The aim of present study was to ascertain the association between perceived work ability and sickness absence among workers in food industry by using both detailed register data and questionnaire ...interviews. The study was undertaken in the food industry in a concern with four factories and one central administration. A questionnaire was answered by 856 persons (592 women and 264 men and the sickness absence of this persons were obtained from the company register. The main results were that all the sickness absence figures were higher among women than among men, among those less than 40 years and among the blue collar than among the white collar workers. Work ability was statistically significant associated to sickness absence. Low work ability was associated with sickness absence more among women than among men and more among the younger than the older employees. It was concluded that perceived work ability may be useful as a prognostic tool in preventing certified sickness absence.
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GEOZS, IJS, IMTLJ, KILJ, KISLJ, NUK, OILJ, PNG, SAZU, SBCE, SBJE, UL, UM, UPCLJ, UPUK
Background: Viral infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Although immune suppression plays a central role, the literature shows ...conflicting results on interplay between post-transplant immune reconstitution (IR) and viral infections.
Methods: We prospectively studied viral infections and IR in 30 pediatric patients undergoing allogenic HSCT, with a follow-up time of 24 months. In total, 1337 blood (CMV, EBV, HHV-6, ADV and BKV) and urine (BKV and JCV) virus samples were analyzed. IR including B-cells (CD19+), T cells (CD3+, CD4+, CD8+) and NK-cells were measured. Clinical outcomes included overall survival (OS), non-relapse mortality (NRM), graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and occurrence of blood culture positive bacterial infections.
Results: We found BKV reactivation to be most frequent, 47% of the children had viremia and 77% viruria. The frequencies of CMV, HHV-6 and adeno viremia were 37%, 37% and 6%, respectively. Viremias beyond 3 months post-HSCT were uncommon. Factors such as GVHD, use of steroids, EBV and CMV infections and pre-transplant irradiation affected IR. No specific viral infection or IR related factor was associated to OS or NRM.
Conclusions: Viral infections and IR interact in a bi-directional manner. Accordingly, close follow-up of both IR and viral loads is warranted.
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DOBA, IJS, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
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