Mohsen Poursadeqiyan, Shiva Hosseini Foladi, Alireza Khammar, Reza Nabi Amjad, Hossein Marioryad, Syed Nouredin Hosseini Ghosheh, Monir Alimohammadi, Seyed Habiballah Kavari,
Volume 20, Issue 3 (Autumn 2019)
Abstract
Objective: Paying more attention to human factors is undoubtedly one of the most important organizational principles. Job Satisfaction is one of the most important issues related to human resources in organizations and job dissatisfaction can decrease the productivity of the employees. In this regard, their occupational health is regarded as the science of workforce health in any organization. The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of Occupational Health Management and job satisfaction and the relationship between these two factors in the staff of rehabilitation centers in Tehran.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive correlation study was conducted on 1403 employees of 28 rehabilitation centers in Tehran during the second half of 2017. Sampling was done through the census. Research data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of two researcher-made questionnaires of occupational safety and health status and standard job satisfaction questionnaire. At first, the instrument used to assess occupational safety and health status for rehabilitation centers was developed and then, with the opinion of academic experts, the validity of the instrument was confirmed using the formal credibility and content validity index and the necessary corrections were made. In addition, 5-10 staff working in rehabilitation centers were asked about the content, clarity, and simplicity of the questionnaire terms. Content Validity Index (CVI) and Content Validity Coefficient (CVC) were 0.68, 0.83, 0.69, and 0.83, respectively, for Occupational Health Management and job satisfaction. Instrument reliability was also assessed using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which was 0.872. Finally, after verifying the validity and reliability of the instrument, a questionnaire was used to collect the research data. Shapiro-Wilk, Wilcoxon, and Spearman correlation tests were used to analyze the findings. Data analysis using Version 22.0. Armonk; NY: IBM Corp; SPSS V. 20.
Results: The participants in this study included 657(46.8%) male and 746(53.2%) women. The results showed that the average score of Occupational Health Management variables and its sub-scales was higher than the mean Likert scale. Job satisfaction variables and its subscales, other than the pay-as-you-go variable, were higher than the mean Likert score. The variables in "Occupational Health Management", "Public Safety", "Fire Extinguishment and Crisis", and "Ergonomics and Psychological Factors" were 0.65, 0.57, 0.60, and 0.79, respectively. Job satisfaction variables for job satisfaction, job, supervisor, coworker, and employee promotion were respectively 0.09%, 0.4%, 0.25%, 0.6%, and 0.83% of the obtained variable. The regression coefficient between the two variables of Occupational Health Management and job satisfaction was 0.267.
Conclusion: According to the evaluation of the prepared and completed questionnaires, the results of this study showed that the level of job satisfaction and occupational health management in the studied centers is relatively favorable. Also, the results of this study confirmed that there was a significant positive correlation between the Occupational Health Management and the staff’s job satisfaction working in rehabilitation centers (P<0.001). It was argued that implementation of programs the extent to which occupational safety and health management system such as HSE in rehabilitation centers can affect the employee’s job satisfaction. Therefore, it is necessary to provide more job satisfaction to the personnel of the centers by planning and following the necessary improvements to improve the level of health and safety of the occupational health centers. This will be important in the quality of the provided services.
Ayoub Parno, Kourosh Sayehmiri, Reza Nabi Amjad, Reyhaneh Ivanbagha, Mir Mohammad Hosseini Ahagh, Shiva Hosseini Foladi, Alireza Khammar, Mohsen Poursadeqiyan,
Volume 21, Issue 2 (Summer 2020)
Abstract
Objective: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are one of the major causes of lost working time, increased costs, human injuries and burnout. The International Labor Organization estimates that about 160 million work-related illnesses occur worldwide each year, where the highest prevalent illnesses are musculoskeletal disorders. Several studies have been conducted In Iran to investigate the prevalence of these disorders, each providing different statistics. Therefore, considering the importance of these disorders, it is necessary to obtain accurate results with high statistical power and validate them. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Iran in order to obtain more accurate results by conducting a meta-analysis.
Materials & Methods: For this meta-analysis, searching was conducted in SID, MagIran, IranMedex, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed databases using the keyword “work-related musculoskeletal disorders“ in both Persian and English on studies conducted during 2001-2016 in various cities of Iran. Inclusion criteria were: investigating the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in a period of one year, being a cross-sectional or descriptive-analytical study, publication in Persian or English, availability of full-texts, assessment using standard methods (e.g. Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire) and considering the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders throughout the body (upper and lower extremities). The heterogeneity of the articles was evaluated using the I2 statistics and the data were analyzed in STATA software using meta-analysis and random-effects model.
Results: In this study, 45 papers on work-related musculoskeletal disorders were studied. The overall sample size of these studies was 9813, with a mean number of 218 for each study. Most of studies were descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional. In all of them, the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in different parts of the body had been investigated. According to their results, the most prevalent work-related musculoskeletal disorder in lower extremity was low back pain (0.49%) and in upper extremity, it was neck pain (39.3%). The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in other parts of the body were 39.32% in the neck, 36.9% in shoulders, 36.8% in the back, 34% in the wrist, 26.9% in legs, 20.5% in thighs and hips, and 16.2% in elbows.