TITLE:
Bank Employees and Work-Related Diseases: Predisposing Factors Are Noteworthy
AUTHORS:
Taskin Ozdes, Emel Kurtoglu Ozdes, Oya Guven, Merve Demireller
KEYWORDS:
Work-Related Disease, Bank Employee, Predisposing Factor, Occupational Health, Prevention
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Vol.14 No.11,
November
29,
2024
ABSTRACT: Work-related diseases can have health consequences including stress- and mental health-related disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, and cancer and skin complaints due to exposure to biological agents. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of work-related diseases among bank employees and the independent risk factors for these diseases and to highlight measures that can be taken to prevent the occurrence of such diseases, to improve holistic health, and to raise awareness about work-related disease. Data were collected during face-to-face interviews (n = 796) in the recruitment phase of an international public bank in Istanbul, Türkiye or during periodic examinations in the bank between 2017 and 2019. Data, including socio-demographic characteristics, medical anamneses, physical examination results, laboratory findings, occupational accidents, and occupational disease frequency data, were retrospectively examined, and the results were statistically evaluated. Data were analyzed using the SPSS Statistics 17.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA) package program. Results were considered statistically significant at p