AIM This study examined the career anchor characteristics that are possessed by Japanese occupational health nurses. METHOD Sixteen occupational health nurses participated in the semistructured interview. Data analyses were conducted using descriptive qualitative methods. RESULTS The data showed the following five categories: practices concerning relationships and positions; development of ...

BACKGROUND Providing care for children with cerebral palsy (CP) is hard, energy-consuming, and long-term. Consequently, occupational burnout is highly probable for caregivers. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the perception of health caregivers regarding the causes of caregivers' occupational burnout in institutes of children with CP. METHODS This qualitative study was conducted using ...

BACKGROUND In the police force, some variables such as occupational rank, sex, age and work-shift are associated with stress in workers. The aim of this paper was to determine possible differences in the perception of occupational stress at work depending on rank, sex, age and work-shift of police agents in the Community of Madrid, Spain. METHOD A cross-sectional study was conducted in 24 mun...

To survey the nurse stress and analyze stressors in new nurses from pharmacy intravenous admixture service (PIAS). A questionnaire survey referring to the revised stressor scale was carried out on 52 new nurses of PIAS in four hospitals in Harbin. The average stress score for all participants was 2.43±0.63, as medium level of stress. The stressors were classified into 6 categories: ensuring up-...

Work-related vehicle crashes are a common cause of occupational injury. Yet, there are few studies that investigate management practices used for light vehicle fleets (i.e. vehicles less than 4.5 tonnes). One of the impediments to obtaining and sharing information on effective fleet safety management is the lack of an evidence-based, standardised measurement tool. This article describes the ini...

AIMS To investigate the risk of a first time myocardial infarction (MI) among different occupational categories in 25-64 year old men in Kaunas, Lithuania, a country in a transition market economy. METHODS Case-control study among men aged 25-64 who were residents in Kaunas between 1997 and 2000. First time, non-fatal MI cases (n = 448) were identified from the MI hospital register (Internati...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has developed three sets of occupational employment projections for 1978 to 1990 based on varying outlooks of the future economy.' Although the assumptions that differentiate these scenarios result in various rates of growth for most jobs, changes in the occupational composition of total employment during these years are similar for all versions and generally corr...

Background The progression of occupational science in Chile is documented in the main scientific publication of the field, the Chilean Journal of Occupational Therapy (RChTO). Objective Identify approaches to understanding and applying occupation and occupational science as elucidated in the RChTO. Methodology A systematic qualitative review of the journal (2001-2012) identified articles el...

Breast cancer is common malignancy in Thai female. Although there are well established risk factors, many environmental agents with an impact are still unknown especially with reference to occupation. The objective of this study was to investigate the risk of female breast cancer among different occupational categories in Thailand. A frequency-matched case-control study was conducted among Thai...