stress management for preoperative patients     v. tayebi [1]     abstract     introduction: sugary, regardless of its kind and severity, is a major stress situation for any patient. although, several articles have been published on mentally preparation for surgery, there is still very little knowledge about that.   results: prevention of heavy complications due to preoperative stress, needed t...

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...

BACKGROUND Six years of recent ongoing economic and structural crisis in Croatia have brought to a significant decrease of socioeconomic standard in our country, and had an important impact on the health care system. In this background we examined the prevalence of depression and burnout and their association with work stressors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Cross sectional survey was conducted with ...

BACKGROUND Psoriasis is a chronic dermatosis of unknown etiology with a tendency to relapse after treatment. The disease is frequently linked to psychological stress due to the embarrassment caused by the lesions. OBJECTIVE To analyze the stress level presented by psoriasis patients followed at the Dermatology Service of a public hospital in Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil. METHODS A cross-se...

This cross-sectional, analytical and correlational study investigated the existence of Burnout based on a sample of 149 nurses of a university tertiary hospital from October to December 2008 and correlate Burnout with stressors in the hospital work environment. The Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Nurses' Stress Inventory and a questionnaire to characterize the subjects were applied. The results ...

Introduction: A psychological distress is highly prevalent conditions among haemodialysis patients, but often under diagnosed and untreated. It could have negative impacts on their treatment prognosis of the disease. The purpose this study was to assess prevalence in patients receiving a teaching hospital.
 Methods: This quantitative cross-sectional comprised 59 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD...

background and objectives: accreditation is a widely used mechanism to keep organization adherent to the established standards. the aim of the study was to identify barriers towards promotion of accreditation in the iranian hospitals, and exploring the potential overcoming strategies.   methods: a qualitative study design was adopted. data were collected using a questionnaire with open question...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association of non-invasive cardiac stress testing before elective intermediate to high risk non-cardiac surgery with survival and hospital stay. DESIGN Population based retrospective cohort study. SETTING Acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada, between 1 April 1994 and 31 March 2004. PARTICIPANTS Patients aged 40 years or older who underwent specific elective ...