Predictors of Obesity and Physical Health Complaints Among 911 Telecommunicators

The predictors of physical activity among health volunteers based on pender\'s health promotion model

One of the consequences of living in this century of machine and technology development is poverty in movement and reduction in physical activity. This study aimed to examine the predictive factors of physical activity in health volunteers based on the structures of Pender's health promotion model. This study was perform 80 health volunteers working at urban and rural health centers that were s...

Physical job demands and related health complaints among surgeons

PURPOSE Surgeons' poor physical health and high physical job demands might threaten good quality of care. We aimed to compare the prevalence of physical complaints of surgeons, their physical work ability and the physical job demands of surgeons with that of other hospital physicians. METHODS All medical doctors (n = 958) of one academic medical center were invited to complete the online ques...

Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity of Adolescents

Background: Adolescent overweight and obesity are a worldwide public health problem plays an important role in their health. This study was conducted on to determine the prevalence and predictors of adolescent overweight and obesity among Iranian adolescents. Methods: this cross sectional study was conducted among 430 adolescents aged 14-19 years from urban schools of Ardabil city in 2014. Coll...

Physical activity, psychological complaints, and occupational health.

Duty-related trauma exposure in 911 telecommunicators: considering the risk for posttraumatic stress.

Peritraumatic distress may increase the risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in police officers. Much less is known about emotional reactions and PTSD symptomatology in 911 telecommunicators. The current study assessed duty-related exposure to potentially traumatic calls, peritraumatic distress, and PTSD symptomatology in a cross-sectional, convenience sample of 171 telecommunicators. ...