BACKGROUND Taiwan's National Defense Bureau has been merging its hospitals and adjusting hospital accreditation levels since the beginning of 2006. These changes have introduced many stressors to the healthcare workers in these hospitals. This study investigates the association between job stress, psychological morbidity and quality of life in healthcare workers in three military hospitals. M...

AIMS To identify prognostic indicators independently associated with poor outcome of physiotherapy intervention in women with primary or recurrent stress urinary incontinence (stress UI). METHODS A prospective cohort study was performed in physiotherapy practices in primary care to identify prognostic indicators 12 weeks after initiation of physiotherapy intervention. Patients were referred b...

the aim of the present study was to investigate coaches and young athletes' self-efficacy andyoung athletes' enjoyment from physical activity. the study examined the effect of self-efficacy on enjoyment from physical activity in young athletes using structural equation model (sem) and lisrel software. results showed thatcoaches' self-efficacyhad no significant effects onstudents&...

The issue of parents’ psychological well-being, ability to recognize their physical and emotional resources, avoid exhaustion those resources has become increasingly important. In this context self-compassion could be resource for parents implement positive parenting approaches encourage contact with the child. aim research was examine whether there is an association between perceptions child r...

backgroundresearchers have found that management safety practices may predict occupational injuries and psychological distresses in the workplace. the present study examined the perception of management safety practices related to injuries reporting and its dimensions among workers of isfahan steel company (esco).     methods a self-administered anonymous survey was distributed to 189 workers. ...

abstract background: infants’ feeding is one of the critical periods in women’s health that can influence their life. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between infants’ feeding patterns and mothers’ physical and psychological dimensions of quality of life. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 189 mothers were selected by convenience sampling (n = 63 ...

Abbt and Alderson remark ‘how little time we spend in general practice ... perhaps 8 weeks over an entire degree’ but at Imperial College London and probably at most other medical schools, this represents greater time allotted than for many other specialties. We suggest the focus in medical schools should shift towards improving the quality of general practice placements and promoting the integ...