Distress or no distress, that's the question: A cutoff point for distress in a working population

Distress or no distress, that's the question: A cutoff point for distress in a working population

BACKGROUND The objective of the present study is to establish an optimal cutoff point for distress measured with the corresponding scale of the 4DSQ, using the prediction of sickness absence as a criterion. The cutoff point should result in a measure that can be used as a credible selection instrument for sickness absence in occupational health practice and in future studies on distress and men...

A pilot in distress

Acute kidney injury in patients with chronic renal failure is a common scenario in clinical practice. In many cases, the cause is obvious, as in urinary tract infection, dehydration, use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or recent therapeutic manipulation of the renin–angiotensin– aldosterone system. In some cases, however, the acute element can be more difficult to identify or remain el...

Size Premium, Distress Risk and Distress Anomaly

As documented in Fama and French (1992), small firms’ expected equity returns are usually larger than big firms.’ Notably, Fama and French (1995) attributed this return pattern, dubbed as size premium, to a notion that small firms are assigned a higher risk premium because they face greater risk of distress. However, “distress anomaly” papers including Campbell, Hilscher, and Szilagyi (2008) em...

The NCCN guideline for distress management: a case for making distress the sixth vital sign.

The Relationship between Health Anxiety and Perceived Stress with moral distress in Emergency Nurses: The Mediating Role of distress tolerance

Introduction: Nurses in emergency departments are exposed to stress and ethical issues due to the specific nature of their job. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to present a relationship between health anxiety and perceived stress with Moral distress and mediation of turmoil tolerance in emergency department nurses. Methods: This descriptive correlational study was performed on 230 ...