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Growing Older Urbanism: exploring the nexus between ageing, the built environment, and urban ecosystems
BackgroundSome of the main urban issues we currently face include ageing populations, the impact of the built environment, and the treatment of urban...
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Sleep quality, sleep duration, and sleep disturbances among hospital night workers: a prospective cohort study
PurposeThis study aimed to assess among hospital night workers (i) to what extent sleep quality, sleep duration and sleep disturbances overlap, and...
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Ageing society in developed countries challenges carbon mitigation
Populations in developed countries are ageing. However, the impact of senior citizens’ consumption on global carbon mitigation is poorly understood....
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The effect of preference and actual days spent working from home on stress and musculoskeletal pain in older workers
ObjectivesThe rapid shift to working from home (WFH) due to the COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to examine the relationship between...
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Health inequalities among young workers: the mediating role of working conditions and company characteristics
ObjectiveFew studies have investigated health inequalities among young workers. The objectives of this study are to assess the extent of health...
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Ageing and population shrinking: implications for sustainability in the urban century
Population ageing and shrinking are demographic phenomena with far-reaching implications for sustainability in the current context of extensive and...
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Risk factors for shoulder disorders among French workers: prospective cohort study
ObjectivesShoulder disorders are common in the working population. This longitudinal study aimed to explore the relationships between personal...
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Quality of work community and workers’ intention to retire
PurposeTo study the workers’ perception of the quality of work community and its association with intention to retire early, separately among women...
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The effectiveness of workplace health promotion program in reducing work-related depression, anxiety and stress among manufacturing workers in Malaysia: mixed-model intervention
IntroductionThe implications of work-related stress among manufacturing workers were often unrecognised. The purpose of this study is to determine...
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Cardiorespiratory fitness, occupational aerobic workload and age: workplace measurements among blue-collar workers
BackgroundThe knowledge, from laboratory studies dating back to the 1950s on the importance of the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and...
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Challenges arising for older workers from participating in a workplace intervention addressing work ability: a qualitative study from Germany
ObjectiveStudies examining what renders workplace interventions to sustain and promote work ability of older workers successful have largely...
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Longitudinal profiles of occupational physical activity during late midlife and their association with functional limitations at old age: a multi-cohort study
ObjectiveThe aim was to examine longitudinal profiles of occupational physical activity (OPA) from midlife to retirement and to investigate how the...
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Do overweight/obesity and low levels of leisure-time vigorous physical activity moderate the effect of occupational physical activity on self-rated health of construction workers?
PurposeTo investigate the combined effects of occupational physical activity (OPA) and either overweight/obesity or low levels of leisure-time...
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Designing Effective Social Protection for Food and Nutrition Security Among Farm Workers: Lessons from Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Implementing effective social protection programmes can be a strategy to address food and nutrition insecurity and is important for the achievement...
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Tremor measurements in a 22-year cohort study of workers exposed to hand-held vibrating tools
ObjectivesThe objectives of this cohort study were to evaluate possible long-term effects of occupational exposure to hand-arm vibration (HAV) in...
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Long-term sick leave for back pain, exposure to physical workload and psychosocial factors at work, and risk of disability and early-age retirement among aged Swedish workers
PurposeTo assess the risk of disability and early-age retirement associated with previous long-term sickness absence for back pain (back-pain SA),...
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Emergency room visits (ERVs) among occupational groups associated with ambient conditions in Taiwan
ObjectiveThis population-based study explored emergency room visits (ERVs) from all-causes, circulatory and respiratory diseases among different...
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Exploring Health and Well-Being in a European Context
The third Sustainable Development GoalSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets out to ensure healthy lives and promote well-beingWell-being for all...
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Do organisational and ward-level factors explain the variance in multi-site musculoskeletal pain in eldercare workers? A multi-level cross-sectional study
PurposeMulti-site musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is highly prevalent among eldercare workers, leading to increased incidence of sickness absence and...
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Profiles of women who have suffered occupational accidents in cleaning: perceived health, psychosocial risks, and personality variables
PurposeThe main goal was to identify the variables (sociodemographic, work, psychosocial, perceived health, and personality) associated with...
