aim and background: it is estimated that coronary heart diseases (chd) will be the major cause of mortality by the year 2020. the traditional factors such as age, genetics, smoking and obesity, account only half of the variance in chd.  therefore, regarding increasing concern about the psychosocial factors, the purpose of present study was to evaluate the role of personality, stress and social ...

While recent publications indicate that employees in human service professions have higher risk of sickness absence and mental ill-health, little is known about the association with other health outcomes and possible mechanisms behind the differential risk. This study investigates differences in burnout, self-rated health and sickness absence between those in human service professions and other...

the goal of this research is to measure the rate of quality of work life of facultymembers in university of tehran. the research type in regard to goal is appliedinvestigative and in regard to data collecting method is descriptive investigative andof measurement branch. the statistical population is faculty members of universityof tehran’s paradises and colleges. in this research, after identif...

OBJECTIVE Flight baggage handlers sort and load luggage to airplanes. This study aimed at investigating associations between psychosocial exposures and low back and shoulder musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among Swedish flight baggage handlers. METHODS A questionnaire addressing MSDs (Standardized Nordic Questionnaire) and psychosocial factors (Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, COPSOQ) ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether adverse psychosocial and individual psychological factors increase the risk of pain across regional sites. METHODS A prospective study was conducted of newly employed workers from 12 diverse occupational groups. Near to the beginning of subjects' employment, details of work related psychosocial factors and individual psychological distress were obtained by means...

BACKGROUND Adverse psychosocial work environments may lead to impaired mental health, but it is still a matter of conjecture if demonstrated associations are causal or biased. We aimed at verifying whether poor psychosocial working climate is related to increase of redeemed subscription of antidepressant medication. METHODS Information on all antidepressant drugs (AD) purchased at pharmacies ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine how employee well-being, psychosocial factors at work, leadership and perceived occupational health services predict entering rehabilitation as modelled in the Job Well-being Pyramid. METHODS A random population of 967 civil servants participated in a survey on psychosocial factors and health at work in 2000 in Finland. A total of 147 employees...