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Advances in Ergonomics, Human Factors and Safety for Occupational Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1114

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Paula Machado De Sousa Carneiro

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ALGORITMI Centre, Production and Systems Department, School of Engineering, University of Minho, 4800 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: occupational ergonomics; occupational safety and health; human factors
Dr. Ana Sofia de Pinho Colim

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1. ALGORITMI Centre, School of Engineering, Production and Systems Department, University of Minho, 4800 Guimarães, Portugal
2. DTx Digital Transformation Colab, 4800 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: biomechanics; applied ergonomics; occupational safety and hygiene; human-centric design
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Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, society and organizations have experienced numerous transformations caused by scientific and technological advancements and by the growing concern with worldwide sustainability. Emerging concepts and technologies, such as human–robot collaboration (HRC), augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), cyber-physical systems (CPSs), the Internet of Things (IoT) and nanotechnology, will constitute the future working systems. These provide more efficient, more flexible, and higher-quality products, but they also require the reorganization of work, with a potential negative impact on workers’ health and safety.

In parallel, the aging and eventual physical and cognitive limitations of workers may cause occupational health problems (e.g., work-related musculoskeletal disorders), for which conventional workplaces and technologies are not always adequate. Therefore, it is crucial to create customizable human-centric workplaces tailoring to workers’ characteristics and their possible health limitations.

These issues emphasize the need for technology to be advanced, together with human involvement and empowerment. In the future, successful working systems will only be possible if the socio-technical systems are properly aligned with human factors.

Safety and human well-being are the main challenges in this context, and in-depth research is still required, mainly in occupational environments, to test and validate the implementation of these novel technologies. 

This Special Issue aims to address possible occupational health problems and occupational risk using techniques developed in the fields of human–machine interaction, ergonomics and health. 

Dr. Paula Machado De Sousa Carneiro
Dr. Ana Sofia de Pinho Colim
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • biomechanics
  • human factors and ergonomics
  • human–machine interaction
  • aging workforce
  • exoskeletons
  • collaborative robotics
  • virtual/augmented reality
  • risk assessment
  • risk perception
  • occupational safety and health

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Disclosing Strain: How Psychosocial Risk Factors Influence Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Healthcare Workers Preceding and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Carla Barros and Pilar Baylina
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(5), 564; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph21050564 - 29 Apr 2024
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Healthcare workers, particularly nurses, engage in a daily work routine that takes a toll on their emotional well-being, rendering them vulnerable to psychosocial risk factors. This research seeks to analyse the influence of psychosocial risk factors on the occurrence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders [...] Read more.
Healthcare workers, particularly nurses, engage in a daily work routine that takes a toll on their emotional well-being, rendering them vulnerable to psychosocial risk factors. This research seeks to analyse the influence of psychosocial risk factors on the occurrence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nurses. An additional analysis was performed to understand the role of age in work-related musculoskeletal disorders and the perception of psychosocial risk factors. The study was conducted during two separate periods—pre-pandemic and pandemic times—involving a sample of 456 nurses from both public and private hospitals in Portugal. The INSAT—Health and Work Survey—was used as measuring instrument. The primary observations indicated a consistency between psychosocial risk factors and the occurrence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The findings revealed a significant exposure to psychosocial risk factors, with work pace, intensity, work relationships, and emotional demands exhibiting higher global average percentages during both periods, pre-pandemic and pandemic. Nonetheless, we find that the psychosocial risk factors change when we analyse the pre-pandemic and pandemic results. During the period before the pandemic, the psychosocial risk factors that were most commonly reported included the demanding pace of work, long working hours, and emotional demands. Through the pandemic, the most pronounced psychosocial risk factors were work relationships, employment relationships, and ethical and values conflicts. Therefore, research in this domain is essential to understanding psychosocial risk factors and assessing the less obvious links between work and health. Full article
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