conclusions general fatigue and its subscales had a significant relationship with workplace physical trauma among miners. workplace physical trauma can be reduced by managing fatigue with different programs, including decreasing the workload, scheduling rest breaks at the facilities, and possibly providing welfare and entertainment opportunities for the workers. background fatigue may lead to o...

Background: Fatigue may lead to several consequences and principally produces occupational physical trauma among the workforce. Objectives: This study was designed to explore the relationship between work-related physical trauma and fatigue in the copper extraction industry. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 453 male workers employed in the copper extraction ...

Occupational therapists commonly work with children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, and other developmental disorders. Although many of these children have difficulties with sensory integration, they also may have trauma or attachment disorders that may or may not be formally identified. Early childhood trauma includes early loss or lack of cons...

BACKGROUND Needlestick injuries (NSIs) are a common occupational hazard with potential physical health effects, including viral infections such as hepatitis and HIV. Less appreciated are the psychiatric consequences of NSIs, potentially including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder (AD). AIMS To study psychiatric consequences of NSIs by diagnosis, duration and severi...

objectives: to determine the characteristics and etiologies of occupational trauma associated mortality in tabriz megacity, northern iran. methods : in a cross-sectional study, we included all the recorded cases of occupational mortalities referring to tabriz forensic medicine center, labor institute and imam reza and sina hospitals between march 2011 and march 2012. we recorded the demographic...

BACKGROUND Survivors of physical and emotional trauma experience enduring occupational, psychological and quality of life impairments. Examining survivors from a large fire provides a unique opportunity to distinguish the impact of physical and emotional trauma on long-term outcomes. The objective is to detail the multi-dimensional long-term effects of a large fire on its survivor population an...

INTRODUCTION Primary thrombosis of the upper extremity (Paget-Schroetter syndrome, effort thrombosis) is usually not accepted either as a work-related accident or an occupational disease by the industrial injuries insurance authorities. This study aims to look at the circumstances under which this kind of thrombosis may be recognised as an occupational hazard. MATERIALS AND METHODS After thor...

OBJECTIVES The occupational accident rate was officially reported to be 0.77 per 100 workers in 2001 and 0.70 in 2009. The stagnant decrease in accident rate raises a question about the effectiveness of prevention activity because there have been active prevention efforts in the past 10 years. It is also necessary to know the exact status of occupational injuries to direct a prevention strategy...

Background: Prior research on adaptation after early trauma among black South African women typically assessed resilience in ways that lacked contextual specificity. In addition, the neurocognitive correlates of social and occupational resilience have not been investigated. Objective: The primary aim of this exploratory study was to identify domains of neurocognitive functioning associated with...

background: according to international labor organization (ilo), annually, an estimated 15 million people suffer occupational accidents and one million die from their accidents, throughout the world. occupational injuries and accidents can result in personal disability and impairment. the purpose of this study was to identify and describe the work related injuries in kashan during 2005-2006. ma...