The term “stress” is now interwoven into popular and professional language, yet there remains a lack of clarity about its precise meaning, and its impact on health and well-being. Stress is considered by many to comprise those factors in day-to-day life which adversely affect adjustment and coping, but stress as a challenge or pressure to perform also has the potential to contribute to enhanced...

the aim of this study was to determine heat stress effect on physical capacity of semi-professional footballers in iran by means of oxygen consumption measurement, heart rate monitoring and wbgt assessment environmental conditions.this study compared two different thermal environmental conditions related to sub-maximal exercise and its effect on human physical capacity. thirty two male football...

We report findings from a Web-based survey of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies' members (n = 227) regarding use of trauma exposure and posttraumatic assessment instruments. Across clinical and research settings, the most widely used tests included the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale, Trauma Symptom Inventory, Life Events Checklist, Clinician-Administered Post-traumat...

Municipality of Tehran with huge number of employees and with the aim to reduce stress and promote the work efficiency, seriously wants to achieve suitable and utilizable studies. Osipow's job stress test is one of the best tools to reach this aim. Data population includes securities building of municipality of Tehran (88 persons from region 18 and 72 persons from region 20), who were randomly ...

The Association between Professional Quality of Life, Occupational Burnout, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Iranian Nurses (2019)

OBJECTIVES This study will examine explanatory variables including socioeconomic inequalities related to mental stress at both the individual and regional level. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional multistage sampling process was used to obtain participants. Data on mental stress and individual socioeconomic status were gathered via face to face interview. Regional variables were retrieved from a n...