despite the preventative and therapeutic effects of regular exercise, exhaustive exercise may be harmful to health. the present study aimed to determine the protective effect of endurance training and cinnamon bark extract (cbe) supplementation on oxidative responses induced by an exhaustive exercise schedule in rats. the rats were randomly divided into the following five groups of 6; control s...

The research investigated the effect of mindfulness meditation on the emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress. Additionally, we explored whether people with varying severity of depression, anxiety, and stress responded differently to mindfulness training. In order to investigate these questions, participants (n = 50) completed the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale, 21-item version...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the influence of stress factors and socio-demographic characteristics on the sleep quality of nursing students. METHOD An analytical cross-sectional and quantitative study, conducted with 151 nursing students in São Paulo between March and April of 2012. A form for socio-demographic characteristics, the Instrument to Evaluate Stress in Nursing Students and the Pittsburgh ...

This study investigated the impact of a new stress management program on physiological and psychological stress and health risk factors among 75 correctional officers. The experimental group received training in emotion self-regulation techniques intended to reduce stress and health risk factors. Practice of the techniques was enhanced by heart rate variability feedback, which helped participan...

OBJECTIVE College students face a significant number of stressors, increasing risk for internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. The current study examines two promising avenues of intervention aimed to reduce stress and prevent psychopathology in this population: a coping skills group and a cognitive training program. PARTICIPANTS 62 undergraduate students from two universities were r...

This study aimed to describe the experiences of stress and burnout and sociodemographic factors associated with dimensions of stress among medical residents at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. Medical residents participating in a stress management course were asked to complete an anonymous survey. The survey included demographic questions, the Abbreviated Maslach Inventory, and 4 open-ended qu...

background and objectives: medical errors and adverse events have recently turned into one of the predominant concerns of health-policy makers and health services providers. promoting safety culture is fundamental to sustainable safety improvement in healthcare settings. the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of training on nurses’ attitudes towards safety culture.   methods: a cro...

introduction: health care professionals especially clinicians, undergo lots of job stress (js). emotional intelligence (ei) is among the variables that appear to be associated with stress. it is also included among the ways adopted by the individuals in order to resist js in the workplace. thus, this study aims to investigate the relationship between ei and js in the faculty members of esfahan ...

introduction: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of exercise training and l-arginine supplementation on oxidative stress and systolic ventricular function in rats with myocardial infarction (mi). methods: four weeks after the surgically-induced mi, 40 male wistar rats were randomly assigned to the following 4 groups (n=10): mi-sedentary control (sed) mi-exercise (ex) mi-sed...