en Occupational Health Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">Background: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">Healthcare workers&rsquo; work performance is an important issue affected by the clinical work environment and equipment. The present study aims to predict healthcare workers&rsquo; work performance based on safety-ergonomic features of hands and medical gloves.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">Materials and Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black"> This cross-sectional study was conducted on healthcare workers at the hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, 2021. Using convenience sampling, 720 healthcare workers were selected. The Patterson&rsquo;s Work Performance Questionnaire and the Medical Gloves Assessment Tool were used to collect the required data on work performance and safety-ergonomic features of medical gloves, respectively.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">Results:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black"> The work performance score was 40% of the maximum achievable score, and the total score of medical gloves was almost half of the ideal state (50.52%). In addition, there was a significant relationship between work performance and safety-ergonomic features of medical gloves (correlation coefficient = 0.868). The overall regression model showed that safety-ergonomic features of medical gloves could predict the healthcare workers&rsquo; work performance (P = 0.001). Accordingly, tactile sensation, dexterity, fitting, reliability, and hand hygiene could predict work performance (P < 0.05), while grip strength alone could not do as such. Besides, fitting was the factor that affected work performance the most (Beta = 0.368).</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">Conclusions:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black"> In general, the results of this study showed that safety-ergonomic features of safety gloves could predict the healthcare workers&rsquo; work performance. In addition, improving safety-ergonomic aspects of personal protective equipment, including medical gloves, might help enhance the quality of healthcare workers&rsquo; performance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div> Work Performance,Protective Gloves,Ergonomics,Safety,Personal Protective Equipment, 231 237 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-506-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Asma Zare zareasma605@gmail.com 22400319475328460011407 22400319475328460011407 No Assistant Prof., Dept., of Occupational Health, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran. Sirjan School of Medical Sciences Mehdi Jahangiri jahangir_m@sums.ac.ir 22400319475328460011408 22400319475328460011408 No Professor, Dept., of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Mozhgan Seif mo_seif@sums.ac.ir 22400319475328460011409 22400319475328460011409 No Assistant Prof., Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Dept., of Biostatistics, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Alireza Choobineh alrchoobin54@gmail.com 22400319475328460011410 22400319475328460011410 Yes Professor, Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Masoomeh Karami Mas_karamii@gmail.com 22400319475328460011411 22400319475328460011411 No Instructor, Dept., of Occupational Health, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran. Sirjan School of Medical Sciences