BACKGROUND Asthma is an obstructive airway disease characterized by airway inflammation. OBJECTIVE To measure systemic inflammation in asthma patients, and to assess the effect of treatment on systemic inflammation. METHODS In 30 newly diagnosed non-randomized adult asthma patients we measured systemic inflammation markers (serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, total leukocyte count, a...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors influencing health promoting behavior(s) office worker males in COVID-19 pandemic by applying Pender’s promotion model.Methods: participants were 149 male workers at companies located S, G and S cities. collected data analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient a stepwise multiple regressio...

BACKGROUND In 2011, the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries launched the Danish Organic Action Plan 2020 intending to double the organic agricultural area in Denmark. This study aims to measure experienced physical and psychological wellbeing at work along with beliefs and attitudes among kitchen workers before and after participating in educational training programmes in organic...

Background: People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at high risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and CVD mortality. Reduced Chronotropic response (CR), which produces exercise intolerance, is known as a contributing factor to Studies have shown that people RA reduced CR. However, knowledge about the factors associated CR in limited. Objectives: To explore including factors, inflammatory mar...

This study examined the association of autonomy-related variables, including exercise motivation, with psychological well-being and quality of life, during obesity treatment. Middle-aged overweight/obese women (n = 239) participated in a 1-year behavioral program and completed questionnaires measuring need support, general self-determination, and exercise and treatment motivation. General and o...

OBJECTIVE Iran ranks 173 out of 180 countries on an index of press freedom. The purpose of the study was to assess the psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists and document the stressors encountered in their work. DESIGN A secure website was established and participants were given their unique identifying number and password to access the site. SETTING Newsrooms in Iran and the diaspo...

COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented health and economic crises across the world. Millions of businesses have been obliged to shut down, millions jobs lost. These effects a very severe economic-related stress level, which can consequences on psychological well-being (PWB) commitment (EC). This study examined relationships between objective subjective indicators income-related employment-...

BACKGROUND Television is a source from which children gain information about life and experience different types of behavior. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) has not been used thoroughly to evaluate the behavioral effects of television viewing on children. OBJECTIVE To examine the competency and problem behavior correlates of television viewing in school-aged children using the CBCL. DE...

BACKGROUND In rich countries, smokers, active or passive, often belong to disadvantaged groups. Less is known of tobacco patterns in the developing world. Hence, we seek out to investigate mental and physical health consequences of smoke exposure as well as tobacco-related inequality in transitional middle-income Thailand. METHODS We studied a nationwide cohort of 87,151 middle-aged and older...