background and objectives: military hospitals play a crucial role in delivery of healthcare services to patients during emergencies. despite that, limited studies have attempted to characterize factors affecting quality of work life in employees of military health settings. to contribute in filling this gap, this study explored employee occupational stress in a military hospital, situated in th...

We describe a stress management intervention intended to reduce the damage and stress impact on the heart physiology and function of a group of caregivers (professional and non-professional) who work with patients with dementia. The intervention consisted in applying heart coherence techniques in a population of 72 caregivers of patients with dementia (42 professional and 29 non-professional ca...

With the development of society and the rise of women's status, professional women become non-ignorable in the workplace. The development of professional women also results in all kinds of pressure. Through the survey of the status of professional women's occupational pressure, this paper aims to analyze the differences of the total pressure in age, disposition, education, marital status, type ...

background: exposure to job stress causes deleterious effects on physical and mental health of employees and productivity of organizations. objective: to study work-related stressors among employees of prisons of ilam, western iran. methods: in a cross-sectional study conducted from july to october 2013, 177 employees of ilam prisons and security-corrective measures organization were enrolled i...

INTRODUCTION Whilst rare, stress fractures of the clavicle have been described in other sports. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a stress fracture of the clavicle occurring in a cricket fast bowler. CASE PRESENTATION A 23-year-old professional cricket fast bowler presented with activity related shoulder pain. Imaging demonstrated a stress fracture of the lateral third of t...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. INTRODUCTION Through psychological support for prison guard's awareness about professional stress and burn-out, cognitive assessment of stress consequences, insight in coping strategies, as well as prevention of stress consequences is achieved. AIM Evaluation of psychoeducation effects on professional stress consequences within prison guards. METHOD In ...

Moral distress and professional stress are common problems that can have adverse effects on nurses, patients, and the healthcare system as a whole. Thus, this cross-sectional study aims to examine the relationship between moral distress, professional stress, and intent to stay in the nursing profession. Two hundred and twenty full-time nurses employed at teaching hospitals in the eastern region...