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Wu R, Tang H, Lu Y. Exploring subjective well-being and ecosystem services perception in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 318:115591. [PMID: 35949097 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Revised: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Understanding stakeholders' perceptions about human well-being and ecosystem services is essential for designing efficient public policies and sustainable environmental management that help to improve people's quality of life. Despite the fragile ecosystem and poverty concentration in the agro-pastoral ecotone, research in this field remains scarce. We selected a typical agro-pastoral ecotone, Duolun County, Inner Mongolia, China, to explore how socioeconomic and demographic factors affect subjective well-being and perceptions of ecosystem services through structural equation modelling (SEM) and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Our results showed that health had the highest correlation with subjective well-being among the five dimensions, but respondents were least satisfied with it. Formal education had the greatest effect on subjective well-being, followed by age, income, and livelihood. Gender had no effect on subjective well-being. Older respondents with lower formal education who had a lower level of subjective well-being considered supporting and provisioning services more important for well-being. In contrast, younger respondents with higher education levels (mostly jobs not associated with working the land) mainly valued cultural services. Finally, we discussed the factors that influence subjective well-being and perceptions of ecosystem services and their implications for local management decision-making.
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- Renji Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; School of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; School of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; School of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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Helmsdal G, Hanusson KD, Kristiansen MF, Foldbo BM, Danielsen ME, Steig BÁ, Gaini S, Strøm M, Weihe P, Petersen MS. Long COVID in the long run - 23 months follow-up study of persistent symptoms. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022; 9:ofac270. [PMID: 35891696 PMCID: PMC9308378 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Symptoms of long coronavirus disease (COVID) were found in 38% of 170 patients followed for a median of 22.6 months. The most prevalent symptoms were fatigue, affected taste and smell, and difficulties remembering and concentrating. Predictors for long COVID were older age and number of symptoms in the acute phase. Long COVID may take many months, maybe years, to resolve.
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- Gunnhild Helmsdal
- Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System , Sigmundargøta 5, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System , Sigmundargøta 5, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands , Vestara Bryggja 15, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands , J.C. Svabosgøta 41-49, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System , Sigmundargøta 5, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System , Sigmundargøta 5, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Department of Epidemiology Research , Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands , J.C. Svabosgøta 41-49, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands , J.C. Svabosgøta 41-49, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Department of Epidemiology Research , Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, Copenhagen S, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark , Winsløwparken 19, Odense, Denmark, DK-5000, Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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- Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands , Vestara Bryggja 15, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Department of Epidemiology Research , Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System , Sigmundargøta 5, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands , Vestara Bryggja 15, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System , Sigmundargøta 5, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands , Vestara Bryggja 15, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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Platts K, Breckon J, Marshall E. Enforced home-working under lockdown and its impact on employee wellbeing: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2022; 22:199. [PMID: 35093054 PMCID: PMC8800406 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12630-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background The Covid-19 pandemic precipitated a shift in the working practices of millions of people. Nearly half the British workforce (47%) reported to be working at home under lockdown in April 2020. This study investigated the impact of enforced home-working under lockdown on employee wellbeing via markers of stress, burnout, depressive symptoms, and sleep. Moderating effects of factors including age, gender, number of dependants, mental health status and work status were examined alongside work-related factors including work-life conflict and leadership quality. Method Cross-sectional data were collected over a 12-week period from May to August 2020 using an online survey. Job-related and wellbeing factors were measured using items from the COPSOQIII. Stress, burnout, somatic stress, cognitive stress, and sleep trouble were tested together using MANOVA and MANCOVA to identify mediating effects. T-tests and one-way ANOVA identified differences in overall stress. Regression trees identified groups with highest and lowest levels of stress and depressive symptoms. Results 81% of respondents were working at home either full or part-time (n = 623, 62% female). Detrimental health impacts of home-working during lockdown were most acutely experienced by those with existing mental health conditions regardless of age, gender, or work status, and were exacerbated by working regular overtime. In those without mental health conditions, predictors of stress and depressive symptoms were being female, under 45 years, home-working part-time and two dependants, though men reported greater levels of work-life conflict. Place and pattern of work had a greater impact on women. Lower leadership quality was a significant predictor of stress and burnout for both men and women, and, for employees aged > 45 years, had significant impact on level of depressive symptoms experienced. Conclusions Experience of home-working under lockdown varies amongst groups. Knowledge of these differences provide employers with tools to better manage employee wellbeing during periods of crisis. While personal factors are not controllable, the quality of leadership provided to employees, and the ‘place and pattern’ of work, can be actively managed to positive effect. Innovative flexible working practices will help to build greater workforce resilience.
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Yi X, Yang J, Gao X, Li F. The relationship between occupational stress, mental health and work ability of coal chemical workers in Xinjiang. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:903534. [PMID: 36061289 PMCID: PMC9433925 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.903534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To understand the current working ability of coal chemical workers in Xinjiang, and analyze the impact of occupational stress, mental disorders, and their interaction on work ability. To provide a scientific basis for improving the working ability and quality of life of coal chemical workers. METHODS In this study, a stratified random sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey of 1,400 workers in six coal mining enterprises from June to December 2019. The Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERI), the Symptoms Checklist 90 (SCL-90), and the Work Ability Index Scale (WAI) were used to evaluate the level of occupational stress, mental disorders, and the ability to work as coal chemical workers. RESULTS The results showed that WAI scores had statistically significant differences between gender, age, length of service, shift, education, marital status, and monthly income (P < 0.05). The ability to work and its dimensions were inversely correlated with occupational stress, and mental disorders (P < 0.001). Occupational stress and mental disorders are risk factors affecting the ability to work. Workers with high occupational stress* mental disorders (OR = 10.666, 95% CI: 6.443-17.658) are 10.666 times more likely to be at risk for developing poor work ability than low occupational stress* no mental disorders. Structural equation models show that occupational stress and mental health conditions had a direct impact on work ability, and mental health conditions were the mediators of the relationship between occupational stress and work ability. CONCLUSION Occupational stress, mental disorders, and their interaction are risk factors affecting the ability of coal chemical workers to work. Occupational stress can indirectly affect the ability to work through mental health conditions.
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- Xiaoting Yi
- Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Ürümqi, China
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- Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Ürümqi, China
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- Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Ürümqi, China
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- Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Ürümqi, China
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