Work, telework, and mental health during COVID-19

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 28(10), P. 3015 - 3022

Published: Oct. 1, 2023

Abstract This review addresses the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on workers’ mental health, in particular, teleworking conditions. Our analysis is based documents from several international organizations and specialized scientific publications. The retrieved information reveals that has had a significant effect health frontline workers employees who to migrate virtual environment without prior warning. However, positive aspect reflected development remote care devices implemented protect vulnerable population, workers, general population. Finally, this paper underscores importance developing public policies for protecting health.

Language: Английский

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Practical considerations for the high-level automation of a biosciences research laboratory

Biochemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 201, P. 109154 - 109154

Published: Nov. 15, 2023

Demands of research laboratories vary drastically compared to streamlined and standardised environments. This renders automating complex workflows difficult for researchers. Research environments use new different protocols often, a limited number experiments; this generates questions around the time resource investment automation. However, reluctance adopt automation does not override its advantages. Automation assists expansion capabilities, allows additional focus on planning analysis, even prevents shutdowns due unforeseen circumstances. work explores implementation circumventing coding requirements end-user in bioscience laboratory with efficiency. Automated operation was against human counterpart demonstrate benefits no-code automation: (up 66% reduction), errors execution (no errors), ease protocol modification (against code-dependent robotic platforms), consumable usage (repeated virtual simulations minimise waste), quality results (minimal coefficient variation high correlation). is first that demonstrates implications adopting (high-level) into perpetually evolving widening researcher participation increases experimental efficiency, makes challenging designs attainable, builds robust environment.

Language: Английский

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Correlation between unproven therapies and delayed return-to-work for COVID-19-infected healthcare workers

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 79(1), P. 45 - 56

Published: Jan. 2, 2024

The objective of this study is to investigate factors influencing the time return work (RTW) HealthCare Workers (HCW) infected with COVID-19 during initial wave pandemic in a southern French university hospital. Data collection 170 HCW (between March 16 June 1, 2020) included demographic and professional information, clinical profiles, comorbidities, medical management, therapies RT-PCR results. mean RTW was 15.6 days. Multivariate analyses revealed that shorter among laboratory emergency workers, while it longer for aged 40 49 years, at higher risk severe illness, delayed negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR or those treated azithromycin and/or hydroxychloroquine. This highlights diverse affecting post-COVID-19 infection, underscoring importance exercising caution administering unproven early stages novel infectious pandemic.

Language: Английский

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Persons in helping professions in social assistance facilities and their fears related to COVID-19 using the example of Poland and Spain

Health Psychology Report, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 28, 2024

Background The aim of the research was to collect opinions on concerns related COVID-19 among persons in helping professions social assistance facilities. Participants and procedure study involved 407 people, including 207 from Poland 200 Spain (346 women 61 men). tool authors’ questionnaire. Employees welfare institutions located were selected using purposive sampling. Respondents completed paper electronic versions survey Results relationship between each profession about threat one’s own life that loved ones connection with COVID-19, as well fear financial situation would deteriorate due showed a statistically significant only employees Poland. losing job result Spain. Conclusions Our pandemic affected institutions. feared more their deteriorate, felt health relatives charges. On other hand, many workers expressed jobs. Occupational therapists most often indicated fears except for charges, which by psychologists.

Language: Английский

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Dual Bi-LSTM-GRU based stance detection in tweets ordered classes

Neural Computing and Applications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 6, 2024

Language: Английский

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Mindfulness and workplace ostracism in the post-pandemic work from home arrangement: moderating the effect of perceived organizational support

Evidence-based HRM a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 353 - 370

Published: Aug. 8, 2023

Purpose Sweeping changes are underway in the world of work where new work-models such as permanent work-from home mandates being implemented by many organizations aftermath COVID-19 pandemic. Although cost benefits for obvious from measures, little is known about how emotions employees affected measures. A recent industry survey reveals that some feel they ostracized their normal workplace while others allowed to return office settings. However, there appears be dearth empirical studies on coping with ostracism (WO), and whether related factors levels mindfulness perceived organizational support (POS). Therefore, this study deploys stress theory suggest individuals high less likely experience WO, a relationship further moderated POS. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses developed tested through data collected 240 who various large Oman. Eligible respondents have been directed employers continue even after portion colleagues returned physical offices. Findings analyzed R Core Team software. findings reveal reported lower WO. Furthermore, POS moderates inverse between WO at moderate but not when low levels. Research limitations/implications This suffers several limitations. First, cross-sectional nature does capture perceptions change over time. Considering majority directives permanently remote locations quite recent. Second, posits effect trait consider other constructs. Third, demographic details indicates bulk were asked restrictions lifted women (68%). Practical implications Practically, relationships mindfulness, provide useful managerial knowledge. particularly important considering fact influence employee due these models yet fully realized. As result, managers can fine-tune communication training programs toward developing awareness present among enable them appraise policies more holistic long-term perspective. Additionally, management also emphasize sufficient material psychological required remain working home. Originality/value first research provides evidence especially context post pandemic period. demonstrates mitigate higher mindfulness.

Language: Английский

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Automated liquid-handling operations for robust, resilient, and efficient bio-based laboratory practices

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 4, 2022

Abstract Increase in the adoption of liquid handling devices (LHD) can facilitate experimental activities. Initially adopted by businesses and industry-based laboratories, practice has also moved to academic environments, where a wide range non-standard/non-typical experiments be performed. Current protocols or laboratory analyses require researchers transfer liquids for purpose dilution, mixing, inoculation, among other operations. LHD render laboratories more efficient performing per unit time, making operations robust resilient against external factors unforeseen events such as COVID-19 pandemic, remote operation. The present work reviews literature that reported utilisation available market presents examples their practical use. Applications demonstrate critical role automation research development its ability reduce human intervention workflow. Ultimately, this will provide guidance determine which fulfil needs how exploit use both conventional non-conventional applications. Furthermore, breadth applications scarcity institutions involved utilise these highlights an important area opportunity shift technology maximize outcomes.

Language: Английский

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Coronavirus disease 2019 in the occupational settings

Current Opinion in Epidemiology and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 1(1), P. 11 - 17

Published: Nov. 1, 2022

Purpose of review Within the framework a scientific scenario dominated by COVID-19 pandemic, this work aims to briefly latest evidence concerning selected impact and management on working populations in order identify possible future research development areas specific topics. Recent findings The main theme covered current literature were Healthcare settings, Vulnerable workers, ’Post Covid-19 condition’ vaccine effectiveness. Summary Current highlights need reassess occupational risks, considering not only new circumstances virus spread occurrence but also effectiveness preventive measures as well appraisal medical conditions susceptibilities that pandemic has brought light, such post-COVID-19 condition. These challenges should be tackled physicians, particular, those who have skills develop tailored health surveillance elaborate procedures adequate protect vulnerable workers their fitness for while encouraging safe return work. specialists support high-quality, targeted research, generated field studies.

Language: Английский

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SARS-CoV-2 Emergency Management in the ASL 1 Abruzzo Companies, Italy: An Autumn 2022 Cross-Sectional Investigation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(6), P. 5105 - 5105

Published: March 14, 2023

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still represents a public health emergency that affects workplaces and forces employers to develop technical, organizational procedural measures safeguarding workers' health, particularly 'fragile' ones. This research aimed assess employers' adherence the planned by Italian government hinder COVID-19 during Autumn 2022.A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2022, with an 18-item questionnaire derived from State's governmental indications, sent email 51 companies of Marsica Peligna Valley, L'Aquila, Southern Italy.A total 20 recruited (65% were micro-enterprises, belonging food financial sector) responded within mean time 18 days (±11.64), which lower for medium- large-sized as well banking sector ones (p < 0.05). As regards intervention strategies, sanitization (92.7% positive answers) specific training (83.3%) showed almost full compliance contrast working organization (47.5%) social distancing (61.7%). reported managing fragility (50%) belong exclusively sector, predominantly office-based tasks.The provided insight into critical issues relating national legislative directives crucial role occupational physicians global advisors all workplaces.

Language: Английский

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Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus-2 infection in the Principality of Monaco

World Journal of Medical Microbiology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(1), P. 27 - 49

Published: Sept. 4, 2023

Background: This work is a report of the present situation and management Corona Virus (CoV) infection in Principality Monaco. Methods: To comply with practices adopted by World Health Organization (WHO) neighboring Countries this area, residents infected CoV are object health report. The Prince’s Government also communicates data relating to screening. These stopped at Sunday January 1st included. Results: results survey point out how still active Monaco, although not emergency levels 2020. Conclusions: call for leaving prevention measures, both primary (vaccine) secondary (personal protective equipment [PPE], social distancing, etc.) until now which gave so good results.

Language: Английский

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