Objective: To describe the respiratory functional alterations that occur in patients with morbid obesity (MO) and the possible influence of gender and distribution of body fat, measured as an index waist/hip ratio (wai/hip). Method: Prospective study in 2 years of anthropometric and functional parameters breathing in MO, determining age, body mass index (BMI), waist, hip, wai/hip index, blood g...

Penyediaan berbagai fasilitas kebutuhan manusia di wilayah kota yang tersebar lokasi berbeda-beda sesuai dengan distribusi fungsi guna lahan, menyebabkan terjadinya pergerakan dan barang (arus lalu lintas). Kota Ambon merupakan salah satu lahan banyak menarik sehingga meningkatkan arus lintas dari ke kawasan tersebut acapkali kemacetan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pola menuju pu...

This survey considered 598 arteriosclerotic amputees over a period of 9 years: 267 below-knee; 81 Gritti-Stokes; 195 above-knee; and 55 double amputees. A walking ability index (WAI) ranging from 1 for a normal gait to 6 for inability to walk was determined for these amputees by clinical grading at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after prosthesis fitting. Amputees with the below-knee operation had bette...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this article is to explore the associations of psychosocial factors at work, life style, and stressful life events on health and work ability among white-collar workers. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted among workers in commercial services (n = 1141). The main outcome variables were work ability, measured by the work ability index (WAI), and mental and ...

This study proposes a novel coding framework to quantify and categorize the differences between Work-As-Imagined (WAI) Work-As-Done (WAD) based on Safety-II perspective. While Safety-I approach focuses controlling deviations from Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as solution prevent incidents, this aims describe code workers’ adaptive behavior while executing their tasks. The proposed checks...

Introduction: Healthcare providers are at high risk of occupational stress, burnout,health hazards and job dissatisfaction which can have harmful consequences on theirhealth, work ability professional efficiency. Therefore, it is important to adoptstrategies for the promotion healthy working conditions improvement theirwork ability. Aim work: To assess perceived its dimensionsamong healthcare M...

BACKGROUND Previous cross-sectional findings from the European Nurses Early Exit Study (NEXT) show that nurses who were dissatisfied with their work schedule tended to consider leaving the nursing profession. Mediating factors in this decision process may be caused by self-perceived poor work ability and/or health. The aim of this paper is to investigate changes in work ability and general heal...

OBJECTIVE To test the Work Ability House model, verifying the hierarchy of proposed dimensions, among a group of hospital workers. METHODS A cohort study (2009-2011) was conducted with a sample of 599 workers from a hospital in the city of São Paulo. A questionnaire including sociodemographics, lifestyle and working conditions was used. The Brazilian versions of Job Stress Scale, Effort-Rewar...