AIM This paper is a report of a correlational study of the relationships between work-related injury-risk events and modifiable risk factors in a nursing population after controlling for socioeconomic factors. BACKGROUND Nurses are at high risk for work-related injury. Work-related injury is strongly influenced by psychosocial factors and physical job-related exposures, but the magnitude of e...

Background To support promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental illness school nurses need to be mental health literate. Methods Three hundred and thirty-nine school nurses employed in government and private schools from three Emirates in the UAE were surveyed. A culturally adapted Mental Health Literacy questionnaire comprising three vignettes of fictional characters meeting di...

Background: Medical students, especially those of higher classes, are more likely to be severely distressed due their clinical rotations. Moreover, exposure critical patients, lack social life and selection speciality etc few the stresses in lives senior medical students. Aim: To assess degree mental stress Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methodology: The M.B.B.S students i.e., third, four...

BACKGROUND Prevalence of psychological distress (i.e. depressive and anxiety symptoms) in medically ill patients is high. Research in the general population shows a higher prevalence of psychological distress among immigrants compared to natives. Our aim was to examine the prevalence of psychological distress in the hospital setting comparing immigrant and native Dutch patients and first and se...

A cross-sectional study measured the frequency of self-reported stress symptoms among a weighted random sample of medical students in Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran. The data were gathered using the Kessler 10-item psychological distress scale. The overall prevalence of stress among 222 students was 61.3% and there were no statistically significant differences in stress levels between studen...

The purpose of this study was to quantitatively clarify the physical and mental health first year university students whose classes were conducted online due COVID-19. checklist Visual Display Terminal (VDT) syndrome suggested that stress placed mainly on eyes, shoulders, neck, head. In addition, from results Kessler psychological distress scale (K6) scale, higher values obtained than those pre...

La adolescencia es una etapa que se caracteriza por múltiples cambios a nivel biopsicosocial. Durante esta el individuo su capacidad resolutiva podría percibir las situaciones más estresantes y generar malestar en adolescente. presente investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar la relación entre autoeficacia, estrés percibido psicológico adolescentes. Se contó con muestra de 5.132 adolescentes l...

Background Psychological distress is the major comorbidity among tuberculosis (TB) patients. However, its magnitude, associated factors, and effect on treatment outcome have not been adequately studied in low-income countries. Objective This study aimed to determine the magnitude of psychological distress and its effect on treatment outcome among TB patients on treatment. Design A follow-up stu...