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    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: December 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 4 Dec 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 4 Dec 2020

    Fatigue and workplace exercise programmes
    Work-related fatigue is related to a range of negative consequences, including poor productivity. This study...

    • Research
    • Coronavirus
    • Clinical governance

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: November 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 6 Nov 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 6 Nov 2020

    Work-related allergic symptoms in bakers
    Bakers using multigrain flour are at a high risk of experiencing nasal and asthma-like symptoms,...

    • Coronavirus
    • Research
    • OH service delivery

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: October 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 2 Oct 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 2 Oct 2020

    Work environment risk factors for MSDs
    Ergonomic improvements and stress reduction interventions are likely to cut the prevalence of sickness...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Research
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    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: September 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 4 Sep 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 4 Sep 2020

    Fifth of doctors consume “potentially hazardous” levels of alcohol
    Twenty per cent of doctors in a survey of 109 working...

    • Research
    • Coronavirus
    • Personnel Today

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: August 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 7 Aug 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 7 Aug 2020

    Occupational health is “thin line” protecting the Covid-19 frontline
    The workload in healthcare occupational health has increased 20-fold as a...

    • Personnel Today
    • Research
    • Coronavirus

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: July 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 3 Jul 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 3 Jul 2020

    Sleep disturbance affects Covid-19 medics
    Almost 40% of paediatric healthcare workers in Wuhan experienced sleep disturbance during the Covid-19 pandemic...

    • Coronavirus
    • Research
    • Respiratory

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: June 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 5 Jun 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 5 Jun 2020

    Covid-19 to have lasting impact on workplace health
    The potential adverse impact of the current pandemic on workers’ health extends...

    • Research
    • Occupational Health

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: May 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 1 May 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 1 May 2020

    Perceived stress and teacher absence
    High levels of perceived stress amongst teachers are associated with increased frequency of sickness absence...

    • Research
    • Cancer
    • OH service delivery

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: April 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 3 Apr 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 3 Apr 2020

    Mental wellbeing after electric shock
    Electricians experiencing electrical accidents at work report more problems with cognition and lower mental wellbeing...

    • Research
    • OH service delivery
    • Occupational Health

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: March 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 6 Mar 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 6 Mar 2020

    Predicting occupational allergy in apprentices
    Hairdressing and culinary apprentices are usually exposed to the same workplace agents, such as inhalant...

    • Research
    • OH service delivery
    • Occupational Health

    Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: February 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 7 Feb 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 7 Feb 2020

    Childhood experiences and bullying at work
    People who have had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including being bullied at school, are...

    • Research
    • Personnel Today
    • OH service delivery

    Occupational health research round-up: January 2020

    by Sarah Silcox 3 Jan 2020
    by Sarah Silcox 3 Jan 2020

    Night shifts not linked to pain
    Night shift work is not associated with an increased reporting of pain, according to...

    • Research
    • OH service delivery
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Occupational health research round-up: December 2019

    by Sarah Silcox 6 Dec 2019
    by Sarah Silcox 6 Dec 2019

    Low patient expectation hits knee surgery rehabilitation
    Low expectations about the outcome of knee surgery partly explains why three out...

    • Personnel Today

    Occupational health research round-up: November 2019

    by Sarah Silcox 1 Nov 2019
    by Sarah Silcox 1 Nov 2019

    Workers don’t feel vulnerable to ‘flu
    Workers outside healthcare settings do not feel vulnerable to influenza and have, therefore, low...

    • Research
    • OH service delivery
    • Occupational Health

    Occupational health research round-up: September 2019

    by Sarah Silcox 6 Sep 2019
    by Sarah Silcox 6 Sep 2019

    Rise in climate change-led occupational ‘heat stress’ cuts world productivity
    The rise in global temperatures resulting from climate change will...

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