scholarly journals Occupational Health: A Bibliometric Study on Stress

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Alexandre Rodrigues Inácio De Azevedo ◽  
Adriana Maria Lamego Rezende ◽  
Matelane dos Anjos Rezende ◽  
Jéferson Valente Vieira ◽  
Elaine Santana de Souza Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

Occupational stress is responsible for numerous diseases in the behavioral, physiological, psychological and social field of workers. This study has as main objective to analyze the content of the works referenced, through bibliographical analysis, qualifying and quantifying the data collected on the work stress in the organizations of the present time, from the perspective of the scientific community. Firstly, the concepts, causes and consequences of occupational stress were identified, presenting solutions in the context of human rights, based on the analysis of the predictors of efficacy. Then, the method used was a bibliometric survey, based on electronic  research platforms SPELL and SciELO and searching for the keywords were found 167 articles in the last ten years to find out which are the most researched areas on stress, what types of research and what groups are most searched. From the data collection, a quantification of the data was performed. The justification for this research was the authors' interest in contributing to the scientific community and to the groups of workers who are daily exposed to stressors. It could be concluded that stress is extremely dangerous for physical and mental health, as well as for organizational development. Harassment, totalitarianism, prejudice and exclusion are one of the main factors that lead the individual to work stress. In addition, based on research in Scielo alone, the Public sector is the one that most has research related to stress, with 46% of articles analysed. The Health area has the largest number of publications, with 50% of publications. Together, the qualitative and bibliographic researches account for 38%, against 62% of publications of quantitative methodology. This does not mean that stress is exclusive to public health workers, but an indication that the private sector lacks research related to organizational illness.

I nuovi scambi tra medici e pazienti: le parole della medicina

2021 ◽  
Vol 9788879169776 ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Antonio M. Carrassi
Keyword(s):  
Search Engines ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
Average Life ◽  
Average Life Span ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Field Information ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

Medicine showed enormous progresses since the middle of the last century and, thanks to the overwhelming research activities, which characterized that period, the average life span of people has increased extraordinarily. Many diseases that once were considered incurable are now being successfully treated. However, the disease has often been placed at the core of the clinical process rather than the person, the individual, the patient. Even in recent years, the patient doesn’t always find in his doctor the appropriate degree of empathy, and the level of communication that would be desirable. Moreover, today we are living an extraordinary development and spreading use of digital resources and search engines. Patients exploit these tools to obtain any kind of information, included the one in the medical field. Information technology and search engines play an extremely important role in medicine, and they can be seen a pivotal communication instrument between clinicians and patients, although they can also provide inaccurate or incorrect feedback to laypeople looking for answers to health questions, who do not have enough medical knowledge to evaluate the reliability of the source. This problem has been raised by clinicians and, more generally, by health workers, who today operate with a view to greater psychological proximity to the patient, passing from a so-called Disease Centred Medicine to a clinical practice much more sensitive to the needs of the patient, to his experience, to the context in which he lives, thus achieving a Patient Centred Medicine. Listening, attention, empathy and the words that a clinician is required to use towards each patient, during the clinical routine, take on more and more value for a correct doctor-patient exchange and alliance.

scholarly journals Assessment of Occupational Stress on Health Workers in Maternal and Infant Hospitals

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Devi Angeliana Kusumaningtiar ◽  
Siti Nuraini
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Harmful Effects

Background: Stress is a distortion of the body and mind caused by changes and demands of life. During the Covid 19 pandemic it was shown that the highest levels of stress occurred in health workers, nurses and teachers. Excessive amounts of stress can have harmful effects on the body, mind and psychology. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of the occurrence of work stress on health workers in the inpatient room at Hospital. Methods: The study used a cross sectional design, with a sample of 42 health workers. The sampling technique uses total side method with univariate data analysis.  Results: Results with the highest proportion were health workers who experienced work stress as many as 24 respondents (57.1%) which were more dominantly influenced by factors of high workload variation of 31 respondents (73.8%). Conclusions: The hospital is expected to be more aware of the workload and working hours of health workers in order to minimize the risk of work stress.

scholarly journals Scientometric analysis of publications on orthokeratology over half a century

The Eye ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 126 (2019-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Shmakov ◽  
Polina Asitinskaya ◽  
Aslan Khurai ◽  
Alla Shamakova ◽  
Dmitry Mirsayafov
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Myopia Progression ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
Myopia Control

This research is aimed at elucidation of the current state and prospects of orthokeratology (OK-therapy, Ortho-K) development with the aid of scientometric analysis of publications from 1968 to 2018 inclusive. Two periods were characterized: “old orthokeratology” period from 1968 to 1993 and the period of “new orthokeratology” from 1994 to 2018. The first period is characterized by the absence of a clear trend in the dynamics of publicationscontaining “orthokeratology” term. However, publications growth during the second period is well approximated with exponential function. It points to the relevance and good prospects for the orthokeratology scientific area and the development of this method. Noteworthy, the growth in the number of publications containing the terms “orthokeratology” and “myopia” is 1.5 times higher than the one of publications, when searched only for the “orthokeratology” term. It indicates the elevated interest of researchers and clinicians in myopia and opportunities for myopia control with Ortho-K. The latter is confirmed by clinical trials and meta-analysis results, which demonstrate significant retardation of the eye’s axial length growth due to the use of Ortho-K lenses as well as safety of this method. The need to combine the scientometric approach with meticulous semantic analysis of the individual publications is highlighted. Clinical study designs, opportunities to increase the efficacy of Ortho-K and place of orthokeratology among other methods of myopia control are briefly discussed. Considering the fact that orthokeratology not only controls myopia progression and is being a good option for combination with other methods of myopia treatment, but also ensures the required visual acuity and freedom of various outdoor activities, the choice of practitioners in favor of administering Ortho-K is factually justified.

scholarly journals The Opportunities of the Performance-based Publication Model in Hungary

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-133
Author(s):  
Péter Sasvári ◽  
Bálint Teleki ◽  
Anna Urbanovics
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Multiple Authorship ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Index Level ◽  
The Individual

The performance-based publication model is a direct rewarding system among the scientific community, referring to the reward that authors receive for their publications. The amount of the reward depends on the citation index level of the journal in which a given article is published. Based on international best practices, the paper aims to investigate the possibilities of the implementation of this publication model within the Hungarian context. The model’s main advantage is that rewarding takes place at the individual level so its distribution is independent from the institutional level. After reviewing the best practices used in various countries worldwide, an empirical analysis is carried out which is based on the total number of publications in Hungary in 2019 indexed by Scopus. It means a total of 12,281 publications, based on scientometric indicators. Two models are used, model A considers the Hungarian co-authorship rate of the publications while model B takes the amount of the reward into account based on the publication without the co-authorship rate. Results show that in Hungary, the disciplines of Medicine and Engineering are the most competitive at an international level where we find a high proportion of highly indexed Q1 and Q2 publications. Beside these, results demonstrate the dominance of multiple authorship and journal articles in the research sample. As a conclusion, the proposed publication model could be implemented within the Hungarian context, based on the analysis, its estimated cost would be around 6 billion Hungarian forints.

scholarly journals IRRATIONALITY OF CONSUMERS CHOOSING PLANE TICKETS

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateřina Pojkarová ◽  
Dalibor Gottwald
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Economic Models ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Consumer Decision Making ◽  
Homo Oeconomicus ◽  
Economic Man ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

Economic models can be used to describe consumer behavior or to predict expected behavior of the consumers. In order for the application of the selected economic model to describe realistically the issue under study, it is necessary that the individual components of the economic model are able to reliably identify and possibly even quantify main characteristics of the studied problematique. In the last few years, one of the basic theses based on which several economic models are built upon has been "questioned" within the scientific community, namely the one that portraits human as always rationally behaving individual. The goal of this article is to verify whether, in the framework of predicting consumer behavior, one can still use a person as a so-called homo oeconomicus (economic man who always behaves rationally) or whether this theory has been already overcome, and human behavior should be rather described as irrational. To validate the theory of irrationality in the context of consumer behavior, an experiment in the field of air transport will be used, monitoring consumer decision making while choosing the plane tickets.

Women, Work and Health

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Jennifer Skues ◽  
Robert J. Kirkby
Keyword(s):  
Work Stress ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Occupational Stressors ◽  
Paid Employment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Work And Health

Work stress is costly, not only to the well-being of the individual but also to the efficiency of the employing agency and ultimately to the community at large. Although the last half century has seen a substantial increase in women in the paid workforce, investigations into work stress has focused predominantly on the effectiveness and health of males. Although it appears that, in general, women benefit from paid employment, working women can suffer from the increased responsibilities of maintaining both employment and the expected role in the home. Epidemiological data have indicated that not only do women in the larger community have lower mortality and higher morbidity than do men, but also that this pattern holds for those in paid employment. It has been reported that, in particular, health workers are vulnerable to occupational stressors. Given the high proportions of females working in health care, these findings have important implications for these professions. It is hoped that future research workers will pay increased attention to the particular needs of women in the workforce to manage stress.

I nuovi scambi tra medici e pazienti: le parole della medicina

2021 ◽  
Vol 9788879169776 ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Antonio M. Carrassi
Keyword(s):  
Search Engines ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
Average Life ◽  
Average Life Span ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Field Information ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

Medicine showed enormous progresses since the middle of the last century and, thanks to the overwhelming research activities, which characterized that period, the average life span of people has increased extraordinarily. Many diseases that once were considered incurable are now being successfully treated. However, the disease has often been placed at the core of the clinical process rather than the person, the individual, the patient. Even in recent years, the patient doesn’t always find in his doctor the appropriate degree of empathy, and the level of communication that would be desirable. Moreover, today we are living an extraordinary development and spreading use of digital resources and search engines. Patients exploit these tools to obtain any kind of information, included the one in the medical field. Information technology and search engines play an extremely important role in medicine, and they can be seen a pivotal communication instrument between clinicians and patients, although they can also provide inaccurate or incorrect feedback to laypeople looking for answers to health questions, who do not have enough medical knowledge to evaluate the reliability of the source. This problem has been raised by clinicians and, more generally, by health workers, who today operate with a view to greater psychological proximity to the patient, passing from a so-called Disease Centred Medicine to a clinical practice much more sensitive to the needs of the patient, to his experience, to the context in which he lives, thus achieving a Patient Centred Medicine. Listening, attention, empathy and the words that a clinician is required to use towards each patient, during the clinical routine, take on more and more value for a correct doctor-patient exchange and alliance.

Within Two Tyrannies: The Soviet Academic Refugees of the Second World War

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Yu. Sorokina
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
Medical Institute ◽  
Communist State ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Second World

This chapter places the exodus of Russian scholars in the context of the country's turbulent twentieth-century experience of ‘three revolutions, two world wars, civil strife, and several changes of political regime’. It presents an account of the plight of Russian academics in German occupied territories who were caught ‘in the dead space between two tyrannies’. For some the price of survival in the 1940s involved temporary collaboration with the Nazi invaders, which is illustrated in the morally ambiguous wartime experiences of Nikolas Poppe, Professor of Oriental Studies in Leningrad University, a leading expert of the languages and literatures of northern inner Asia; and of Ivan Malinin, professor and head of the department of pathology in the Krasnodar Medical Institute. Both found a way of resisting the communist state through temporary ‘collaboration’, and thus, reaffirmed ‘the right of the individual to make choices’. The chapter concludes by noting the change in Soviet policy towards the emigration of scientists after perestroika and its double-edged effect: ‘On the one hand, emigration impoverishes home institutions, but, on the other, the free migration of scientists has become one of the most effective mechanisms for integrating the country into the global scientific community’.

scholarly journals Introduction: computability of the physical

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 723-728
Author(s):  
CRISTIAN S. CALUDE ◽  
S. BARRY COOPER
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Constructive Theory ◽  
Special Contribution ◽  
Mathematical Structures ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

Albert Einstein encapsulated a commonly held view within the scientific community when he wrote in his book Out of My Later Years (Einstein 1950, page 54) ‘When we say that we understand a group of natural phenomena, we mean that we have found a constructive theory which embraces them.’ This represents a dual challenge to the scientist: on the one hand, to explain the real world in a very basic, and if possible, mathematical, way; but on the other, to characterise the extent to which this is even possible. Recent years have seen the mathematics of computability play an increasingly vital role in pushing forward basic science and in illuminating its limitations within a creative coming together of researchers from different disciplines. This special issue of Mathematical Structures in Computer Science is based on the special session ‘Computability of the Physical’ at the International Conference Computability in Europe 2010, held at Ponta Delgada, Portugal, in June 2010, and it, together with the individual papers it contains, forms what we believe to be a special contribution to this exciting and developing process.

Psychosocial risks associated with the profession of train driver

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Beata Basińska ◽  
Olimpia Reczek
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Occupational Risk ◽  
Generation Gap ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Psychosocial Risks ◽  
Train Drivers ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Material Factor

Excellent competencies as well as a good physical and mental health are required in train drivers’ profession. Despite the changes in the structure of employment the train drivers above 46 years and job tenure longer than 30 years are the largest group. The generation gap is becoming more pronounced, and its fulfilment will not be easy. It is related not only to training of new personnel but also promotion of healthy work environment focus on reducing occupational stress. The aim of study was twofold. Firstly, identification of psychosocial risks and sources of occupational stress in relation to health of employees will be performed. Secondly, the methods of reducing with occupational stress in train drivers’ profession will be indicated. In study presented here the qualitative method was applied. We have conducted the focused group interview among train drivers and instructors. The results have shown that more important source of occupational stress were the failure of the material factor, workload, role conflict, working time and care of trainees. Results of our previous study based on the individual reviews have indicated that traumatic stress associated with fatal incidents and people under train were significant occupational risk in train drivers’ profession. Organizational resources such as competencies and knowledge of experience train drivers can be helpful in health promotion and development of methods reducing occupational risk. Safety climate, risk assessment, and the acquisition of new personnel require new actions and improvement. Management style more focused on the human factor should be preferred.

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