Long working hours and psychiatric treatment: A Danish follow-up study

Ambulance drivers represent a crucial link in health care. Their role becomes more important in war, conflict and similar settings. Increased exposure to high risk situations is a norm rather than an exception in a conflict zone. Kashmir has been undergoing a low intensity conflict since last 20 years in which thousands have lost lives and many more have been injured. Violence has affected nearly everybody living in Kashmir. The present study was done to assess the difficulties faced by the ambulance crew along with along with the psychological impact of the conflict. A questionnaire was formulated and was administered to the ambulance drivers of the major hospitals of the valley. Damage to ambulances, Frequent arguments with Indian security forces. Bodily injuries including fractures due to being beaten by police, torture were regular occurances for a signifiant number of drivers. Long working hours (80–90), disturbed sleep patterns along with night mares, Fear apprehension Somatic complaints, Anxiety were the most common symptoms. In spite of all these problems none of the drivers had seeken a psychiatric consultation for their symptoms. Although a few had self started on anxiloltic drugs but no proper psychiatric treatment was instituted in any of the suffers.Prolonged working hours, working in a high stress environment with hostile mobs on one side and non accountable security forces on another takes the toll on the mental health of these drivers.

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Author Correction: Long working hours directly and indirectly (via short sleep duration) induce headache even in healthy white-collar men: cross-sectional and 1-year follow-up analyses

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health ◽

10.1007/s00420-017-1271-6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 91 (1) ◽

pp. 77-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Teruo Nagaya ◽

Minoru Hibino ◽

Yasuaki Kondo

Keyword(s):

Sleep Duration ◽

Working Hours ◽

White Collar ◽

Short Sleep Duration ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Long Working Hours ◽

Short Sleep

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Long weekly working hours and ischaemic heart disease: a follow-up study among 145 861 randomly selected workers in Denmark

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019807 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. e019807 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Harald Hannerz ◽

Ann Dyreborg Larsen ◽

Anne Helene Garde

Keyword(s):

Heart Disease ◽

Ischaemic Heart Disease ◽

Working Hours ◽

Follow Up Study

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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Psychodynamic Short-Time Therapy Complemented with Bodywork. A Clinical Follow-Up Study of 109 Patients

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1100/tsw.2006.352 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 2220-2238 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Søren Ventegodt ◽

Suzette Thegler ◽

Tove Andreasen ◽

Flemming Struve ◽

Lars Enevoldsen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Psychiatric Treatment ◽

Psychological Treatment ◽

Holistic Medicine ◽

Initial Contact ◽

Initial Condition ◽

Ability To Work ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Short Time

This is a study of 109 patients who attended the Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine in Copenhagen during the 2004–2006 period, grouped according to the symptoms they presented with. Every new patient was asked to answer a 10-question composite questionnaire containing QOL1, QOL5, and four questions on ability to function socially, ability to function sexually, ability to love, and ability to work, rated on a 5-point Likert scale, on initial contact and after 1–3 months, when the patient had received about five treatments, the patient was asked to complete the questionnaire again, and finally again after 1 year. All had been to their general practitioner first with their problems and 30% had been in psychological/psychiatric treatment before. The patients were treated with short-time psychodynamic therapy (less than 40 sessions) including bodywork when necessary. More than half the patients had a bad or very bad self-assessed mental health before treatment, but after treatment only 15% reported a bad or very bad mental health (p < 0.001). Most had a complex of mental, somatic, existential, and sexual problems. Of the patients, 69.72% did the retest after treatment. We conclude that clinical holistic medicine was able to help the majority of these patients, even when patients had not been sufficiently helped by drugs, psychiatry, or psychology before. We found that outcome of therapy was not connected with severity of initial condition, but probably with the former experience of treatment. If psychiatric or psychological treatment had already failed, the patients were more difficult to help. The Square Curve Paradigm was used to document a large, immediate and lasting effect of the therapy.

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Cardiovascular Health Effects of Shift Work with Long Working Hours and Night Shifts: Study Protocol for a Three-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study on Industrial Workers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17020589 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 589 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lars-Kristian Lunde ◽

Øivind Skare ◽

Asgeir Mamen ◽

Per Anton Sirnes ◽

Hans C. D. Aass ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Shift Work ◽

Cardiovascular Health ◽

Working Hours ◽

Respirable Dust ◽

Long Working Hours ◽

One Year ◽

Night Shifts

There is a plausible association between shift work and cardiovascular disease (CVD), which may be due to disruption of the circadian rhythm causing hormonal changes and metabolic disturbances, resulting in high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, diabetes, and being overweight. However, few studies have investigated the association between several consecutive long work shifts, including night shifts, and risk factors for developing CVD. Moreover, knowledge is lacking on factors that may modify or enhance this suggested relationship. The study period is planned from the third quarter of 2018 to the fourth quarter of 2021, and will involve 125 industrial employees at two Norwegian enterprises producing insulation. The work schedule is either rotating shiftwork (morning, evening, night) or regular day work. At baseline, we will measure blood parameters, including markers of inflammation, lipids, and glycosylated hemoglobin. We will also collect measures of blood pressure, resting heart rate, arterial stiffness, carotid intima-media thickness, and aerobic fitness. At the end of baseline data collection, a subgroup will undergo a supervised high-intensity interval training intervention for eight weeks, initiated by the Occupational Health Service. At one-year follow-up, we repeat baseline measures with added measures of heart rate variability and additional five weeks monitoring of sleep and physical activity, and assessment of respirable dust. At the two year follow-up, we will measure CVD risk factors before and after a planned three-month shutdown in one of the studied plants. We will also assess respirable dust, monitor sleep, and compile a one-year retrospective detailed overview of working hours. A final data collection, similar to the one at baseline, will be carried out after three years. We will use a comprehensive set of methods to identify the effects of shift work with long working hours and night shifts on cardiovascular health. This will provide new knowledge on the association between early manifestations of CVD and occupational exposure to shift work. Further, we can study whether work organization such as extensive overtime, sleep loss, and dust exposure have detrimental effects, and if a three-month cease in shift work or increased physical activity will modify early manifestations of CVD.

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