BACKGROUND Most epidemiological data concerning low back pain (LBP) are from high-income countries and there is very little information about LBP in the working population in developing countries. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of LBP in Iranian industrial workers. To explore associations between LBP and physical and psychosocial factors at work, as well as lifestyle factors. METHOD...

background: exposure to job stress causes deleterious effects on physical and mental health of employees and productivity of organizations. objective: to study work-related stressors among employees of prisons of ilam, western iran. methods: in a cross-sectional study conducted from july to october 2013, 177 employees of ilam prisons and security-corrective measures organization were enrolled i...

INTRODUCTION The main purposes of this study were to investigate shift-work-related health problems in 12-h shift schedule and to identify major factors associated with these problems. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted at 8 petrochemical plants. The study population consisted of 1203 workers (549 shift and 654 day workers). Data on personal details, the shift sche...

BACKGROUND Organizational citizenship behavior just referred to a set of discretionary workplace behaviors that exceed one's job requirements. The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between organizational perceived justice and organizational citizenship behavior. METHODS This cross-sectional study was done in Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd, Iran in 2013. A total ...

Improving banks performance is important for investors, creditors and other stakeholders. IT as a strategic resource can help bank managers to gain competitive advantage by improving banks’ capabilities. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of IT and two other variables on firm performance considering the moderating role of environmental dynamism and strategy. IT costs, number of ...

Purpose: Industrial training is a program that aims to provide supervised within particular time frame which can be carried out either in the private sector or government organizations. Research methodology: The data were analyzed using statistical package for prediction. Results: It was observed from view of lecturers industrial improved student’s skills formal and informal communication, help...

the present paper that was based on the documentation method and secondary analysis of data from censuses population and housing statistics center of iran, intended to thoroughly analyze the effects of these factors in rural migration on rural aging population in addition, the increase in aging of iranian employees in agriculture sector and its consequences were examined. results have shown tha...

OBJECTIVES Firefighters tackle various stressors that affect their health and job performance; therefore, assessment of their work ability is necessary. This study aimed to investigate the demographic and occupational determinants of the work ability of firemen. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 375 firemen working in Tehran Fire Department were randomly selected. Demographic, occupation...

Aim/Purpose: To explore the incidence of addiction potential within Iranian public working population, describing how many employees fall diagnostic categories low, moderate, and high potential. Also, to investigate predicting role occupational variables such as perceived stress, job security, satisfaction on belonging categories. Background: Substance among can lead several negative consequenc...