OBJECTIVES Improvement of psychosocial work environment has proved to be valuable for workers' mental health. However, limited evidence is available for the effectiveness of participatory interventions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect on mental health among nurses of a participatory intervention to improve the psychosocial work environment. METHODS A cluster randomized...

AIM Review of clinical and cognitive predictors of psychosocial functioning during the euthymic period in patients with bipolar disorder type II (BD II) was aimed in this paper. Psychosocial functioning status, clinical and cognitive predictors of psychosocial functioning and assessment of psychosocial functioning during the euthymic period in patients with BD-II were discussed. METHOD Studie...

BACKGROUND It is often suggested that psychosocial factors, such as stress, or one's social position, may play an important role in producing social gradients in human disease. Evidence in favour of this model of health inequalities has relied, in part, on studies of the health effects of the natural social hierarchies found among non-human primates. This study aimed to assess the strength of t...

The assessment of stress in epidemiological studies is challenging. Stress has many conceptualisations: chronic versus acute, objective versus subjective, stimulus versus response, and individual versus organisational/societal levels. The measurement of psychosocial stress may focus on physiological activation, the measurement of stressors, or the subjective stress experience. Measurement may b...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the extent to which low-income African-American children's weight status, psychosocial characteristics and food-related behaviours are associated with that of their adult caregivers. METHODS Cross-sectional data from baseline evaluation of B'More Healthy Communities for Kids obesity prevention trial were used. Outcomes of interest were children's overweigh...

OBJECTIVES Disability in older age has been related to several psychosocial characteristics, including social networks, social engagement, and depression. However, the exact role of these characteristics in the disablement process remains uncertain. METHOD Data come from a population-based study of black and white adults aged ≥65 years (N = 5,306), with up to 9 yearly data on the primary outc...

BACKGROUND Calgary, Alberta has the fourth highest immigrant population in Canada and ethnic minorities comprise 28 % of its total population. Previous studies have found correlations between minority status and poor pregnancy outcomes. One explanation for this phenomenon is that minority status increases the levels of stress experienced during pregnancy. The aim of the present study was to ide...

OBJECTIVE The possible contributions of psychosocial functioning and intelligence differences to socioeconomic status (SES)-related inequalities in premature death were investigated. None of the previous studies focusing on inequalities in mortality has included measures of both psychosocial functioning and intelligence. METHODS The study was based on a cohort of 49 321 men born 1949-1951 fro...

INTRODUCTION Ethnic minority patients on dialysis are reported to have better survival rates relative to Caucasians. The reasons for this finding are not fully understood and European studies are scarce. This study examined whether ethnic differences in survival could be explained by patient characteristics, including psychosocial factors. METHODS We analysed data of the Netherlands Cooperati...