Psychological health and safety are growing priorities in Canadian workplaces, including Canadian healthcare settings. The workplace has a key role to play in promoting mental health. The Canadian Healthcare Association recently adopted a position statement strongly encouraging members and all health stakeholders to adopt and take action to implement the new voluntary standard, outlined in Psyc...

Aim. The article is aimed at determining the indicators of psychological safety inherent in volunteers with signs emotional exhaustion combat zones. Methods. study included following methods: a) testing: Emotional Exhaustion Questionnaire (EEQ), Psychological Safety Individual Questionnaire; b)statistical analysis: methods descriptive statistics (percentage, minimum, maximum, range, standard er...

Workplace safety researchers and practitioners generally agree that it is necessary to understand the psychological factors that influence people's workplace safety behaviour. Yet, the search for reliable individual differences regarding psychological factors associated with workplace safety has lead to sparse results and inconclusive findings. The aim of this study was to investigate whether t...

background: the physical and psychological health of bus drivers is a critical factor in public driving performance. any impairment can have dire consequences for passengers and the company. thus, research on the mental health status of public bus drivers is a critical issue in reducing road accidents, decreasing passengers’ injuries, and ensuring the safety of the operation. materials and meth...

OBJECTIVE To examine individual, situational and organisational aspects that influence psychological impact and recovery of a patient safety incident on physicians, nurses and midwives. DESIGN Cross-sectional, retrospective surveys of physicians, midwives and nurses. SETTING 33 Belgian hospitals. PARTICIPANTS 913 clinicians (186 physicians, 682 nurses, 45 midwives) involved in a patient s...

Psychological safety of employees is very important for organization functioning and development as it contributes to improved team performance, job involvement, sharing information knowledge, ensuring their strong desire continue working developing in the where they work. The purpose study reveal organizational factors psychological at a position, that determine, which characteristics internal...

This report describes the long term safety and efficacy of intrathecal therapy using Sufentanil for the management of chronic intractable neuropathic pain in 12 chronic pain patients. Standardized psychological screening was used to determine treatment suitability. Evaluation data included the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Wong-Baker Faces Scale, Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Disability of Arm, Shou...

This article explores the quantification of mental and behavioural impairment in the context of catastrophic impairment as defined by the Ontario Statutory Accident Benefit Schedule (the "SABS"). It reviews the relevant areas of the SABS, along with key arbitrations, appeals and court rulings relevant to the issue of quantifying mental and behavioural impairments, as well as a psychological per...