Effect of duration of employment in piecework on severe disability among female garment workers.

Brisson, Chantal; Vinet, Alain; Vézina, Michel; Gingras, Suzanne

doi:10.5271/sjweh.1842

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“…Thi s a nalysis found specific work conditions, par ticul arl y duration of employment in piecework, to be associated with an increased pre valen ce of severe disability. This finding is pre sented in a second pap er (26).…”

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confidence: 54%

Disability among female garment workers. A comparison with a national sample.

Brisson¹,

Vinet²,

Vézina³

1989

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 54%

Disability among female garment workers. A comparison with a national sample.

Brisson¹,

Vinet²,

Vézina³

1989

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…plain copying. Since paced work tasks are known to induce stress (Brisson et al 1989), the work was to be performed at a pace selected by the subject, and with as many correct answers as possible. This task was considered to be not stressful.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychological stress and muscle activity during data entry at visual display units

Ekberg¹,

Eklund

Tuvesson

et al. 1995

Work & Stress

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The aim of this study was to evaluate whether psychological stress causes increased muscle activity, especially static muscle activity, in the trapezius muscles of the neck and shoulder. A pilot and a main study were carried out with 10 males and 20 females, respectively. The subjects performed a VDU data entry task under psychologically stressful and non-stressful conditions. Stress reactions were measured by different methods : heart rate and heart rate variability, hormonal excretion, and subjective ratings of mood and body symptoms. The stress condition caused an increase in heart rate. The low-frequency variability increased and the high-frequency variability decreased. Ratings of motivation and relaxation decreased, and subjects felt more activated. Pain and discomfort from the stomach increased. Adrenaline and noradrenaline in urine were unaffected. The majority of the subjects showed moderately increased static and median EMG levels during the stress condition. The interindividual variation in muscular reactions was large. Statistically significant increases were obtained for the myoelectric activity of the left (resting) trapezius muscle when pooling the two groups. It appears that the increase in muscle activity due to this type of mental stress is small, and factors other than ' attention-related ' load may be more important. The results indicate that some individuals may be more prone to general muscle tension, making them more likely to develop symptoms and musculoskeletal pain.

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“…Both piece-rate wages and machine-paced work are forms of work organization that are found in a highly specialized and segmented work process, associated with both stereotyped physical motion patterns and adverse psychosocial conditions such as low decision latitude and skill utilization. Such work organization features that imply rapid motions without rest breaks-and which have been associated with elevated risk of MSDs-include piece-rate versus hourly wages [9]; work without rest breaks or task change [66]; and justin-time production [38]. Intervening on the up-stream organizational characteristics could be expected to reduce the morbidity occurring through both the physical and psychosocial pathways, whether or not they are independent of each other.…”

Section: Epidemiologic Design Issuesmentioning

confidence: 98%