in order to investigate the effect of sodium nitroprusside (snp) application on yield and yield components of kidney bean under water deficit stress, a field experiment was conducted in split-factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications in hamedan, in 2012. water deficit stress at four levels including vegetative stress, reproductive stress vegetative+reproductive...

background : infertility causes psychological and emotional tension in the couples and makes severe stress on infertile men and women. relaxation technique is one of the methods that reduces the stress and can balance the human’s emotions. this study aimed to determine the effect of relaxation on the infertile women’s stress score. methods : this was a semi-experimental and clinical trial study...

background and aim: occupational stress is one of the key factors in reducing staff productivity in organizations with physical and psychological impacts on employees. nursing and midwifery are among the most stressful professions. therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between occupational stress and work ability of midwives in mashhad, iran in 2011. materials and methods: t...

Chronic stress contributes to preterm birth (PTB), through direct physiological mechanisms or behavioral pathways. This review identified interventions to prevent PTB through decreased maternal stress. Studies were grouped according to intervention: group prenatal care (11 studies), care coordination (8 studies), health insurance expansion (4 studies), expanded prenatal education/support in the...

background : stress has been defined as a barrier to concentration, problem solving, decision making, and other necessary abilities for students' learning; it also has some symptoms and illnesses in the students such as depression and anxiety. in reviewing stress and its consequences, the methods of coping with stress in the method of response to it would be more important than the nature of st...

objective: to compare the effectiveness of group training of stress management with cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) in reducing depression, anxiety and stress perceived among hiv-positive men. methods:inthis semi-experimental study, three groups of hiv-positive men (cbt group, stress management group, and control group) including 15 patients in each group were compared regarding depression, ...

background: the use of psychology in the workplace and accurate scientific findings in this field, in addition to reducing work-related diseases, can promote the performance of employees. nursing is a stressful job and can be the cause of physical and mental disorders. this study investigates the relationship of personality traits and demographic factors with occupational stress. materials and ...

background: it has been prover that the prevalence of experiencing job related stress is very high among the dentists. this stress can be the result of factors such as poor lightening of dental office and noise. this stress can cause emotional distress and threaten dentists’ physical health and affect the quality of their life. this study is conducted to determine dentists’ professional quality...

background: nursing is naturally a stressful job. stress in nurses can cause depression, isolation from patients, absence and decrease in their qualification. this study aimed to determine the causes of job stress in nurses of kashan, iran. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 189 nurses from kashan hospitals of different wards were studied. the information collection tool was ...