scholarly journals A STUDY ON STRESS MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY GUARDS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TRIVANDRUM DISTRICT

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (5SE) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Suginraj M
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Security Guards ◽  
Diagnostic Research

Stress refers to the strain from the conflict between our external environment and us, leading to emotional and physical pressure. In our fast paced world, it is impossible to live without stress. This study analyzed the stress level of security guards who are working in public and private sectors as employees. Randomly selected 100 samples from Trivandrum district and conducted descriptive cum diagnostic research to analyze the causes and outcomes of stress. This study has been found that 80% of security guards suffer from depression at their work place, 55% of security guards feels that they do not have time to enjoy their personal life, back pain and head ache are the major symptoms of stress, financial motivation is being a more preferred method to control the stress and subsequently changes in work load and spending time with family are to be best methods to control the stress among the security guards.

scholarly journals Constructing identities – professional use of eID in public organisations

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Hedström ◽  
Elin Wihlborg ◽  
Mariana S Gustafsson ◽  
Fredrik Söderström
Keyword(s):  
Identity Management ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Person ◽  
Study Implementation ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
Rich Data

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to reveal how identities are constructed when electronic identification (eIDs) cards are introduced through information systems in public organisations. Design/methodology/approach – Through two case studies, the authors generate rich data on the construction of identities through use of eID within public organisations. The author’s analysis, based on actor network theory, focusses on the translation of eIDs in these two settings. Findings – ID can be viewed as an artefact where the public and private spheres meet. The authors found at least three mixed roles in employees’ use of eID: as a purely private person; as a private person in the work place; and as a professional in the work place. Research limitations/implications – There is a need for further research on how eID is translated into organisational contexts and how institutional settings define the openings for local translation processes. However, the results are based on two small cases, meaning that broad generalisations are difficult to make. Practical implications – EID is so much more than technology. The technical framing of the identification system appears to be subordinated to organisational arrangements and cultures, making it important to apply a socio-technical perspective when working with eID. Originality/value – The empirical cases have offered a unique chance to study implementation and use of eID in two very different public service organisations. The findings illustrate how eID translated into organisational contexts, and how identity management within an organisational setting is linked to the employees’ private and professional roles.

scholarly journals Effect of back school protocol on the referral rate of patients with low back pain to an industrial physiotherapy clinic

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. O. Odebiyi ◽  
A. O. Akinpelu ◽  
M. O. B. Olaogun
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Back School ◽  
Soap Making ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Back Care ◽  
Chi Square Analysis ◽  
Physiotherapy Clinic

Back schools are educational programmes originally developed in a work place (Volvo factory in Sweden) for patients with back pain, to enable them to manage their own back problems better. ‘Back school’ was originally aimed at modifying the behaviours of patients with low back pain (LBP), with the view to prevent relapses. In an effort to encourage and stimulate the use of ‘back school’ among health workers in Nigeria, this study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a back school protocol in a Soap Making Industry in Lagos, Nigeria. One hundred and ten (110) workers of a Soap Making Industry in Lagos, Nigeria,  participated in this study. A pre-test, post-test experimental design was employed. The participants were divided into two groups - office workers and factory workers for the purpose of the training in the content of the back school protocol. The ‘back school’ consisted of classroom teaching and the use of two videotapes titled “lifting technique” and “back pain”. Data on demographic information, knowledge of back structures and back care were collected using a questionnaire with closed ended questions, which was completed before, immediately after and 8 weeks after the administrations of the contents of the back school protocol (Akinpelu and Odebiyi, 2004). The records of the factory’s clinic were also reviewed for the 12-months before and 12 months after the study. The mean values of the participants’ age, height, weight and body mass index (BMI) were 36.60 ± 9.10 years, 1.65 ± 0.10 m,69.13 ± 7.70 kg and 25.40 ± 3.30 kg/m2 respectively. The results showed that the 12-months prevalence of low back pain (LBP) among the workers was 71%. The result also showed that over 50% of the participants never had any  information or lesson on back care, and those that had some form of information obtained it by chance. There was 23% reduction in referral for care of back pain 12 months after the administration of the back school protocol. However, Chi square analysis showed that there was no significant difference (p = 0.23) between the number of  physiotherapy referrals to the factory’s clinic 12-months before the study and 12-months after the studyThe findings of this study suggest that the back school protocol was able to impart some knowledge (of back pain and back care) in the industrial workers. This knowledge seems to have assisted this group of individuals to cultivate good postural habits, particularly at work. This might have led to the 23% reduction in the reported cases of patients with LBP to the factory’s Physiotherapy Clinic.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Contribution of Small Residential Care Centers for the Elderly to reduce the Socio Environmental Impact and Foster Entrepreneurship in Brazilian Megacities (São Paulo)

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heloisa Candia Hollnagel ◽  
Luiz Jurandir Simões De Araújo ◽  
Ricardo Luiz Pereira Bueno
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Peripheral Areas

On 2016 the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda officially came into force proposing that Governments can work to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all. This study aims to analyze the contribution of Residential Elderly Care Center – RECC to promote SD along with social support in urban centers of megacities. Considering that the current scenario presents: longer life expectancy and increasing numbers of older people; the growing presence of women in the market and the hierarchy of companies making more and more difficult for them to stay at home as well as the failure of public care structure to respond adequately to citizens’ demands new business models are welcome. While the families are getting smaller which removes potential caregivers within them, conversely mobility issues among peripheral areas and public institutions are increasing. Large arrangements for caring can be useful in some contexts, but generally, require commuting from home to the support structure and new public and private investments. The potential reduction of human daily dislocations could improve the environment and life quality in megacities in many aspects: decreasing vehicles CO2 emissions, pollution and the volume of traffic; giving practicality to everyday life of families with dependent members of care and generating new opportunities of small business. In addition, this new residential structures employment might reduce the need to shift the caregivers themselves to their work place, strengthen community bounds and not require immobilization of new properties of the exclusive use for Care centers in highly urbanized areas. The methodology used in this paper is based in the exploratory-descriptive and bibliographical-documentary method. Results of the study are corroborated by a series of complementary research of the authors. Conceptual step-by-step flowchart to assist an entrepreneur to open a RECC is described.

96. A Study on Low Back Pain and Sciatica with Special Reference to Hemodynamic Study of Low Back and Lower Extremity Muscles

1967 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 139-139
Author(s):  
Tadaatsu ITO ◽  
Takashi NAKAGAWA ◽  
Hideyuki ICHISEKI ◽  
Shoichi OBINATA ◽  
Makoto WATANABE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Hemodynamic Study

scholarly journals Impact of work place stresses on work ability index in patients with depressive disorders

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 545-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Brekalo-Lazarevic ◽  
Nurka Pranjic ◽  
Senada Selmanovic ◽  
Mensur Grbovic
Keyword(s):  
Work Ability ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Work Ability Index ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Ability Index ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. Depression seriously affects one?s ability to perform work tasks and function at work. We studied the impact of both the individual and work factors on work ability index in patients suffering from depression. Material and methods. The prospective study, which was conducted by using questionnaires, included 210 patients with depression, who had been on sick leave from 60 to 360 days. The individual factors were evaluated by the standardized abridged form of Occupational Stress Questionnaire, while the work place factors in relation to work ability were evaluated by the work ability index. Results. Poor work ability was observed in 151 (71%) of subjects suffering from depression. All workplace stresses, lack of support by colleagues and supervisors, ergonomically not adjusted work and huge work load are statistically associated with poor work ability index (P=0.001). More than 95% of variables of the evaluated work ability index are the result of varying in the group of stresses at work place (R2=0.95). Perception of bad health condition (Rsq=0.412, P=0.001), low level of life satisfaction (Rsq=0.309, P=0,001), low level of motivation and work knowledge (Rsq=0.309, P=0.001) are predictors for poor work ability. The work ability cannot be related with age and sex. Conclusion. The key activities for maintaining the work ability at the times when epidemic of depression emerges, as it is nowadays, are timely carrying out the psycho-treatments, mental and professional rehabilitation, occupational therapy and adapted work place.

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