Organizational Factors and Office Workers’ Health After the World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks: Long-Term Physical Symptoms, Psychological Distress, and Work Productivity

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• Personal Author:
  Boglarsky C ; Fiedler N ; Gandhi SK ; Kipen H ; Ohman-Strickland P ; Osinubi OY ; Robson M
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To assess if organizational factors are predictors of workers' health and productivity after the World Trade Center attacks. METHODS: We conducted a survey of 750 workers and compared those who had direct exposures to the World Trade Center attacks (south of Canal Street workers; primary victims) with those less directly exposed (north of Canal Street workers; other victims and non-victims). RESULTS: South of Canal Street workers reported headache more frequently than north of Canal Street workers did (P = 0.0202). Primary victims reported headache and cough more frequently than did other victims and non-victims (P = 0.0086 and 0.0043, respectively). Defensive organizational culture was an independent predictor of cough and job stress, and job stress was an independent predictor of on-the-job productivity losses. CONCLUSION: Organizational variables may modify health and productivity outcomes after a large-scale traumatic event in the workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Disaster-planning Disaster-prevention Job-stress Psychological-factors Psychological-reactions Psychological-stress Psychological-testing Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Work-performance Workplace-monitoring

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  112-125
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034719
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2008 Feb; 50(2):112-125
• Contact Point Address:
  Omowunmi Y. O. Osinubi, MD, MSc, FRCA, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health, UMDNJ-SPH, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Room 202, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
• Email:
  oosinubi@eohsi.rutgers.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Organization of Work
• Performing Organization:
  University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186825/cdc_186825_DS1.pdf
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