Work Environ Health 2008 ; 34 ( 3 ) : 213 – 223 A diary study to open up the black box of

Scand J Work Environ Health 2008 ; 34 ( 3 ) : 213 – 223 A diary study to open up the black box of overtime work among university

A diary study to open up the black box of overtime work among university

A diary study to open up the black box of overtime work among university faculty members.

OBJECTIVES This study aimed at opening up the black box of overtime work among university faculty members by providing information on (i) when faculty members work overtime, (ii) what activities are undertaken during overtime, and (iii) how overtime is experienced. METHODS Data were collected among 120 Dutch faculty members who completed a general questionnaire (addressing general overtime ho...

Scand J Work Environ Health 2008 ; 34 ( 1 ) : 23 – 32 Influence of sleep on symptom improvement and return to work in clinical burnout

Objectives The current study examined the extent to which symptom improvement and full return to work occurs among clinically burnt-out employees and what the influence of concurring sleep problems is with respect to health recovery. Methods Fifty-nine burnt-out employees on extended sick leave assessed their symptoms for 2 weeks using an electronic diary. After 6 months, the measurements were ...

Is it time to shed some light on the black box of health policies regarding the inhabitants of the high background radiation areas of Ramsar?

Although there are substantial experimental, epidemiological and clinical evidences that high doses of ionizing radiation cause cancer and other detrimental biological effects, the health effects of human exposure to chronic low dose radiation exposures are still poorly known. People in some areas around the world live in dwellings with radiation and radon levels as much as more than 2...