background: the effect of poor psychosocial work conditions on health status has widely been discussed in occupational literature. job content questionnaire (jcq) is a widely accepted instrument for evaluation of psychosocial work conditions. objective: to determine the reliability and validity of persian version of jcq. methods: the questionnaire was translated into persian and back translated...

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 ...

BACKGROUND Factors that influence unhealthy behaviours in adolescents may have different impacts in different sociocultural settings. There is lack of research on the association between psychosocial vulnerability and unhealthy behaviours in adolescents, particularly outside the United States. The aim was to investigate both direct and indirect relationships between psychosocial conditions (sub...

Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a set of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by deficit in social behaviors and nonverbal interactions onset the first 3 years life. Therefore, present study aimed to clinical features, nutritional status, risk factors, children with autism. Methods: Across section involved total 100 subjects 74 (76%) male 26 (24%) female. The ages were ran...

OBJECTIVE To describe grandparenthood status and determine the relationship between grandparenthood status, metabolic control, and psychosocial factors in African American women with type 2 diabetes. METHODS A secondary, descriptive, exploratory analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between grandparenting status, physiologic indices related to metabolic control (body mass index, ...

The purpose of this investigation was to identify determinants of alcohol consumption based on a number of demographic and psychosocial variables in a group of pregnant women at risk for alcohol consumption. Data were collected on a sample of 232 pregnant females who agreed to participant in a multistate alcohol prevention intervention. The variables of interest included demographic measures of...