Oral health promotion and disease prevention strategies need to be developed to facilitate the health, well-being and performance of elite athletes.
This paper explores how the design of health facilities impacts on the well-being and performance of healthcare workers.
The aim of the DISCovery project is to develop and implement tailored work-oriented interventions to improve health, well-being, and performance of health care personnel.
This is a striking statement considering the preventable nature of oral diseases and their potential for impact on health, well-being and performance of otherwise healthy, fit and highly prepared athletes.
The second approach was Carayon et al's 32 Safety and Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) proposed model of human factors interactions (people, tasks, technology and tools, environment and organisation) and related outcomes (eg, the well-being and performance of people and organisations) for healthcare systems.
Previous studies have also reported adverse impacts of oral health on the well-being and performance of athletes including anecdotal evidence from the Olympic Games in Mexico City. 5 More robust data from the 1992 Barcelona Games found a negative effect on everyday life in 41% of athletes which was similar to the present findings with 5% reporting an effect on sporting performance.
This underlines the idea that psychological withdrawal can be an ineffective and dysfunctional coping strategy, which may affect the well-being, behaviour and performance of an employee.
Poor oral health can affect well-being, training and performance of athletes.
The aim of this study was to evaluate oral health, the determinants of oral health and the effect of oral health on well-being, training and performance of athletes participating in the London 2012 Games.
During an initial study visit before the main testing day, participants completed a familiarisation with the tasks performed on the PC and completed a questionnaire concerning general levels of well-being and performance at work (these acted as baseline scores of well-being and performance).
The positive effects on the health and performance of human beings in response to biophilic design of the built environment have been verified by extensive scientific studies in different settings: healthcare facilities, workplaces, children's spaces, community spaces, etc.
