background: nursing is naturally a stressful job. stress in nurses can cause depression, isolation from patients, absence and decrease in their qualification. this study aimed to determine the causes of job stress in nurses of kashan, iran. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 189 nurses from kashan hospitals of different wards were studied. the information collection tool was ...

results the overall perceived stress mean was 32.02 (sd = 5.08). eighty-three percent of the medical students perceived stress. students in clinical phase perceived more stress than basic sciences ones [or 2.25, 95% ci 1.809 - 4.032]. logistic regression analysis showed demographic (including gender and residential status), psychosocial and academic factors and the phase of study as sources of ...

objectives: this study sought to assess the level of stress in general dentists in the 2nd district of tehran city in 2014 to find out the stressors and suggest strategies to overcome them. methods: this descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted on 130 general dentists from the 2nd district of tehran city selected via weighted randomization. level of stress was assessed using...

abstract background: several studies have reported that medical sciences students are usually dealing with severe stress. however, no study is available on ways of coping in medical sciences students in iran. as socio‑cultural factors may affect the students’ responses toward stress, this study aimed to investigate the stressors and ways of coping among students of guilan university of medical ...

introduction: today, stress is one of the human’s problems particularly in developing and developed countries. so, many people try to determine these factors and presented suitable solutions. the purpose of this research was to determine job stressors among librarians of isfahan university of medical sciences, iran in 2009. methods: this study was survey research in which data was collected by ...

exposure to stress leads to physiological changes called “stress response” which are the result of the changes in the adrenomedullary hormone system, hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (hpa) and sympathetic nervous system (sns) activity. in the present study, the effects of chronic physical and psychological stress and also the role of sympathetic system effects in stress on ischemia/reperfusion (i...

background: occupational stress and employee's health status can affect their productiveness and quality of services. therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the effective factors in this regard. this study was conducted in order to evaluate the relation between psychological health and occupational stress among the midwives employed at the governmental and private hospitals of neyshabur, iran. ...