Activities and Mental Well-Being among Technical Intern Trainees in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study

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