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The Relationship Between Vitamin D Deficiency Predisposition Among Healthy Young Individuals: A Few Considerations for Human Wellbeing and Overall System Performance

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Abstract

Quality of life in the workplace considering workers’ health is a defining factor allowing companies to remain competitive while their workers remain productive. However, in order to attain this goal, companies also need to consider a variable that is still not so much taken into account during job design, work organization, or even in the way their built structures are conceived. In this paper this variable translates into vitamin D, since it can prevent musculoskeletal disorders, and thus contribute to health maintenance. The method is comprised of bibliographic and exploratory research embodying a questionnaire based on empirical, scientific, and sociotechnical aspects. As for the main result, this study exposes a gap in terms of research and recommends investigation in different areas in order to contribute to the improvement of human wellbeing and overall system performance.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, particularly the undergraduate students who answered the survey, and the Polytechnic School for making it possible for this research to be presented at the conference.

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    Rosimeire Sedrez Bitencourt, Ester Farias de Souza & Carlos Alberto da Rosa

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Appendix: Online and Paper-Based Questionnaire

Appendix: Online and Paper-Based Questionnaire

(1) Personal questions

1. What is your age?

2. What is your gender?

3. Do you have brown skin?

4. Are you overweight?

5. Do you feel muscle fatigue, bone, or joint pain?

6. Do you use sunscreen to sunbathe?

7. Do you rarely stay outdoors between 10 am–3 pm?

8. Do you usually eat fish or take vitamin D capsules?

9. Are you pregnant?

10. Do you have AIDS or kidney, liver, thyroid diseases?

11. Do you take any medication that affects vitamin D absorption (e.g. Xenical, Dilantin, drugs against tuberculosis)?

12. Are you a current or past smoker?

13. Do you frequently protect yourself from the sun with clothes or umbrella?

14. Did you get a tan last summer (in case you have had vacations)?

15. Have you ever been diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer?

16. How much time do you spend outdoors on weekends, between 9 am–3 pm?

17. How much time do you spend outdoors on weekends before 9 am and after 3 pm?

18. Do you usually wear long-sleeved clothes during winter?

19. At what time do you start and finish classes?

20. Do you work?

(2) In case you have answered positively the last question, please continue the survey

1. At what time do you start and finish work?

2. What is the sector you are working for?

3. Do you take other breaks other than lunch or dinner break? If so, please specify the time period

4. Do you have flexibility to define your own break time? If not, please specify who is responsible for that in your company

5. During break time is there an open area (where it would be possible to sunbathe)?

6. Are you comfortable with your office hours? If not, specify the reason

7. Regarding your working lunch habits, which occur more often?

8. Are the meals provided at the company’s cafeteria?

9. In case there is a cafeteria, which of the below is most similar to your company’s?

10. Are there initiatives to promote workers’ health, wellbeing or quality of life?

11. Considering the initiatives below, which ones are promoted by the company?

12. Do you have health insurance?

13. Regarding your vitamin D level

14. Are there windows at your workplace that allow you to keep track of the sunlight?

15. The windows in your office big enough to allow the sunlight to reflect directly into the work environment?

16. In your perception, are there enough windows when compared to your office’s total area?

17. Are there transparent tiles in the company´s facilities that allow direct sunlight to come in?

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Bitencourt, R.S., de Souza, E.F., da Rosa, C.A. (2016). The Relationship Between Vitamin D Deficiency Predisposition Among Healthy Young Individuals: A Few Considerations for Human Wellbeing and Overall System Performance. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 485. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41983-1_19

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