Job stress models, depressive disorders and work performance of engineers in microelectronics industry

Chen, Sung–Wei; Wang, Po-Chuan; Hsin, Ping-Lung; Oates, A. S.; Sun, I-Wen; Liu, Shen‐Ing

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“…A survey of a group of nurses in the ORSOSA study in France identified effort/reward imbalance in 10.7% of the nurses and overcommitment in 40.8% of the nurses 19) . Comparisons of the results of the current study with earlier studies of other occupations in Taiwan show effort/reward ratios of 0.74 (0.22) and 0.97 (0.34) in litigious lawyers and healthy engineers, respectively 2,20) . However, the survey of engineers showed a mean overcommitment score of 14.5 ± 5.2 2) .…”

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“…Comparisons of the results of the current study with earlier studies of other occupations in Taiwan show effort/reward ratios of 0.74 (0.22) and 0.97 (0.34) in litigious lawyers and healthy engineers, respectively 2,20) . However, the survey of engineers showed a mean overcommitment score of 14.5 ± 5.2 2) . In the current study, nurses who worked rotating shifts had a worse mean effort/reward ratio (0.99 ± 0.47) and overcommitment level (16.7 ± 2.84).…”

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“…Stress levels among professional nurses have increased in recent years due to the demands of clinical nursing. Previous studies have shown that work demands and stress are associated with adverse mental health such as emotional exhaustion 1) , depressive disorder 2,3) and fatigue 4,5) , which result in sleep problems and sickness absence 1) . Stress systems in the body, like the sympathetic-adrenomedullary system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, start working, using adapted processes as the stress attracting 6) , and exhaustion tend to result from longterm exposure.…”

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The association between rotating shift work and increased occupational stress in nurses

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-Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether rotating shift work increases occupational stress in nurses. Methods: This study measured shift work scheduling and occupational stress by using the Effort-Reward Imbalance model with selfreported questionnaires in a sample of 654 female nurses. Results: Overcommitment risk was higher in nurses who worked rotating shifts than in those who worked day/non-night shifts (OR, 2.16; 95% CI, 1.03−4.66). However, an effort/reward imbalance was not directly associated with work schedules (OR, 1.88; 95% CI, 0.87−4.35). Among nurses working rotation rotating shifts, those who had 2 days off after their most recent night shifts showed an alleviated risk of overcommitment (OR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.32−0.82), but those who had worked for at least one series of 7 consecutive work days per month had an increased risk of effort/reward imbalance (OR, 2.75; 95% CI, 1.69−4.48). Additionally, those who had little or no participation in planning working hours and shift scheduling and worked overtime at least three times per week during the preceding 2 months tended to have high stress. Conclusions: The

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“…Nevertheless, these studies have focused mainly on adverse psychosocial work environment, overcommitment, job strain, and effort-reward imbalance. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Currently, little is known about the association between depression and the injury risk magnitude in the context of high biomechanical exposure, physical exposure, and psychological demands. Depression is known to affect work performance, cognitive ability, and workplace hazards monitoring, 8,10,[19][20][21] as well as memory and executive functions.…”

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Are Occupational Factors and Mental Difficulty Associated With Occupational Injury?

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“…Taiwanese study 88 each reported a high level of job stress among workers in microelectronics. Recently, serial cases of suicide in the Foxconn plants in southern China raised the worldwide concern over the working conditions of microelectronics workers, mostly poor young workers who migrated from rural homes to industrial cities.…”

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The health impacts of semiconductor production: an epidemiologic review

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Paek

2013

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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Background: Despite concerns over the harmful health effects of semiconductor production, epidemiological studies have shown mixed results. Objectives: We aim to critically appraise epidemiologic studies to date, and to suggest future research and actions to protect workers in semiconductor industry. Methods: Epidemiologic studies were identified through electronic database searches, review of reference lists of relevant published works, and expert consultations, and were narratively reviewed. Results: Most evidence suggests reproductive risks from fabrication jobs, including spontaneous abortion (SAB), congenital malformation, and reduced fertility. Although chemicals have been suspected as causal agents, knowledge of the likely contribution(s) from specific exposures is still limited. Evidence of cancer risk seems to be equivocal. However, the available studies had serious limitations including healthy worker effects (HWEs), information bias, and insufficient power, all of which are associated with underestimation. Nevertheless, excess risks for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), leukemia, brain tumor, and breast cancer were observed. Conclusions: Monitoring and innovative research based on international collaboration with a focus on sentinel events are required.Keywords: Adverse reproductive outcomes, Cancer, Epidemiology, Healthy worker effect, Information bias, Semiconductor, Statistical power IntroductionThe semiconductor industry began as a parts production sector of the microelectronic industry in the 1960s. However, with the growth of the computer industry, semiconductor manufacturing has taken the linchpin of the entire microelectronics industry. Semiconductor global sales revenue reached US$307 billion as of 2011, 1 and the size of workforce is also huge; for instance, the number of employees in just two countries -South Korea (hereafter Korea) 2 and Taiwan 3 -exceeds 290 000. This industry is typically characterized by highly specialized processes, rapid technological innovation, significant chemical use, and large-scale investment to support such innovation and mass production, 4 all of which could influence workers' health and safety. Contrary to its 'clean' image represented by 'bunny suits', semiconductor production includes a wide variety of hazards. Work processes mainly consist of three steps -wafer manufacturing, fabrication, and packaging/testing, and at each step, there are various sub-processes. In particular, the wafer-fabrication process includes material deposition, photolithography, etching, and doping, all of which include the use of hazardous materials. 5 A variety of chemicals including organic solvents, acids, and metals are heavily used. Some individual chemicals are simply irritants to skin or respiratory organs, whereas others are carcinogens, reproductive toxins, and/or neurotoxins. Air recirculation systems designed to minimize dust make workers more vulnerable to effects from these chemicals both singly and in complex combinations. Physical hazards including extremely low-frequen...

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Job stress models, depressive disorders and work performance of engineers in microelectronics industry

Abstract: The results may provide insight into the applicability of job stress models in a globalized high-tech industry considerably focused in non-Western countries, and the design of workplace preventive strategies for depressive disorders in Asian electronics engineering population.

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The association between rotating shift work and increased occupational stress in nurses

The association between rotating shift work and increased occupational stress in nurses

Are Occupational Factors and Mental Difficulty Associated With Occupational Injury?

The health impacts of semiconductor production: an epidemiologic review

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