Reingard Seibt

University of Rostock · Institut für Präventivmedizin

Hintergrund/Ziel: Der Fragebogen Work Ability-Index (WAI) liefert als Screeninginstrument für den betrieblichen Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz Aussagen zur aktuellen arbeitsbezogenen Anforderungsbewältigung, individuellem Gesundheitszustand und Leistungsreserven. In WAI-Anwenderkreisen wird für die Originalversion die Ersetzung der zeitaufwendigen...

Background Shift work is often associated with adverse effects on cardiovascular health of employees. Only a few studies address the strain of shift and day workers on non-working days compared to working days. Aims This study aims to determine how the cardiovascular strain of hotel and catering industry (HCI) employees who work alternating shifts...

Ziel der Studie: Hintergrund der Studie stellen die Diskussionen um die berufliche Arbeitsfähigkeit von Lehrkräften im Kontext hoher psychischer Belastungen und berufsbedingter Erkrankungen dar, die sich auch in hohen Zahlen der Frühberentung widerspiegeln (Weber et al., 2002). Es sollte der Zusammenhang von berufs- und gesundheitsbezogenen Faktore...

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of selected groups of diagnoses and to evaluate the mental health among Saxon female and male teachers in primary, secondary modern and grammar schools. Methods: A sample of 860 female and 126 male Saxon teachers in 108 primary schools, 51 secondary modern schools and 23 grammar schools was i...

Zusammenfassung Problem- und Zielstellung Eingeschränkte kardiorespiratorische Fitness (CRF) gilt als Risikofaktor für die Entwicklung von Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen. Häufig erfolgt die CRF-Ermittlung mit dem submaximalen Belastungs-EKG (Fahrradergometrie). Es mangelt an Testverfahren, die ortsunabhängig und ökonomisch als Screeninginstrument zur...

Purpose: Psychosocial work stress, and shift and night work are considered risk indicators for impaired health. Using the effort-reward (ER) model, it was possible to examine which relationships exist for shift workers between clusters (CL) of different levels of psychosocial work stress and overcommitment (OC) and cardiovascular or psychological h...

Worldwide, a significant proportion of teachers retires prematurely for health reasons or at their own request. The study examines whether male and female teachers differ in terms of working conditions and coping with high work demands as well as individual factors that promote early retirement. A cross-sectional study was conducted to collect data...

Background The work of teachers has changed due to an increase in the range of tasks. However, there is a lack of current information on working hours, task distribution and the possible health effects. Methods For the first time for Germany as a whole, a cross-sectional survey determined how long teachers at upper-level secondary schools work per...

Recovery is necessary to maintain workers’ health and efficiency. Shift work has been associated with delayed recovery processes. The objective of this study was to examine the cardiovascular and self-reported recovery measures of German shift and day workers in the hotel and catering industry. Furthermore, it aimed to clarify to what extent shift...

Teachers are at increased risk of stress-related illnesses and burnout symptoms. Thus, a cross-sectional study involving 6109 full-time and 5905 part-time teachers at upper-level secondary schools examined the influence of presumed work-related and personal characteristics on burnout risk between January and April 2018. Burnout was recorded using t...

Der Begriff der Leistungsfähigkeit von Menschen wird neben der Arbeitsmedizin und Arbeitswissenschaft auch in vielfältigen anderen Zusammenhängen verwendet. Leistungsfähigkeiten sind zurückzuführen auf physische, sensorische, kognitive und psychische Leistungsvoraussetzungen. Bei der Betrachtung von physischen Leistungsfähigkeiten sind Wechselwirku...

The concept of human performance is used in occupational medicine and occupational science and in many other contexts. Performance is attributable to physical, sensory, cognitive and psychological performance prerequisites. When considering physical performance, interactions with other levels of human performance including resilience must be taken...

Background Studies on teachers working time (TWT) have previously been based on questionnaires or working time protocols with mostly retrospective data. To measure the TWT in real time, a working time-app (LaiW-app) for mobile devices was developed and tested for high school teachers (HST). The aim was to investigate the extent to which the LaiW-ap...

Purpose Shift work is associated with an impairment of sleep–wake cycles that can affect cardiovascular recovery (CR) negatively. The aim of this study was to examine CR of shift and day workers in the hotel and catering industry (HCI) and identify predictors of CR. Methods The sample consisted of 64 alternating and 96 day workers in the HCI. Moni...

Working time structure of secondary school teachers in the course of the day and the week – an app-based pilot study Introduction: In previous studies on teachers’ working hours, the focus was primarily on the quantitative determination of weekly working hours. However, virtually no record was made of job-specific and health-relevant features in t...

Introduction: In previous studies on teachers' working hours, the focus was primarily on the quantitative determination of weekly working hours. However, virtually no record was made of job-specific and health-relevant features in the daily working time structure. The aim was therefore to examine the time distribution of the working hours of high s...

Background: The human resources required on large cruise ships can only be secured with crew members from different countries of origin with different health statuses. Method: The present secondary data analysis is to determine whether there is an increased frequency of treatment for crew members for certain diseases or injuries, or a difference in...

Blood pressure is the most important, modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Lifestyle factors and also workload are the main, potential risk factors for the development of hypertension. This study focused on the early detection of unknown hypertension by screening employees in the hotel and restaurant industry (HRI). 148 HRI employees...

Objectives: Limited research on the health situation of teachers on long-term sick leave is available. The aim of this study has been to describe the health status of female teachers on long-term sick leave (LSFT) in comparison to working female teachers (WFT) and to determine predictors for their state of mental health (MH) and cardiovascular fit...

Hintergrund/Zielsetzung: Wahrend laparoskopischer Eingriffe kommt es bei den Chirurgen zu biomechanischen Belastungen und somit zu einer erhohten Pravalenz von Muskel-Skelett-Beschwerden im Schulter-Nacken-Bereich und Hand-Arm-Bereich. In diesem Forschungsprojekt wurde ein spezifisches Unterstutzungssystem zur Belastungsreduktion fur laparoskopisch...

Background and aim Health is a central precondition for work ability (WA). Statements about teachers’ health are mainly based on self-reports, while physiological health data are rarely considered. A comparison between teachers and the working population is lacking. It should be clarified to what extent teachers differ from a local sample of the wo...

Background The health of teachers is of individual, economic, and social interest. Implementing effective and efficient health protection for teachers and pupils in the school environment is possible. Fundamental health protection is based on the implementation of the occupational health and safety law. This paper describes the implementation of oc...

Background and objectives The teaching profession is considered a profession with high mental and emotional demands which not all teachers are able or willing to pursue until their retirement age. However, there are no well-founded and approved staff development strategies and career models for the teaching profession. This qualitative study examin...

Aim: Teaching as a profession is characterized by a particular set of strains, which may lead to psychic diseases and burnout. The aim of this study was to elaborate the relationship between a specific strain in teaching profession and the risk of burnout with regard to age and overcommitment (OC). Method: The examinations were conducted with 132 t...

Musculoskeletal disorders are a public health problem with significant effects on work ability. In the context of the promotion and prevention of work-related health, there is a need for valid, simple, time-saving and universally applicable methods for the assessment of musculoskeletal pain and complaints. The aim of this study was the translation...

Zielstellung. Zur Verringerung der schichtbezogenen Belastungen kann die arbeitswissenschaftliche Gestaltung von Schichtplänen beitragen. Ziel der Studie ist es zu prüfen, inwieweit bei einem 12-Stunden- (12-h-S) und einem 8-Stunden-Schichtsystem (8-h-S) unterschiedliche Wirkungen auf die kardiovaskuläre Gesundheit, das Schlafverhalten und die Work...

Limited research is available that examines the nutritional behaviour and health of hotel staff working alternating and regular shifts. To analyse the nutritional behaviour and health of employees working in alternating and regular shifts. The study used an ex post facto cross-sectional analysis to compare the nutritional behaviour and health param...

Almost 800 000 teachers were working in Germany in the 2012-13 school year. A determination of the most common medical problems in this large occupational group serves as the basis for measures that help maintain teachers' health and their ability to work in their profession. We present our own research findings, a selective review of the literatur...

Background: Almost 800 000 teachers were working in Germany in the 2012–13 school year. A determination of the most common medical problems in this large occupational group serves as the basis for measures that help maintain teachers' health and their ability to work in their profession.

Altersbezogene Effekte men-taler Leistungsfähigkeit und deren Zusammenhang zu per-sonenbezogenen Merkmalen bei Lehrerinnen Abstract ▼ Aim: Mental ability is considered as a resource that supports coping processes among teachers. It consists of fl uid speed-orientated components and crystallised precision-orientated components. Both components are s...

Ungünstige Motive und unrealistische Erwartungen für den Lehrerberuf führen bei angehenden Lehrkräften häufig zu Studienabbrüchen oder stehen im späteren Verlauf mit einem erhöhten Risiko für psychische Erkrankungen in Zusammenhang. Mit einem halbstandardisierten Experteninterview wurden die Motive und Erwartungen an den Lehrerberuf von Lehramtsstu...

Anzeige Gesundheitswesen 2014; 76 - A174 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1387024 Belastungsfaktoren und Erholungsunfähigkeit im Lehrerberuf – ein Altersgruppenvergleich F Seiboth 1, S Darius 1, R Seibt 2, I Böckelmann 1 1Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Medizinische Fakultät Bereich Arbeitsmedizin, Magdeburg 2Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden Kongressbei...

High degrees of premature retirement among teachers warrant investigating the occupational burden and the mental health status of this profession.A sample of 1074 German teachers participated in this study. Two samples of the general population (N = 824 and N = 792) were used as comparison groups. Work distress was assessed with the Effort–Reward-I...

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The heart rate variability (HRV) is established by means of analysis of a heart rate sequence and characterises several aspects connected with the vegetative nervous system and the condition of the circulatory system. Since occupational medicine is increasingly psychic- or neuro-related, and so far increasingly cardio-preventive, the HRV is also be...

Aim: Mental ability is considered as a resource that supports coping processes among teachers. It consists of fluid speed-orientated components and crystallised precision-orientated components. Both components are subject to differential aging processes and are affected by personal factors. In this context, the effects of age and the correlation b...

Teaching profession is characterised by an above-average rate of psychosomatic and mental health impairment due to work-related stress. The aim of the study was to identify predictors of mental health in female teachers. A sample of 630 female teachers (average age 47±7 years) participated in a screening diagnostic inventory. Mental health was surv...

The Article describes a suggestion for the quantitative definition of muscular fatigue based on the fatigue induced decrease of maximum voluntary contraction (mvc). The quantitative definition allows scaling and comparison of muscular fatigue.

The Article describes the theoretical basics of a Method for determining and scaling the amount of skeletal muscular fatigue independent from diversifying force by using characteristics of surface electromyographic values.

Ziel: Das ERI-Modell konzeptionalisiert den Zusammenhang des (chronisch erlebten) Ungleichgewichts von Verausgabung und Belohnung (ERI) und gesundheitlichen Folgen. Fur Manner werden widerspruchliche Effektstarken fur Zusammenhange zwischen arbeitsbedingten Gratifikationskrisen und Gesundheitsindikatoren berichtet. Ziel der Studie war es, diese Zus...

Purpose: Teachers and physicians experience high levels of psychological strain in their professions. Over long periods of time, improper amounts of psychological strain can lead to burnout. One possible source of improper strain is a perceived imbalance between effort and reward experienced in the workplace (Effort-Reward-Imbalance-ERI). Although...

Since the German labour protection law came into force on 7th August 1996, companies are legally obligated to conduct risk assessments including assessments of psychological work load. Nevertheless, up to now only few companies conduct such psychological risk assessments. Against this background the paper gives a possible systematization and overvi...

Zusammenfassung Unternehmen sind seit dem in Krafttreten des Arbeitsschutzgesetzes vom 7. August 1996 gesetzlich zu Gefährdungsbeurteilungen inklusive der Beurteilung psychischer Gefährdungen verpflichtet. Dennoch werden bis heute nur sehr wenige Gefährdungsbeurteilungen mit Erhebung der psychischen Belastungen in Betrieben durchgeführt. Vor diesem...

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Teacher's volume of employment and health status are controversially discussed in the current literature. This study focused on female teachers with part-time versus full-time jobs in association with working conditions and health status depending on age. A sample of 263 part-time and 367 full-time female teachers (average age 46.7 ± 7.8 vs. 46.0 ±...

Zusammenfassung Der zunehmende Anstieg psychischer Belastungen und Beanspruchungen und deren Folgen in der modernen Arbeitswelt erfordert Messverfahren, die in der betriebsärztlichen Praxis eine zuverlässige und praktikable Erfassung von Komponenten dieser Konstrukte ermöglichen. Die Praxis zeigt, dass bisher eine konzeptionelle und befundgestützte...

The Work Ability Index (WAI) is a well-established instrument to measure work ability. However, the dimensionality of the WAI remains controversial. To identify the dimensionality of the WAI and to investigate dependencies of factors and subscales. The sample analysed in this study consisted of 371 subjects of different occupational groups (teacher...

Background. The rate of ageing can differ considerably between individuals. This might result in major differences between calendar age (CA) and biological age (BA). Aims. To identify work- and health-related predictors of the discrepancy between CA and BA. Methods. The sample analysed in this study consisted of 371 subjects of different occupation...

The rate of ageing can differ considerably between individuals. This might result in major differences between calendar age (CA) and biological age (BA). To identify work- and health-related predictors of the discrepancy between CA and BA. The sample analysed in this study consisted of 371 subjects of different occupational groups (teachers, office...

Aim: Associations between the workload of teachers and their health status are currently the subject of controversial discussion in the literature. The present study aims to analyse associations between working conditions, health status and personal age-related factors for part-time and full-time teachers. Method: During psychological-medical healt...

Aim This study aimed to detect health- and work-related predictors of poor and good work ability in teachers (TE) and office workers (OW). Method Work ability and its influence factors were analyzed in 100 female TE and 60 female OW aged between 25 and 60 years. The work ability was evaluated with the work ability index questionnaire and the health...

Published in Arbeitsmed Sozialmed Umweltmed. 2009; 44(3): 142.

Published in Abstractband zur 4. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie "Von der Prävention zur Prognose: Epidemiologie und patientenorientierte Forschung" in Münster, 16.-19. September 2009, Münster: Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster; 2009.

Background The health and stress situations of teachers are different from those of individuals in other professions. Moreover, teachers also have an important responsibility for health promotion in our society. Results Based on results regarding the health and stress of teachers, as well as on our experiences in occupational medicine and schools,...

Background In respect of results reporting an above-average rate of psychosomatic and mental health impairment in teaching profession due to work related stress, the aim of this study was to record personal and work related factors and to analyse their influence on mental health of teachers. Methods A sample of 986 teachers in primary-, secondary-...