Background and Aim : The aim of the present study was to examine the personality variables of morning-type, rigidity, neuroticism , extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness as predictors of shift work tolerance in an industrial company in Ahvaz.   Methods: The sample consisted of 245 shift workers which were selected by the use of stratified random sampling. At first the pa...

Background and Objectives: Shift work as a pervasive phenomenon in various industrial sectors is one of the most stressful factors in the workplace. Considering the contradictory reports on the relationship of shift work and hypertension, the main objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between these two variables among petrochemical industry staff of Mahshahr, Iran. ...

Introduction: Shift work is one of the social phenomena that has its roots in the history of human origin and still exists today for economic and technological reasons. Due to the complications of shift work, the present study was conducted to investigate job fatigue, quality of life, and sleep of shift staff working in Ilam Electric Distribution Company. Materials and Methods: In this descrip...

Background & Objectives: Shiftwork is a social phenomenon that can have adverse effects on human life. Given the importance of the shiftwork system and caused by the related health problems, the present study was conducted to determine the health status of and shift workers in a hospital. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in one of the hospitals in Razan (Iran). The sample siz...

The purpose of this study was to investigate job stress, stressful life events and coping styles among shift and non-shift workers. The present study was a comparative study. The Statistical population consisted of all workers in an industrial company in Isfahan. A sample 90 workers (45 shift workers and 45 non-shift workers) were selected via simple random sampling. Data was collected through ...

  Background and aims Shiftwork that affects diverse aspects of human life is arranged in various schedules, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. This study was carried out with the objectives of determination of common 12-hour shift schedules in petrochemical plants, comparison of shift work health-related problems among employees working in different shift schedules and recommendati...

Introduction: considering the difference of researches’ results of negative effects of shift work scheduels of nurses on their family members, especially the kids, the purpose of this study is to compare behavioral problems of nurseschr('39') kids working in Ayat Allah Kashani Educational Treatment Center in Isfahan based on shift work in 2018. Method: this study is a comparative descriptive re...