Effectiveness of job rotation for preventing work-related musculoskeletal diseases: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Sleep, Health and Wellness at Work: A Scoping Review

“…Experience has shown that the screening of sleeping disorders and intervention to determine poor sleep quality can be incorporated into current health surveillance activities without a significant increase in medical costs or lost of medical time, and result in a substantial improvement in the quality of health care [ 94 , 130 ]. A number of health promotion programs targeted at sleepiness and fatigue prevention have been implemented [ 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 ] and proved to be effective; other programs, however, have had negative results [ 136 , 137 ]. In many studies both the internal and external validity of findings have been limited and the range of factors investigated has been insufficient.…”

A Mathematical Model for Determining Job Rotation Strategy Considering Mental and Physical Fatique

“…Otto and Battaia [15,16] reviewed current optimization approaches including assembly line balancing and job rotation. Comper, et al [17] evaluated the effectiveness of job rotation implementing for reducing lost working hours due to musculoskeletal disorders. Wongwien and Nanthavanij [18] stated in their studies that job rotation helps to increase workers' efficiencies appointing the right workers at the right times in each period.…”

Is job rotation effective for prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and sick leave?

“…Before the implementation of the job rotation programme, a thorough development of the intervention had been conducted with meetings between the physiotherapist-ergonomist and production managers, an ergonomic analysis was carried out by an ergonomist, and finally the definition of the job rotation schedule and training of workers was carried out. Besides a sound theoretical framework for the intervention, the authors state that the programme was widely accepted and that managers had been involved 8. In the development of any intervention it is important to focus on both effectiveness and feasibility.…”

“…In the development of any intervention it is important to focus on both effectiveness and feasibility. Comper and colleagues have mainly designed the intervention based on previous recommendations for effectiveness 8. However, effective interventions that are not feasible to be implemented are useless in practice 9.…”

“…Comper and colleagues monitored the fourth phase daily, during the first 2 months, to evaluate whether job rotation was being implemented as proposed by the team 8. However, no information beyond that is given of the implementation.…”