Background Healthcare workers exhibit among the highest injury rates of all occupations, with musculoskeletal injuries predominating. Anthropometric attributes and demanding work schedules may contribute to enhanced injury risks. Specifically, physical characteristics and performance capacities as well as accumulating fatigue from multiple work shifts may predispose workers to job-related injur...

night work can have a significant impact on health, well-being, performance and occupational safety of workers. night workers often complain about the sleep disorder characterized by excessive sleepiness.  the aim of the study was to determine the level of sleepiness among night workers and investigate its relationship with oral temperature in a hot industry. this cross-sectional study involved...

patients and methods in this retrospective, cross-sectional study, the medical records of all deceased neonates hospitalized in fatemieh hospital of hamadan, during a 5-year period (2006 – 2011) were extracted. a questionnaire including sex, weight, gestational age, time of birth, delivery mode, maternal disease, and leading cause of death was filled out. the information was then analyzed using...

Background and Objectives: Work sampling is a useful technique to characterize how employees allocate their work time to various activities. Given the value of nurses’ time for quality health care delivery, characterization of nursing time distribution may provide useful information for optimal use of nursing staff. The purpose of the present study was to explore time allocatio...

review of mental health and physical health in night working nurses in golestan university of medical sciences in 2008-2009 hojjati h , tahery n , sharifniyai sh received: 14 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: night shift schedules may have negative physical, mental, and social effects on nurses and their personal life and reduces the quality of the work. this study...

anxiety is a feeling of worry and excessive concern against obscure danger about inner or outer threat, which occur in form of ambiguous fear. it finally causes physical problem and impairs social and occupational functions. anxiety is the most common mental disorder. nursing totally is a difficult job and because of their working environmental and activity, they always encountering with damage...