mental workload is one of the factors that influence individuals’ performance in the work environment as well as their efficiency and productivity. the present study aimed at examining the association between mental workload and general health among welders of tehran heavy structuress metal company.this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016. the sample included 100 welders who were workin...

background and purpose: the students studying at the universities of medical sciences deal with numerous stressors during their educational experiences in the healthcare settings, which lead to poor mental health status and low performance. these stressors include the psychological pressures of the environment, the hospital settings, diseases, patients, heavy course load and training, economic ...

original article   noise and vibration are the common problems in industrialized countries which can affect individual's job performance. the present study aimed to investigate the combination of the whole body vibration and the noise and their effects on the students' mental performance in the laboratory setting. twenty male students of tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran were ...

low frequency noise (lfn) is ubiquitous in both occupational and general environments. mental performance of subjects exposed to lfn is expected to be impaired. individual characters seem to play a significant role in this process. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of moderate levels of lfn (20–200 hz) on mental performance. fifty-three subjects (in two groups) were exposed to low and fl...

background and aims: nowadays, hypnosis has opened its position in the medical community. based on controlled trials, hypnosis has been superior compared to other interventional procedures to reduce acute pain. this investigation aims to determine the effectiveness of hypnosis in the treatment of pain and enhancing mental performance in iran, using the meta-analysis method. methods: the search ...

the purpose of this research was to evaluate health workers knowledge about mental disorders and their performance in delivering mental health services as well as examining their attitude towards mental disorders. the study was part of a general and country wide evaluation of the integration of mental health in the phc. in this study, the knowledge, attitude, and performance of 266 health worke...

the aim of this study was to investigate the role of coach-oriented organization and team performance in the mental health staff general directorate of youth and sport of ardabil. descriptive and correlational methodology has been applied to the target and the field was done in this study population all staff general directorate of youth and sport was ardabil province in the number of them 85 p...

a motor task performance and imagery show several parallel characteristics. in this study, the effect of a voluntary speed change in mental images of a complex difficult sequence of karate techniques on subsequent motor performance was assessed. 24 male karate volunteers (mean age: 24.58±5.27 years) who were well skilled at performing the sequence movements participated in the pretest. during t...

background: previous researches have shown that children with autism spectrum disorder and mental retardation have some dysfunctions in attention and inhibition functions. the present study evaluated the performance of attention and response inhibition in autism spectrum disorders, mental retardation and normal children.  methods: the method of this study was ex post factor, so 15 children with...