BACKGROUND Mental disorders have become a topic of increasing interest in research due to their serious consequences for quality of life and functioning. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to explore the relationship of level of education, employment status and working hours with symptoms of common mental disorders (distress, anxiety/depression, sleep disturbance, adverse alcohol beha...

The present study used an open-ended survey to collect information about current eating practices and coping strategies among 218 retired female athletes. An inductive and deductive thematic analysis revealed three themes relevant to the intuitive eating framework-permission to eat; recognizing internal hunger and satiety cues; and eating to meet physical and nutritional needs. Athletes describ...

The aim of the present study was to identify profiles elite athlete mental well- and ill-being how (i.e., subgroups athletes) differed in sport-related demands resources. A total 259 Finnish athletes ( n = 170 active 89 retired) completed quantitative self-report inventories. Through cluster analysis, four were identified. Profile 1 overrepresented by retired, older, male athletes, characterize...

I t is evident that anyone required to perform at a high level in sport or other physically demanding occupation has a limited number of years before demands made on the body begin to take their toll, sometimes accompanied by difficulties of a psychological nature. Although there may be a good deal of informal support from family, friends, and perhaps even other athletes who have retired, in so...

IMPORTANCE To our knowledge, this is the first study to show an association between concussion, cognition, and anatomical structural brain changes across the age spectrum in former National Football League athletes. OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship of hippocampal volume, memory performance, and the influence of concussion history in retired National Football League athletes with and witho...

Introduction: Evidence suggests that a negative energy balance rather than engaging in competitive sports serves as a trigger factor in the pathogenesis of athletic amenorrhea. The purpose of this study was to evaluate energy balance of adolescent females competing in different types of sport. Methods: Energy intake (EI) and energy expenditure (EE) were calculated in females (16.3 ± 2.0 years, ...

I t is evident that anyone required to perform at a high level in sport or other physically demanding occupation has a limited number of years before demands made on the body begin to take their toll, sometimes accompanied by difficulties of a psychological nature. Although there may be a good deal of informal support from family, friends, and perhaps even other athletes who have retired, in so...

Regular physical activity over a long period of time increases the output of the cardiovascular system. That leads to development of a normal (physiological) athlete's heart. Bradycardia, cardiac hypertrophy, and arterial hypotension are three major characteristics of a normal athlete's heart. Changes in parameters of cardiovascular system and features of heart remodeling are determined by type...

nursing management from retired nurses' perspective     nobahar m [1] , ahmadi f* [2] , alhani f [3] , fallahi khoshknab m [4]     received: 9 sep, 2011 accepted: 20 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : managers are one of the effective factors in improvement of the organizations efficacy, effectiveness, and productivity. nursing managers' efficacy has an important role in hea...