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Emerging issues in occupational disease: mental health in the aging working population and cognitive impairment - a narrative review

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dc.contributor.authorGiorgi, G.
dc.contributor.authorLecca, L.I.
dc.contributor.authorLeon Perez, J.
dc.contributor.authorPignata, S.
dc.contributor.authorTopa, G.
dc.contributor.authorMucci, N.
dc.contributor.editorRuge, D.
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractCognitive impairment has often been reported in scientific literature as a concern derived from chronic exposure to work-related stress. Organizational factors can contribute to the onset of this concern especially in a susceptible population such as elderly workers. The aim of our study was to review the last five years of scientific literature, focusing on experimental and epidemiological studies, possible mechanisms implicated in the onset of cognitive decline due to work-related stress, and the recent organizational strategies to prevent detrimental effects of stress on cognitive processes. A literature search was performed in scientific platforms Medline and Web of Science, by means of specific string search terms, restricting the search to the years of publication 2014-2019. Thirty-three articles were identified and qualitatively evaluated, reporting narratively the main point of interest. At this stage, six articles were excluded because they did not meet the inclusion criteria. Only a few articles considered the population of the elderly workers, often with a short follow-up period. Strategies to manage stress with organizational procedures are scarce. Mechanisms implicated in the development of cognitive impairment due to stress are not fully explained and seem to include a chronical decrease in the inhibitory process of neurological pathways. Further research that focused on strategies to manage stress in elderly workers, with the aim of preventing cognitive impairment processes, is warranted.
dc.identifier.citationBioMed Research International, 2020; 2020(1742123):1-6
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2020/1742123
dc.identifier.issn2314-6133
dc.identifier.issn2314-6141
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/141740
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHindawi
dc.rightsCopyright 2020 Gabriele Giorgi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2020/1742123
dc.subjectaging
dc.subjectAlzheimer disease
dc.subjectcognitive defect
dc.subjectdementia
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectjob stress
dc.subjectreview
dc.titleEmerging issues in occupational disease: mental health in the aging working population and cognitive impairment - a narrative review
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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