Occupational Asthma in Office Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background Alcohol is a psychoactive substance with toxic and addictive properties. Biomarkers like GGT, AST, ALT and MCV are influenced by excessive ethanol consumption. Alcohol consumption represents a health risk and it has been linked to unemployment. The aim of this study how working status predict alcohol consumption through a cross sectional study comparing alcohol-related biomarkers levels in office workers and unemployed people. Methods This study includes 157 office workers and 157 unemployed people, who were recruited from January to December 2018. A propensity score matching procedure was applied to obtain two homogenous groups in terms of age and gender. A non-parametric analysis was performed on serum biomarkers that are generally altered by alcohol consumption. Logistic regression models were designed to evaluate how working status predict abnormal biomarker levels related with alcohol consumption. Results No differences in median biomarker values were found between groups. Logistic regression analysis showed that office work is a negative predictor of pathological biomarker levels. Office workers had a significant relation with the levels of GGT (OR 0.48; 95% CI [0.28–0.84]), AST (OR 0.42; 95% CI [0.22–0.78]), ALT (OR 0.39; 95% CI [0.23–0.66]), and MCV (OR 0.37; 95% CI [0.19–0.70]). Conclusion Office workers had lower absolute frequencies of pathological values of alcohol consumption biomarkers, after matching for age and gender compared with unemployed people. In addition, a significant negative association between office work is a negative predictor of biomarker levels of alcohol consumption. These results showed that work is an important determinant of health and that can represent a benefit for workers in terms of reducing the risk of consuming alcohol.

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Joint position error after neck protraction-retraction movements in healthy office workers: a cross-sectional study

Human Movement Science ◽

10.1016/j.humov.2020.102633 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 72 ◽

pp. 102633

Author(s):

Helen Pürckhauer ◽

Fabian M. Rast ◽

Corinne Nicoletti ◽

Markus J. Ernst

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Position Error ◽

Office Workers ◽

Joint Position ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Level of Postural Awareness Among Teaching Staff of University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad

Pakistan Journal of Physical Therapy (PJPT) ◽

10.52229/pjpt.v3i3.903 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 4-8

Author(s):

Syeda Abida Hussain Sherazi ◽

Syeda Maham Batool ◽

Umara Qadar ◽

Shagufta Hameed ◽

Syed Tayyib Shah ◽

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Keyword(s):

Neck Pain ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Office Workers ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

University Staff ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Purposive Sampling

Postural problems are very common these days among youth including office workers, University staff, students and from other walks of life.Objective: To evaluate the level of postural awareness and proper positioning during differenttasks performed by teaching staff of University of Azad Jammu &Kashmir, Muzzafarabad (UAJ&K).Methodology: A cross-sectional study with purposive sampling technique was conducted in UAJ&K. In this study 100 faculty members, bothmale and females, with age between 25 to 55 years were included. 54% were males. The data was analyzed on SPSS version 22.Results: 63% worked for 4-8 hours daily, 95%,respondents traveled 1-7 hour daily and 61% had knowledge about posture, among them 47% had back and 20% had neck pain. Majority of the teaching staff used improper positioning during different work.Conclusions: There was moderate level of information regarding correct positioning duringwork in different environment. They used improper postures which leads to physical abnormality,absenteeism, increased expenditure on their treatment.

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