introduction: job stress is one of the main characteristics of modern life which is increasing and has been recognized as an important risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. the present study was conducted to determine the association between job stress at work environment and cardiovascular diseases. materials and methods: a number of 300 persons including 150 cases and 150 controls were cons...

BACKGROUND Recently socioeconomic status (SES) and job stress index received more attention to affect mental health. Folate intake has been implicated to have negative association with depression. However, few studies were published for the evidence association together with the consideration of SES and job stress factors. The current study is a part of the Japanese study of Health, Occupation ...

This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of job stress on absence from work caused by illnesses and accidents through a prospective research design. A total of 2,349 manual workers were included in this analysis. In the first survey, job stress was determined using the Korean Occupational Stress Scale-Short Form. In the second survey, information on absence due to accidents or illnesses ...

OBJECTIVES A growing body of literature has documented that job stress is associated with the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). However, the association of WMSDs with job stress has not yet been fully studied in Korean male firefighters. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of WMSDs in almost all Korean male firefighters and to clarify the effect of...

PURPOSE To investigate (a) the effect of job-related stress on job performance among hospital nurses, and (b) the effect of social support from coworkers on the stress-performance relationship. DESIGN A correlational descriptive survey was used to investigate these relationships among a convenience sample of 263 American hospital nurses and 40 non-American nurses who were accessible via the I...

conclusions the analysis of the reliability and validity of the persian version of the hse questionnaire showed that it is a useful and reliable measure to analyze work-related stress. background job stress has recently been regarded as a risk factor for some diseases. objectives in this study, we standardized the persian version of the hse management standards indicator tool and studied the ps...

introduction: the nursing staff, compared to other professions, have less healthy work environment and always face a lot of job stress. the quality of the relationship between nurses and physicians has a significant impact on nurses. thus, the aim of the present study was to determine the correlation between job stress for nurses with professional communication between nurses and physicians. ma...