Maritime Medicine

Jan 15, 2025 | bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | Maritime Medicine

This research aimed to identify occupational exposures and occupations associated with CHD in a German population. While several occupations were found to be associated with CHD, there was no conclusive association between occupational exposures and CHD via JEM. In the main study population, the self-reported lifetime prevalence of CHD was 4.6% (males 7.2%, females 2.0%).

May 16, 2024 | bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | Maritime Medicine

ReferencesStatistisches Bundesamt. Ein Viertel aller Erwerbstätigen arbeitete 2021 im Homeoffice. https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Zahl-der-Woche/2022/PD22_24_p002.html. Accessed 27 October 2023. Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. Forschungsbericht 549: Verbreitung und Auswirkungen von mobiler Arbeit und Homeoffice – Kurzexpertise. https://www.bmas.de/DE/Service/Publikationen/Forschungsberichte/fb-549-verbreitung-auswirkungen-mobiles-arbeiten.html. Accessed 27 October 2023.

May 9, 2024 | link.springer.com | Helmholtz Zentrum München |Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |Maritime Medicine

AbstractInsufficient physical activity (PA) is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases posing a significant economic burden to healthcare systems and societies. The study aimed to examine the differences in healthcare and indirect costs between sufficient and insufficient PA and the cost differences between PA intensity groups. The cross-sectional analysis was based on data from 157,648 participants in the baseline examination of the German National Cohort (NAKO) study.

Feb 14, 2024 | bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | Maritime Medicine

A total of 34 interviews were conducted and analyzed. 53% of the participants were female. The participants’ mean age was 38.71 years (± 11.53 years; range = 21-61 years), and their mean work experience was 16.57 years (± 13.37 years; range = 1.5-43 years). Most of the participants (94%) worked full-time. More than one third (38%) had no prior experience with working from home and the majority (82%) started working from home directly at the beginning of the pandemic in Germany in March 2020.

Jan 3, 2024 | bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com | Maritime Medicine

The Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS) is a population-based observational study conducted at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) since 2016 (in detail: [15]). Hamburg is the second most populous city in Germany, with more than 1.8 million inhabitants. It comprises seven districts and 104 urban quarters, accommodating people from diverse social backgrounds. Although Hamburg is predominantly urban, it also includes rural areas.