background: identifying the predisposing factors of neck and shoulder complaints and finding solutions to avoid them could improve the occupational health condition of the nurses. in this study, we aimed at determining the role of psychological and physical occupational factors in developing neck and shoulder complaints among the participants.   methods: this analytic cross-sectional study was ...

OO7 has been widely used by developers to benchmark commercial Object Oriented Data Bases (OODB) and by researchers as a realistic workload for experimenting with persistent object systems (POS). These uses of OO7 levy very different requirements; the former needs an application benchmark while the latter needs a system benchmark. This paper describes our experiences with using OO7 both as an a...

Background: Fatigue in the workers reduces the individual's resistance and eventually leads to the lower performance, increased errors and accidents. This study assessed the fatigue, mental workload and the correlation between them, in operating room personnel of Hamadan hospitals, Iran. Materials and Methods: In a descriptive study, the mental workload and its association with fatigue in oper...

burnout syndrome is a response to prolonged occupational stress. workload is one of the organizational risk factors of burnout. with regards to the topic, there are no data on administrative employees’ burnout and workload in iran. this study seeks to determine the levels of job burnout and their relationships with workload among administrative members of staff. two hundred and forty two admini...

purpose: this article presents the results of study aimed at devising comprehensive, standard and objective criteria for measuring faculty members' workload. material & method: the indicators for measuring faculty members' workload were collected through a comprehensive review of the literature, a survey of the available documents and methods for measuring workload in the country, and faculty m...

Background: Mental workload is one of the factors that influence individuals’ performance in the work environment as well as their efficiency and productivity. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Rating Scale Mental Effort (RSME) for mental workload in nurses. Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive and cross-sectional conducted on 75 nurses. For assessment ...