Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
A. R. Bosma, C. R. L. Boot, N. C. Snippen, F. G. Schaafsma, J. R. Anema
Summary: Supporting employees with chronic conditions can prevent work-related problems and facilitate sustainable employment. Understanding current practices and barriers to providing support is crucial for developing organizational-level intervention. Barriers include negative attitudes towards employees with chronic conditions, reluctance to collaborate, lack of visibility of occupational physicians, and underutilization of their support. Opportunities for improvement involve shared responsibility, anchoring prevention in policy and practice, and a more active role of the healthcare sector.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Suzanne G. M. van Hees, Bouwine E. Carlier, Roland W. B. Blonk, Shirley Oomens
Summary: This concept mapping study explores the perspectives of employees, supervisors, and occupational health professionals regarding common mental health problems in the workplace. The study reveals that factors such as employee autonomy, supervisor support, matching employee capacities to work, a safe social climate, and collaboration with occupational health professionals are crucial in promoting stay at work.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tuija M. Mikkola, Minna Manty, Hannu Kautiainen, Mikaela B. von Bonsdorff, Maija Haanpaa, Hannu Koponen, Teppo Kroger, Johan G. Eriksson
Summary: This study found that high-intensity family caregivers are more likely to experience physical and mental health problems, leading to decreased work capacity. Caregivers are at higher risk for mental disorders.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yacine Taibi, Yannick A. Metzler, Silja Bellingrath, Ciel A. Neuhaus, Andreas Mueller
Summary: This study aims to contribute to the advancement of psychosocial risk assessment by adapting the risk matrix approach from physical to psychosocial hazards. The researchers compared existing methods of psychosocial risk evaluation and developed a theoretical framework that allows for the assessment of psychosocial risk using a risk matrix. The proposed 3x3 risk matrix scales the probability and severity of psychosocial risk assessment.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Basak Yanar, Kay Nasir, Amani Massoud, Sibghat Usmani, Stephanie Premji, Peter Smith
Summary: This article explores the expectations, experiences, and challenges of employers in safely integrating newcomers to work in Canada. The study found that employers tend to focus on individual attributes of newcomers and attribute lack of safety knowledge to cultural differences. The research suggests providing resources to train newcomer workers, taking language barriers and diverse cultural practices into account, to create safer workplaces.
Article
Business
Laurens Bujold Steed, Brian W. Swider, Sejin Keem, Joseph T. Liu
Summary: This study meta-analyzed the relationships between employee recovery, demands, resources, well-being, and performance, revealing generally positive relationships between recovery and resources, well-being, and performance as well as a negative relationship with demands. The size and consistency of observed effects differed markedly based on the conceptualization utilized, while recovery experiences and the state of being recovered showed substantial temporal consistency.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Fabio Garcia-Heras, Jorge Gutierrez-Arroyo, Patxi Leon-Guereno, Belen Carballo-Leyenda, Jose A. Rodriguez-Marroyo
Summary: The study aimed to describe chronic pain (CP) in Spanish helitack crews. Approximately 60% of wildland firefighters reported suffering from CP, with 45.5% experiencing pain in multiple body regions simultaneously. Age, length of service, gender, stature, weight of protective equipment, and job position were found to be associated with the prevalence and location of CP.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Christoph Gutenbrunner, Juliane Briest, Christoph Egen, Christian Sturm, Joerg Schiller, Kai G. Kahl, Uwe Tegtbur, Heike Fuhr, Christoph Korallus
Summary: The study aimed to establish a comprehensive health program for employees and evaluate its effects on work ability and sick leave through needs-based interventions. Allocation of suitable preventive or rehabilitative measures based on screening, anamnesis, and clinical examination showed that the preventive group had shorter sick leave duration compared to the rehabilitative group, with better rehabilitation effects in the latter group at 6-month follow-up.
JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Marianne Kyndi, Morten Vejs Willert, Jesper Medom Vestergaard, Johan Hviid Andersen, David Hoyrup Christiansen, Vita Ligaya Dalgaard
Summary: This study describes the work status of patients referred for suspected work-related common mental disorders over a five-year period, and develops a prognostic model. It is found that not all patients in Denmark return to their previous work status five years after a referral, and the developed prognostic model only has moderate discrimination and calibration.
Article
Pediatrics
Nan Hu, Joanna Fardell, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Jane C. Bell, Natasha Nassar, Raghu Lingam
Summary: Children hospitalized with a chronic health condition are found to have academic underperformance across various literacy/numeracy domains throughout different school grades. Health and educational supports are necessary to enhance these children's academic outcomes.
ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Roy H. Perlis, Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Alauna Safarpour, Mauricio Santillana, Katherine Ognyanova, James Druckman, David Lazer
Summary: This study investigates the functional correlates of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), especially the relevance of neurocognitive symptoms. The results show that individuals with PCC are more likely to be unemployed and less likely to work full time, and the presence of any cognitive symptoms is associated with a reduced likelihood of working full time.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Noriko Kojimahara, Keika Hoshi, Masayuki Tatemichi, Akihiro Toyota
Summary: The study found that the average length of hospital stay decreased annually in FY2008 and FY2015, with patients admitted for external reasons and musculoskeletal disorders having the longest stays. Patients readmitted generally had longer stays, and those who were unemployed had extended stays compared to others.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elena Farina, Marco Rosso, Lucia Dansero, Roberto Ippoliti, Gianmauro Numico, Alessandra Macciotta, Antonella Bena, Fulvio Ricceri
Summary: A cancer diagnosis can lead to a reduction in income and potential switch from full-time to part-time employment. The income loss is most significant in the first year and tends to decrease over time, resulting in an average loss of about euro12,000 over 3 years. The switch to part-time employment was not significant, indicating that income loss is primarily due to reduced work capacity following invasive treatments.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yusuke Konno, Yoshihisa Fujino, Atsuko Ikenouchi, Naoto Adachi, Yukihisa Kubota, Takaharu Azekawa, Hitoshi Ueda, Koji Edagawa, Eiichi Katsumoto, Eiichiro Goto, Seiji Hongo, Masaki Kato, Takashi Tsuboi, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Atsuo Nakagawa, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Koichiro Watanabe, Reiji Yoshimura
Summary: The study aimed to explore the relationship between mood episodes and employment status in patients with bipolar disorder, revealing that manic and depressive episodes may increase the risk of unemployment. This highlights the importance of employment support for individuals with bipolar disorder.
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kaori Fujishiro, Emily Q. Ahonen, Megan Winkler
Summary: Through an analysis of 18 countries, we found that the impact of poor-quality employment on the health of men and women varies under different welfare regime types. In countries that support traditional gender roles with penalties for women in the labor market, the association between poor-quality employment and health was stronger for men. Conversely, in countries that rely on women for unpaid caregiving without substantial state support, the impact was stronger for women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Primary Health Care
Katrien P. M. Pouls, Monique C. J. Koks-Leensen, Mathilde Mastebroek, Geraline L. Leusink, Willem J. J. Assendelft
Summary: Through a scoping review, it was found that GPs play important, diverse, and demanding roles in caring for patients with both intellectual disabilities and mental health disorders. However, there are identified gaps regarding effective training, guidelines and tools, collaborative mental health care, and payment models.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Margarita Ravinskaya, Jos H. Verbeek, Miranda Langendam, Joost G. Daams, Carel T. J. Hulshof, Ira Madan, Suzanne M. M. Verstappen, Marije Hagendijk, Regina Kunz, Jan L. Hoving
Summary: This study aimed to investigate how work participation outcomes are measured in randomized controlled trials internationally and across disciplines. A total of 269 trials reporting on 435 work participation outcomes from 2014 to 2019 were identified, with outcomes grouped into four main categories: employment status, absence from work, at-work productivity loss, and employability. Extensive variability existed in the measurement methods and instruments used across all categories, highlighting the need for a Core Outcome Set for work participation.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Letter
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jos Verbeek, Sharea Ijaz, Christina Tikka, Julitta Boschman, Jan Hoving
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Rheumatology
Birgit S. Blomjous, Gayle R. S. Gajadin, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, Louise Falzon, Jan L. Hoving, Irene E. M. Bultink, Marieke M. ter Wee
Summary: This systematic review identified variables associated with work participation outcomes in patients with systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Factors such as age, ethnicity, educational level, disease activity score, disease duration, disease manifestations, physical functioning, cognitive functioning were found to be predictors for work outcomes. It was also found that certain demographic and disease-related factors were associated with unfavorable work outcomes.
Article
Health Policy & Services
Christina Tikka, Jos Verbeek, Jan L. Hoving, Regina Kunz
Summary: This study aims to analyze how the evidence from a Cochrane review can be used to make decisions about implementing or canceling return to work (RtW) coordination interventions in a country-specific setting, using Finland as an example. The study found that RtW coordination interventions in Finland and those included in the review involved at least one face-to-face meeting between the physician and the worker, a workers' needs assessment, and an individual RtW plan and implementation. Considering the existing evidence and costs, canceling the implementation of RtW coordination interventions in Finland seems unnecessary.
HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Nadia Baart, Jan Lucas Hoving, Birgit Helena Petra Maria Donker-Cools
Summary: This study evaluates physicians' perspectives on phone consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most physicians have adapted to conducting phone consultations but have encountered difficulties in understanding patients and assessing their functional limitations. While most physicians do not prefer phone consultations, some perceive a greater preference for them in the future.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Margarita Ravinskaya, Jos H. Verbeek, Miranda W. Langendam, Ira Madan, Suzanne M. M. Verstappen, Regina Kunz, Carel T. J. Hulshof, Jan L. Hoving
Summary: This survey explores the reasons for authors' choice of specific work participation (WP) outcomes and their measurement methods. The majority of authors base their choice of WP outcomes on their use in previous studies. Feasibility is considered an important factor in choosing a measurement instrument.
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rheumatology
Annelies Boonen, Casper Webers, Maarten Butink, Birgit Barten, Neil Betteridge, Dame Carol Black, Ann Bremander, Boryana Boteva, Olga Brzezinska, Lina Chauhan, Sarah Copsey, Vera Guimaraes, Monique Gignac, Jennifer Glaysher, Frans Green, Jan L. Hoving, Mary Lucy Marques, Hana Smucrova, Tanja A. Stamm, Dieter Wiek, Ross Wilkie, Anthony D. Woolf, Gerd R. Burmester, Johannes W. Bijlsma, Suzanne M. M. Verstappen
Summary: EULAR aims to improve work participation of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases by developing overarching points to consider. Through systematic literature reviews, surveys, and expert discussions, three principles and 11 points to consider were formulated, highlighting the importance of shared responsibilities and personalized support.
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Orthopedics
Bert van de Wijdeven, Bart Visser, Joost Daams, Paul P. F. M. Kuijer
Summary: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are an important topic in occupational health. This study conducted a scoping review to identify and categorize interventions for individual working practice (IWP) aimed at reducing exposure to physical ergonomic risk factors. Ultimately, eight overarching categories of interventions for IWP were identified, providing a starting point for the development and evaluation of effective interventions to prevent WMSDs.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Margarita Ravinskaya, Jos H. Verbeek, Miranda W. Langendam, Ira Madan, Suzanne M. M. Verstappen, Regina Kunz, Carel T. J. Hulshof, Jan L. Hoving
Summary: Work participation is crucial for health, but there is a lack of comprehensive classification for its outcomes in academic research. A framework needs to be developed to ensure the comparability of study outcomes, and a core outcome set should be proposed.
Article
Primary Health Care
Katrien P. M. Pouls, Monique C. J. Koks-Leensen, Willem J. J. Assendelft, Mathilde Mastebroek, Geraline L. Leusink
Summary: Almost half of the people with MID had recorded MH problems, including substance abuse, suicide attempts, and psychosis. However, 80.3% of MID group were not registered with the ICPC code mental retardation by their GP. GPs provided more care to people with MID and MH problems than people without ID.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
(2022)
Review
Ophthalmology
Richard Daniels, Ruth M. van Nispen, Ralph de Vries, Birgit H. P. M. Donker-Cools, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Jan L. Hoving
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to identify factors associated with work participation in people with visual impairments. The results showed that sociodemographic factors such as higher education, male gender, having a partner, white ethnicity, and financial assistance were positively associated with employment. Disease-related factors including worse visual impairment and additional disabilities were negatively associated with employment. The utilization of mobility aids had a potential effect on work participation. Study quality was rated moderate to high, but overall heterogeneity was high.
OPHTHALMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Monique C. J. Koks-Leensen, Bianca W. M. Schalk, Esther J. Bakker van Gijssel, Aura Timen, Masha E. Naegele, Milou van den Bemd, Geraline L. Leusink, Maarten Cuypers, Jenneken Naaldenberg
Summary: This study examines the impact of COVID-19 on persons with intellectual disabilities and finds that they have higher infection and case-fatality rates compared to the general population. Severe outcomes are associated with older age, having Down syndrome, and having multiple concurrent conditions.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Lieke H. Kooij, Thimo M. van der Pol, Joost G. Daams, Irma M. Hein, Ramon J. L. Lindauer
Summary: This study aims to extract common elements from evidence-based trauma therapies for children and adolescents. A diverse group of Dutch trauma therapists used an existing and modified Delphi method to create a common element list. The study found a substantial overlap of techniques and mechanisms across the five evidence-based trauma therapies, indicating strong similarities between the therapies. These identified elements provide a basis for research and clinical practice in tailored trauma therapies for individual children and their support systems.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY
(2022)
