Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30378587›Full record

ArticleLa Medicina del lavoro2018

Ilaria Sottimano, Sara Viotti, Gloria Guidetti, Vincenza Cascio, Daniela Converso

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Article in La Medicina del lavoro, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ilaria SottimanoUniversity of Turin, Department of Psychology. ilaria.sottimano@unito.it.
Sara Viotti
Gloria Guidetti
Vincenza Cascio
Daniela Converso
University of Turin · ITAssociation for Symbolic Logic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNursery school teachers are subjected to unavoidable physical demands, such as picking up children, putting them in the cradle, changing diapers etc. The potential detrimental effects on the workers' musculoskeletal system are amplified by the aging of the working population observed in recent years.

objectivesTo describe the psychophysical health of nursery school teachers employed in a North-Western Italy municipality and their age-related problems.

methodsData were collected through a medical examination for the identification of musculoskeletal disorders, and a contextual self-administered questionnaire (for the identification of: awkward postures, work ability and depression).

resultsNursery school teachers often adopt awkward positions during their working day, mainly lifting (93.6%) and squatting position (61.1%). Perceived musculoskeletal pain is common, especially cervical pain (63.3%) and lumbosacral pain (67.5%). Working ability was found to be good or mediocre, and inversely related with age. Depression had a fairly low prevalence (2%).

conclusionsFindings highlight some critical issues inherent to the working conditions of nursery school teachers, underlining the need to introduce preventive measures that, in order to effectively support workers, should be adopted starting from the beginning of their career.

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Musculoskeletal PainOccupational DiseasesPostureSchools, NurseryHumansItalyNeck PainSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID30378587
PMCPMC7682171
OpenAlexW3123377741

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