AIMS (1) To describe the prevalence of fatigue among employees in different work schedules (day work, three-shift, five-shift, and irregular shift work); (2) to investigate whether different work schedules are related to increasing fatigue over time, while taking into account job title and job characteristics; and (3) to study fatigue among shift workers changing to day work. METHODS Data fro...

AIM Career satisfaction level, degree of mental distress associated with certain work-related factors, and demographics were examined for the first time in obstetricians and gynecologists in Japan. MATERIAL AND METHODS Associations between the score on Kessler 6 screening scale, or the job satisfaction level, and the scores on the job content questionnaire, Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ),...

Some researchers have suggested that oxidative damage may be one of the mechanisms linking job stress with coronary heart disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between job stress indicators and oxidative biomarkers. The study included 567 subjects (272 men, 295 women) who answered questionnaires related to their work and underwent a medical examination. Job stress ev...

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...

background the purpose of this study was to measure the level of quality of work life (qwl) among hospital employees in iran. additionally, it aimed to identify the factors that are critical to employees’ qwl. it also aimed to test a theoretical model of the relationship between employees’ qwl and their intention to leave the organisation. methods a survey study was conducted based on a sample ...

BACKGROUND Faced with the challenge of population aging, a prolonged working life is increasingly important in today's society. Maintaining work ability of employees is one of the effective ways to cope with the challenges to sustainability of the workforce presented by population aging. Researchers have shown ongoing interest in exploring the determinants of restricted work ability. The aim of...

BACKGROUND In recent years, job stress has been cited as a risk factor for some diseases. OBJECTIVES Given the importance of this subject, we established a new model for classifying job stress among Iranian male staff using path analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was done on male staff in Tehran, Iran, 2013. The participants in the study were selected using a proport...

the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between personality extraversion-introversion with job satisfaction in disabled employees. this  was a descriptive-analytical study of correlation type. the target population included all of the disabled employed in the offices of aligudarz county who were 100 people, which were selected by census method, and all of them completed the questio...