The Norwegian MEPS (musculoskeletal--visual--psychosocial--stress) study included 3 groups: data entry, data dialogue (female) and data dialogue (male). Before intervention, the data entry group reported significantly more symptoms and signs of musculoskeletal illness and had longer periods in front of the video display terminal (VDT) without a break. The ergonomic intervention consisted mainly...

This study focused on developing a new approach to seated work positions was conducted on 67 office workers who use a Visual Display Terminal (VDT) as a major function of their working day. Muscle tension was measured by surface electromyography (sEMG) while participants were asked to adopt 4 selected working postures. Pain was measured before and after ergonomic intervention on the Nordic scal...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of a physical training program in combination with ergonomic changes in a group of keyboard operators with nonspecific/type II work-related upper limb disorder (WRULD). DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Hospital department. PARTICIPANTS Pain-free controls (n=6) and currently working patients with WRULD (n=17) were included. INTERVENTIONS Participants wer...

Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the most important problems in the health workforce. These discomforts cause many working days losses, increase absenteeism from work, and impose annual economic costs. Awkward posture is the most important factor among the risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders. This study aimed at implementing an interventional ergonomic ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of asthma has increased in developed countries in the past 2 decades. The effectiveness of intervention measures on the primary prevention of asthma has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention program in the primary prevention of asthma in high-risk infants (in this study, infants are defined as persons from birth t...

BACKGROUND In January 2008, a national multifaceted road safety intervention program (IMESEVI) funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies was launched in Mexico. Two years later in 2010, IMESEVI was refocused as part of a 10-country international consortium demonstration project (IMESEVI/RS10). We evaluate the initial effects of each phase of the road safety intervention project on numbers of RT cr...

This article aims at identifying the mechanisms of knowledge management in the selection and integration of ergonomic methods for the evaluation of working conditions of nursing staff and surgeons in surgical wards. The criterion for choice of given category of work was specified for individual workstation based on the results of empirical research taking into account a case study of trauma and...

MULTIFACETED NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTSbyZULFITRI ‘AZUAN MAT DAUDMay 2014Advisor : Dr. Pramod KhoslaMajor : Nutrition and Food ScienceDegree : Doctor of PhilosophyMortality rate in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis (HD) in the United Statesremain unacceptably high despite improvement in dialysis technology. Cardiovascular disease...

BACKGROUND Fecal incontinence has a high prevalence in the older population, which cannot be explained by comorbidity or the anatomical or psychological changes of aging alone. Fecal incontinence leads to a high economic burden to the healthcare system and is an important cause of institutionalization. In addition, fecal incontinence is associated with shame, social isolation and reduced qualit...

an earlier overview of systematic reviews and a subsequent editorial on single-component versus multifaceted interventions to promote knowledge translation (kt) highlight complex issues in implementation science. in this supplemented commentary, further aspects are in focus; we propose examples from (kt) studies probing the issue of single interventions. a main point is that defining what is a ...