Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality across globe. Activity status used as a social class marker CVDs. Objectives: The present study aimed to analyze associations between occupational CVDs in Iranian population. Methods: cross-sectional was conducted on 9,990 subjects aged 35-70 years enrolled Rafsanjan Cohort Study (RCS), one Prospective Epid...

Thzs is the first in a serzes of artzcles addressing critical issues facing the profession. Those issues are presented to inform members of their complexity and to provide members with specific actions they can take to support the continued strengthemng of the role of occupational therapy in health and educatzon. Thzs article was prepared by Jane D. Davy, OTR, and Mary Peters, M.S., OTR, Govern...

objective(s) alzheimer’s disease (ad) is a complex disease with multifactorial etiology. inflammation has been proven to have an important role in the pathogenesis of ad. both ccr2 and ccr5 genes expression increase in ad patients comparing to control subjects. ccr5 gene encodes a protein which is a member of the beta chemokine receptors family of integral membrane proteins. ccr5-δ32 is a genet...

BACKGROUND Occupational injury is related to personal characteristics. This phenomenon is a controversial issue. This paper presents the relationships of certain occupational and individual characteristics with frequency of occupational injuries. METHODS A standardized injury questionnaire was completed for 199 employees in a big Iranian industrial company (MAPNA Group) by the researcher in t...

This special issue of The American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) is devoted to the issues of home health care. Although the importance of the home environment in the treatment of illness has been well known, its importance has now been formalized by third-party payers for home health care services. Between 1974 and 1982, Medicare program payments for home health services increased 965....

Several observations have addressed high rates of occupational burnout among personnel of emergency medical services (EMSs) centers. Occupational burnout influences EMS personnel's well-being and quality of life. The main objective of this study was to assess burnout and its determinants among Iranian EMS personnel. This study was carried out at all EMS centers in two provinces of Kermanshah an...

This paper describes the research process and methodology used in the American Occupational Therapy Association/American Occupational Therapy Foundation Clinical Reasoning Study. This study examined the clinical reasoning of occupational therapists through a 2-year ethnography of therapists at one hospital site. The research was innovative in several important respects. One important innovation...

This article reports some of the results of the American Occupational Therapy Association/American Occupational Therapy Foundation Clinical Reasoning Study. Therapists are thought to use three different types of reasoning when solving problems in day-to-day practice. Procedural reasoning guides the therapist in thinking about the patient's physical performance problems. Interactive reasoning is...

The evolution of quality assurance as an essential component of a scientific, objective approach to health care delivery, and its implications for the profession of occupational therapy are presented. A review is made of the economic, ethical, psychological, and legislative forces that have influenced the development of quality assurance over the past century, a development that has seen times ...