background & aim: the present study aimed to evaluate  the frequency and severity of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (nvp) and to investigate the association between psychosocial health and the severity of nvp. methods:this cross-sectional study was performed on 200 eligible pregnant women with nausea and vomiting at three prenatal care centers in kashan, iran. the participants completed d...

background: the effect of psychosocial work environment on personal and organizational aspects of employees is well-known and it is of fundamental importance to have valid tools to evaluate them. this study aims to evaluate the reliability and validity of the persian version of copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire (copsoq).   methods : the questionnaire was translated into persian and then bac...

Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, Keio University School of Medicine has, at the request of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, provided mental health and psychosocial support to those living in Soma City in Fukushima Prefecture. This report covers the types of support provided in Soma City and discusses previous studies that were used as the model for current suppor...

Background Monitoring and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programs is critical to facilitating learning and providing accountability to stakeholders. As part of an inter-agency effort to develop recommendations on MHPSS monitoring and evaluation, this scoping review aimed to identify the terminology and focus of monitoring and evaluation frameworks in this field. ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose was to explore self-reported psychosocial health and work environments among different dental occupations and workplaces from a salutogenic perspective. A further purpose was to analyse possible associations between three salutogenic measurements: The Sense of Coherence questionnaire (SOC), the Salutogenic Health Indicator Scale (SHIS) and the Work Experience Measurement S...

This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study investigating the impacts of renting a home on the psychosocial health of tenants in the Accra Metropolitan Area (AMA) in Ghana. In-depth interviews (n = 33) were conducted with private renters in Adabraka, Accra. The findings show that private renters in the AMA face serious problems in finding appropriate and affordable rental units, as w...

Methods 669 parents of children with JIA, 398 children with JIA, 801 parents of HC, and 796 HC completed independently the Pediatric Rheumatology Quality of Life scale (PRQL) (Filocamo et al. Rheumatology 2010). Children with JIA and HC who completed the questionnaire were aged > 7-8 years. The PRQL is a 10-item questionnaire that includes 2 subdimensions, physical health (PhH) and psychosocial...

Background After a disaster event, little or no attention is paid to mental and psychosocial implications mainly due to the lack of guidelines and resources for work in the field of mental health in many countries. Advances have been made in developed countries with the capacity to afford research and logistic innovations. In developing countries there has been a constant effort to develop affo...

BACKGROUND As health care workers face a wide range of psychosocial stressors, they are at a high risk of developing burnout syndrome, which in turn may affect hospital outcomes such as the quality and safety of provided care. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the moderating effect of job control on the relationship between workload and burnout. METHODS A total of 352 hospit...