original article   introduction: antineoplastic drugs (ands) for the treatment of cancers could result in occupational exposure of nurses and consequent side effects. this study aimed to evaluate knowledge, attitude, and performance of oncology nurses and to survey nurses’ chemotherapy workload and the experienced side effects. method: a cross-sectional study was conducted at four hospitals of ...

background: this study investigated the relationship between people's attitudes towards the safety culture and comparing its perceptions among three levels of refinery personnel: top management, supervisory staff and frontline workers by conducting safety culture survey. methods: a questionnaire comprising general information and 59-safety attitude statement were distributed among 237 workers, ...

BACKGROUND The self-rating score (SRS) versus examiner rating score (ERS) in measuring helplessness in healthy study subjects (HSS) and in patients with benign breast disease (BBD) and breast cancer (BC) has not been yet compared in a prospective study. We, therefore, investigated SRS versus ERS in 115 patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS In an extension of the Kuopio Breast Cancer Study 115 women ...

This article examined the perception of employees regarding the management of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in public hospital in Malaysia. 418 employees from three state hospitals in the northern region of Malaysia participated in this study and that gave a response rate of 43.15%. Data was collected using a set of questionnaires which consists of variables including safety satisfaction...

The state of being helpless is regarded as a central aspect of depression, and therefore the learned helplessness paradigm in rodents is commonly used as an animal model of depression. The term 'learned helplessness' refers to a deficit in escaping from an aversive situation after an animal is exposed to uncontrollable stress specifically, with a control/comparison group having been exposed to ...

The Human Aspects of Information Security Questionnaire (HAIS-Q) is being developed using a hybrid inductive, exploratory approach, for the purpose of evaluating information security threats caused by employees within organisations. This study reports on the conceptual development and pre-testing of the HAIS-Q. Results from 500 Australian employees were then used to examine the reliability of t...

introduction: crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is a zoonosis disease. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of educational intervention on practice improvement of employees in healthcare centers and meat distribution centers of ilam province in relation to crimean congo hemorrhagic fever. materials and methods: participants in present quasi-experimental study were 200 employees ...

a high quality of work life (qwl) is essential for organizations to continue to attract and retain employees. qwl is a comprehensive program designated to improve employee satisfaction. this research aimed to provide insights into the positive and negative attitudes of tehran university of medical sciences (tums) hospitals’ employees from their quality of life. a cross- sectional, descriptive a...