Health and safety problems associated with long working hours: a review of the current position.

Spurgeon, Anne; Harrington, J M; Cooper, Cary L.

doi:10.1136/oem.54.6.367

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“…This argument is in line with the publishing studies, that supported that long working hours can affect health and safety at work place (Spurgeon, Harrington & Cooper, 1997).…”

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Impact of demographic factors on employees perceptions on health and safety management in the Greek Ministries

Pavlopoulou¹,

Tripolitsioti²,

Pavlopoulos³

2016

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of selected demographic factors on perceptions of office workers regarding the management of health and safety in the office work place. For the data collection it was used a scale validated with a sample of 155 office employees. The final sample of the study was 301 subjects from three large Ministries in the Athens region of Greece, selected randomly. Exploratory factor analysis revealed four factors. A further comparison of the health and safety scale factors toward gender, marital status, working hours, monitoring or not seminars related to workplace safety and involvement or not in accidents in the office revealed that: (a) The male employees had more positive perceptions than their female counterparts (t = 2.62, p <0.010). (b) Positive perceptions showed and those who had attended seminars on safety and those who were not involved in office accidents (t = 2.16, p <0.032 and t = -2.19, p <0.033), respectively. (c) It was also founded that men had more positive perceptions than women in the factor workplace environmental conditions (t = 2.40, p <0.018), while employees who had attended seminars on safety had a higher score on the factor health and safety issues in the office in comparison with their colleagues who did not, (t = 2.17, p <0.031). (d) Employees who were involved in office accidents rated higher the questions of the factor health and safety issues in the office (t = -2.52, p <0. 015) and lower the factor workplace environmental conditions (t = -2.07, p = .043). It is concluded that despite the differences in the rating health and safety scale, in relation to selected variables, perceptions of employees regarding the management health and safety in the office work are positive.

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“…This argument is in line with the publishing studies, that supported that long working hours can affect health and safety at work place (Spurgeon, Harrington & Cooper, 1997).…”

Section: Discussiona and Conclusionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Impact of demographic factors on employees perceptions on health and safety management in the Greek Ministries

Pavlopoulou¹,

Tripolitsioti²,

Pavlopoulos³

2016

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“…Nestas, além de eventuais condições inapropriadas e insalubres de exercício da atividade, são frequentes os problemas relacionados, por exemplo, ao consumo excessivo de álcool e à depressão (DOOLEY et al, 2000). Analogamente, jornadas excessivas costumam associarse a uma ampla variedade de impactos na saúde, incluindo acidentes de trabalho, fadiga, problemas osteomusculares, problemas cardiovasculares, entre outros (SPURGEON et al, 1997;LANDSBERGIS, 2004).…”

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Saúde e mercado de trabalho no Brasil: diferenciais entre ocupados agrícolas e não agrícolas

Maia

Rodrigues

2010

Rev. Econ. Sociol. Rural

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Resumo: Este trabalho analisa as diferenças no estado de saúde entre e dentro dos grupos de ocupados agrícolas e não agrícolas no Brasil, utilizando medidas de autoavaliação do estado de saúde captadas no suplemento da PNAD (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios) de 2008. As análises baseiam-se na composição socioeconômica dos ocupados agrícolas e não agrícolas e nas estimativas de equações simultâneas para captar as relações não lineares entre saúde, renda e jornada de trabalho. Um dos pressupostos do trabalho é que a baixa prevalência de saudáveis entre os ocupados agrícolas estaria associada, sobretudo, à composição socioeconômica desse grupo, e não à maior insalubridade a que os ocupados das atividades agrícolas estariam submetidos em condições socioeconômicas semelhantes às dos não agrícolas. Analogamente, a desigualdade no estado de saúde seria menor entre os ocupados agrícolas devido aos hábitos mais homogêneos, não só no que se refere ao tipo de atividade, mas também em relação à qualidade de vida e ao acesso a uma série de itens de consumo, típico das localidades menos desenvolvidas onde as atividades agrícolas prevalecem.Palavras-chaves: estado de saúde, mercado de trabalho agrícola e não agrícola, desigualdade.

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“…Difficulties in social relationships and personal activities (1,3) , as also the lack of time for leisure pursuits and health care, are often mentioned as being related to long working hours (1,(3)(4) . Thus, long working hours have been associated to several illnesses and symptoms, including bouts of depression, high blood pressure, muscular and skeletal problems, gastrointestinal disorders, stress and fatigue (4)(5) , and have also been linked to behaviour patterns that are inappropriate for good health, such as a greater consumption of alcohol, cigarette smoking, reduction in the quantity of physical exercise, and an inadequate standard of sleep or other sleep disorders (5)(6) .…”

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Working hours and health behaviour among nurses at public hospitals

Fernandes

Portela

Rotenberg

et al. 2013

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective: to analyse the differences between genders in the description in the professional, domestic and total work hours and assess its association with health-related behaviour among nurses. Methods: this is a transversal study carried out in 18 different public hospitals in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The data collection procedure was based on questionnaires. All nurses working with assistance were considered eligible (n=2,279). Results: men and women showed significant differences in relation to working hours. The female group showed longer domestic and total work hours when compared to the group of men. In contrast, the number of hours spent on professional work was higher among men. For the women, both the professional hours and total work hours were often associated with excessive consumption of fried food and also coffee, lack of physical exercise and also the greater occurrence of overweight and obesity.Conclusion: both the professional hours and the domestic work hours need to be taken into account in studies about health, self-care and also the care provided within the context of nursing workers, particularly among women. The results add weight to the need for actions for health promotion in this occupational group and the importance of assessing the impact of long working hours on the health of workers.

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Health and safety problems associated with long working hours: a review of the current position.

Cited by 423 publications

References 43 publications

Impact of demographic factors on employees perceptions on health and safety management in the Greek Ministries

Impact of demographic factors on employees perceptions on health and safety management in the Greek Ministries

Saúde e mercado de trabalho no Brasil: diferenciais entre ocupados agrícolas e não agrícolas

Working hours and health behaviour among nurses at public hospitals

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