OBJECTIVES Rates of surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) among blue- and white-collar workers and housewives in the general population were compared. METHODS Surgically treated cases of idiopathic CTS were investigated among 25-59-year-old residents of Tuscany, Italy, during 1997-2000, based on obligatory discharge records from all Italian public/private hospitals, archived accordi...

In recent years, microblogging has gained enormous popularity in China, especially among urban professional workers. This phenomenological study investigates how white-collar workers in China experience microblogging and how they perceive the impact of microblogging on their lives. Twenty in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted in Beijing and Qingdao with young white-collar professional...

BACKGROUND General health in the working population is thought to depend on working conditions. OBJECTIVE This survey studied job demands and health complaints in working white and blue collar employees. We expect physical and psychological job demands to be differentially distributed among white and blue collar workers. Do they report health complaints consistent with their working condition...

This study was performed to determine the differences in occupational injuries and illnesses between white-collar and blue-collar workers and to estimate the magnitude of the underreporting of these injuries and illnesses in Korea. Two datasets were used. One was a cohort established in the Gyeongin area with workers who underwent mandated health examinations, and the other was the National Hea...

In recent years, microblogging has gained enormous popularity in China, especially among urban professional workers. This phenomenological study investigates how white-collar workers in China experience microblogging and how they perceive the impact of microblogging on their lives. Twenty in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted in Beijing and Qingdao with young white-collar professional...

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that blue-collar workers have an increased risk of coronary heart disease. Subjects were 653 male (mean age, 32.6 years) and 492 female (mean age, 26.3 years) workers employed during 1993 at a computer manufacturing company. The measurements determined were body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR), skinfold thickness, blood pressure, g...

Running title: CTS in blue-collar workers and housewives ABSTRACT Objectives: We compared rates of surgically treated CTS among blue-/white-collar workers and housewives in the general population. Methods: We estimated numbers of surgically-treated cases of idiopathic CTS among 25–59-year-old residents of Tuscany, Italy, during 1997–2000 (when out-of-hospital CTS surgery was extremely rare), ba...

BACKGROUND Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) is a broad spectrum of uncomfortable ocular conditions that are caused by reduced production of tears or an increased tear evaporation rate. This study evaluated the relationship between symptoms of DES and occupational characteristics to identify the occupation-dependent differences in the prevalence of symptoms of DES using the Korean National Health and Nutr...

This study examined the degree to which blueversus white-collar workers differentially conceptualize various job facets, namely the work itself, co-workers, supervisors, and pay. To examine these potential differences, we conducted a series of analyses on job satisfaction ratings from two samples of university workers. Consistent with the study hypothesis, results revealed that blueand white-co...