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The Job that Kills the Worker: Analysis of Two Case Reports on Work-Related Stress Deaths in the COVID-19 Era

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  • Maricla Marrone

    (Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Carlo Angeletti

    (Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Gerardo Cazzato

    (Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), School of Medicine, Aldo Moro University of Bari, 70100 Bari, Italy)

  • Gabriele Sebastiani

    (Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Luigi Buongiorno

    (Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Pierluigi Caricato

    (Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Fortunato Pititto

    (Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Eliano Cascardi

    (Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy
    Pathology Unit, FPO-IRCCS Candiolo Cancer Institute, 10060 Candiolo, Italy)

  • Alessandra Stellacci

    (Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Benedetta Pia De Luca

    (Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an increasing number of corporate layoffs and downsizing, as well as causing many employees to be absent due to illness, with inevitable consequences on the health of active workers both from a physical point of view, due to the need to make up for staff and organizational shortages, and from a mental point of view, due to the inevitable consequences related to the uncertainty of the social context. This context has certainly caused an increase in work-related stress, which is the pathological outcome of a process that affects workers who are subjected to excessive (emotional-relational or high or low or inadequate activity) or improper work loads. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the main aspects of this issue, through the analysis proposed by two case reports, both of which occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, in which occupational stress emerged as an etiological agent in the determinism of death.

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  • Maricla Marrone & Carlo Angeletti & Gerardo Cazzato & Gabriele Sebastiani & Luigi Buongiorno & Pierluigi Caricato & Fortunato Pititto & Eliano Cascardi & Alessandra Stellacci & Benedetta Pia De Luca, 2023. "The Job that Kills the Worker: Analysis of Two Case Reports on Work-Related Stress Deaths in the COVID-19 Era," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-9, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:1:p:884-:d:1024154
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    1. Andrea Conti & Sophia Russotto & Annalisa Opizzi & Matteo Ratti & Daniele Nicolini & Kris Vanhaecht & Massimiliano Panella, 2022. "Work-Related Stress among a Cohort of Italian Long-Term Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Observational Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-10, May.
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