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Multicenter Study
[Nurses and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: contribution to the Italian validation of the Podsakoff et al. scale].
Workers engaging in Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) can benefit colleagues, organization and stakeholders. Such behavior is vital to the efficacy of health care organizations as they can have a positive effect on the quality of care and users' satisfaction. Therefore, it is important to assess such behaviour with a valid and reliable instrument. ⋯ The Italian OCB scale is a valid and reliable instrument. Its use can support all individuals involved in the promotion of workers' organizational well-being in implementing processes aimed at fostering nurses' OCB.
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Multicenter Study
Occupational stress and job satisfaction of healthcare staff in rehabilitation units.
Occupational stress and job dissatisfaction are recognized risk factors for healthcare professionals and can lead to a decrease in work performance and in the quality of care offered, and to poorer health of workers. Research in the rehabilitation care setting is very limited and needs to be explored. ⋯ The results of this study showed that job dissatisfaction is strongly associated with work stress and certain organizational risk factors. This study suggests the importance of focusing on the psychosocial factors in the work environment and job satisfaction in order to improve the well-being of rehabilitation healthcare staff.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
[Working and health conditions and preventive measures in a random sample of 5000 workers in the Veneto Region examined by telephone interview].
A survey was carried out in 2000 by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in a random sample of workers from 15 countries of the European Union in order to obtain information on occupational exposure, health problems and preventive measures taken at the workplaces. ⋯ Data from the present survey provide useful insights on working and health conditions of workers in the Veneto Region, revealing problems that were subsequently investigated using other sources of information, as reported in the studies published elsewhere in this volume.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
European multicentric case control study on risk for mesothelioma after non-occupational (domestic and environmental) exposure to asbestos.
The paper presents the European multicentric case-control study on risk for mesothelioma after non-occupational (domestic and environmental) exposure to asbestos. The study includes eight centres in seven European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland). It is focused on the measurement of mesothelioma risk in relation to low intensity exposure to asbestos and to exposure to MMMF and other agents. It includes incident cases of pleural malignant mesothelioma (histologically diagnosed and verified) and a random sample of the population.