جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « کارکنان بهداشتی-درمانی » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Knowing the factors that lead to job satisfaction is essential for employees and employers to improve the work environment. This study investigates the relationship between job satisfaction and the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the Allameh Behlool Gonabadi Hospital in 2021.

This cross-sectional study was performed on 107 employees of Allameh Behlool Hospital in Gonabad in 2021. A demographic information checklist, Nordic standard questionnaire, and Minnesota job satisfaction questionnaire were used. Collected data were entered into SPSS software version 24 and interpreted using descriptive and analytical statistics. The significance level for all analyses was considered 0.05.

 The mean age of the participants was 31.10±6.45, and the mean job satisfaction score was 55.08± 10.34. According to the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, 48 people had average satisfaction, and 59 had unsatisfactory satisfaction. There was no significant relationship between musculoskeletal symptoms and job satisfaction; however, musculoskeletal symptoms were higher in people with unfavorable job satisfaction.

 The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and job dissatisfaction in hospital staff is high, which can play an essential role in reducing their work efficiency and disability. Therefore, due to the special position of hospital staff in the health system, measures are recommended to improve workplace ergonomics and solve the psychological problems of these people.

The emergent Covid-19 disease with conspicuous prevalence is putting the healthcare workers' job security at risk. The preventive behaviors in every individual have a close relationship with his/her risk perception of the risk factor. Hence the present study has been undertaken aiming at determining the Iranian healthcare workers' risk perception of the Covid-19 disease at the beginning of the crisis and the relevant effective factors
This anonymous online survey was conducted in summer, 2020 using available sampling method among the Iranian healthcare workers. The data was collected via online-social networks using a researcher-made questionnaire containing demographical specifications, risk perceptions, with five sub-scales including cognitive, cultural, political, social and emotional factors. Data analysis was done in spss software 16.
From 165 participants, the age group (20-49 years) with 84% and the females with 60% constituted the majority of participants. The average risk perception score of the healthcare workers was 66.43±8.17. The Spearman correlation coefficient showed the significant direct relationship between the risk perception score and all the sub-scales at 0.01 significance level. The political and cultural factors had the highest correlation with the personnel risk perception (r > 0.75).
At the beginning of the crisis, Health workers did not have an excellent risk perception of the emergent Covid-19 disease. It seems that at the onset of a crisis, training is necessary to increase the risk perception of employees.

Reproductive disorders are mentioned as one of the ten main diseases and work-related injuries and working in the health care field may affect pregnancy and its complications .The aim of this study was to observe the adverse consequences of pregnancy between female health care workers in relation to Occupational risk factors

This cross-sectional study was performed on 153 female healthcare workers of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences Retrospectively during 2017-2020 who were selected by a Simple random sampling method. Data were collected through a checklist of women Health Care Workers.Data analysis was performed using Descriptive statistics methods , Chi-Square, Mann–Whitney U test with spss22 at a significant level less than 0.05.

The frequency of pregnancy complications in female employees was 37.9%. frequency of Premature labour 9.8%, abortion at 3.9%, low birth weight at 6.5%, intrauterine growth restriction 4.6%, spotting and bleeding 25.5%, and pre eclampsia 2% was reported. There was a significant association between some occupational hazards such as stress(0.04), exposure to anesthetic gas(0.015), prolonged standing(0.035), shift work(0.039), and workplace(0.012) with pregnancy complications.There was significant relationship between exposure to anesthetic gas with preterm labour(0.015)and Hours of work with low birth weight(0.013) significant relationship between shift work(0.039), long-standing(0.035) and workplace (0.012)with spotting and bleeding was observed.

Our study showed that Some job characteristics and occupational hazards in health care workers affect the mother and the fetus and increase the risk of some pregnancy complications. Therefore, the support of pregnant health care workers in their work environment and the development of appropriate solutions in this regard must be taken into consideration by relevant organizations.

With the rapid spread of Covid-19 around the world, the exposure of health care workers to the disease has increased. The study aimed to investigate the personal and professional experiences of health care workers during the outbreak of coronavirus in hospitals in Tehran, Iran.

This qualitative study included health care workers in the main Covid-19 units in Shahid-Beheshti University of Medical Sciences hospitals in Tehran, Iran conducted using the content analysis method in 2021. The sample was selected by purposeful sampling, using the snowball method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and, after extracting the items, analyzed using the MAXQDA 10 software.

After coding a total of 236 main codes were extracted and divided into 10 main categories and 30 subcategories. Four main themes were identified: "Personal experience of health care workers", "Professional experience of health care workers", "Challenges of working in the field of Covid-19" and "Strategies to deal with Covid-19".

Due to the increasing psychological pressure on health care workers, it seems that planning psychological counseling and providing welfare facilities for them can be useful in reducing their mental stress. In addition, it is recommended to hold training and maneuvering courses at times of crisis and provide the necessary equipment, as well as take action for continuous supervision and monitoring to improve the working conditions of health workers.

Covid-19 pandemic has imposed a significant effect on mental health of the health care workers. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at determining the pooled prevalence of anxiety and depression among Iranian health care workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

To conduct this systematic review and meta-analysis, Web of Science, Scopus, Medline (PubMed), Embase, SID, Magiran databases and Google Scholar search engine were investigated to find studies over the prevalence of anxiety and depression among health care workers during the Covid-19 pandemic from December 2019 to June 10, 2021. Quality of the primary studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa tool and the random effects model was applied to estimate the pooled prevalence. Furthermore, χ2 test and I2 index were used to evaluate the degree of heterogeneity among the studies. The pooled prevalence of anxiety and depression in different subgroups was reported based on the severity of anxiety and depression, assessment tools, and staff jobs.

Of 488 articles obtained as a result of the initial search, 10 related studies were identified and entered into the systematic review and meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of anxiety was 42% (95% CI: 25-75) and the pooled prevalence of depression was 35% (95% CI: 19-55). The pooled prevalence of anxiety was 54% (95% CI: 39-70) in the occupational group of nurses and 29% (95% CI: 17-44) among all health care workers. The pooled prevalence of depression was 46% (95% CI: 30 to 63) and 17% (95% CI: 10 to 26) among nurses and all health workers, respectively.

According to the findings, a high prevalence of anxiety and depression was observed among the health care workers of Iran during the Covid-19 epidemic. The authorities are required to plan for preventive and therapeutic interventions to reduce the psychological burden of the epidemic.

Emerging Covid-19 disease has been described as an occupational disease especially for healthcare professionals.  The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors affecting the prevalence of Covid-19 disease in healthcare workers (HCWs).

In this review study, indexed studies from December 2019 to January 2021 with the keywords such as Covid-19, Coronavirus, Healthcare and Risk Factor were searched in the electronic databases of Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar. Based on the search results 22 studies were included in the study.

The risk factors for the outbreak of this disease among HCWs can be divided into 5 groups, including psychological, underlying, occupational, social and disease transmission risk factors.  HCWs, as a high-risk group, in direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious substances, they have a large share in transmitting the disease to others. For example, the probability of transmission from physicians to family members is 20.8% and to others is estimated at 25%. An important factor in the transmission of the disease is distance. Distances <20 cm in routine examinations and <5 cm in detailed examinations by physicians provide the potential for high transmission of the disease to ophthalmologists. Age, lack of hand care, comorbidities and autoimmunity, poor sleep quality, work stress, lack of PPE, workload and close contact to COVID-19 disease have been identified as risk factors for the transmission the disease.

HCWs, can by observing health tips and educating patients, will play an important role in controlling COVID-19 disease.

The attitude of health care providers towards the elderly has an important effect on the quality of service delivery. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of health staff in Gorgan towards the elderly.

In this descriptive study, 395 health care providers in Gorgan in 2019 were selected by census sampling method and completed a questionnaire on demographic information and attitudes towards the elderly. Data were analyzed by independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and one-way analysis of variance.

73 participants (18.5%) had a good attitude towards the elderly, 319 (80.8%) had a moderate attitude, and 3 (0.8%) had a weak attitude. There was a statistically significant relationship between the overall score of attitude towards the elderly and job background (p<0.001).

There was a moderate attitude towards the elderly in most of the participants. Designing and implementing more interventions is necessary to promote a positive attitude towards the elderly.

 The sudden outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) as a deadly disease worldwide has caused widespread psychological problems and physical problems. Given the importance of preventing and controlling mental health problems in patients with this disease, the present study was conducted to investigate the Perceived Stress level of health care and non- health care in Exposed to COVID-19 pandemic.

 This is a descriptive-cross-sectional study conducted in April 2020. A total of 528 medical and non-medical workers entered the study by simple sampling method. Include criteria as follows Employees exposed to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) who had access to a smartphone. People with a history of mental illness were excluded from the study. The tools used included a demographic questionnaire, and the Cohen 10-item Perceived Stress Scale distributed online via the mobile phone.

 Among 528 participants in the study, the majority (68.2%) were married (52.7%) were male, and (47.3%) were in the age group of 46-46 years. Most research units (90.2%) had moderate stress, and (4.2%) had severe stress. The Kruskal–Wallis test showed that students were more stressed than formal and contract workers. In comparison with the averages in the Mann-Whitney test, women were more stressed than men. People who were not taking medication had more stressed than people who were taking medication. Also, people with therapeutic occupations were more stressed than Non-therapeutic jobs.

The findings of the present study showed the need for more vulnerable groups in society such as women, students, and staff of therapeutic occupations in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis prevention and care, which should be reviewed by effective coping strategies and epidemic disease management, access to healing resources and psychological services system should be further strengthened for this group. Also, the planning of national strategies and first aid in crises should be emphasized through telemedicine and online services

Hepatitis B is a bloodborne infections and it is predicted that about two billion people in the world have been exposed to the hepatitis B virus. Because of occupational reasons, medical students and staffs are more susceptible to expose to this disease than other members of society.
This study is a descriptive-analytic study and 238 staffs and students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences were randomly selected and sampled. Then, the antibody titer of surface anti-protein of hepatitis B virus (HBs- Ab) was measured using ELISA method and the results were analyzed using the software Stata 12 after recording the demographic results and information.
Out of 238, 156 persons were female ( 65.5%) and 82 persons ( 34.5%) were male. 66% of individuals had antibody higher than 10 mu/ml and 37.4 % of individuals showed the appropriate answers higher than 100 u/ml. The relationship between job, sex and marital status with the immune response was significant. 100% of people who received full dose along with the booster vaccine were immune. Over time, the percentage of immune people has been decreased.
Considering the reduction of response to vaccines over time and healthcare personnel being at risk, it is recommended that antibody titer was periodically examined in these individuals in 5 to 10 years to administer a booster dose in the case of a decrease in antibody titers.

Objectives Communication skill is one of the basic skills of human social life that have a profound impact on the success of individuals, organizations, and institutions. This study is conducted to determine the status of communication skills and related factors in staff and health workers of burn and psychiatric hospital in Sari city.
Methods This descriptive-analytical study has been done with a sample size of 409 people, comprising staff and health workers of a burn and psychiatric hospital in Sari city in 2015. In this study, the samples were selected using the census method. Instruments used for the study were demographic data and communication skills questionnaire consisting of skills of understanding message, listening skills, insight to the communication process and certainty in communication that was completed in an interview with hospital staff. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS software version 18 using Pearson correlation coefficient, ANOVA, and t-test.
Results Findings of the present study indicate that the mean of communication skills of staff is 154, which is at a desirable level. In this study, it is shown that there is a significant difference in the mean score of communication skills according to work experience variables, education, work location, employment status, and position (PConclusion Based on the findings of the current study, it is recommended that the education level and communication skills of the staff and health workers in hospitals should be increased. To increase these skills, it is necessary to conduct service training. It is also important to provide job security to health workers and staff by reviewing job rules and employment status using rewards and timely encouragements and determining service place of staff regarding their interests and expertise. This can result in significant improvements in communication skills, thereby, raising the satisfaction of staff and clients.

Lifestyle is one of the determinants of individual's health status and one of the main strategies to maintain healthy lifestyle. Body mass index in work environment can be used as an indicator of individual's lifestyle. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation of body mass index and health promotion lifestyle among healthcare workers of Saqqez city. In this descriptive- correlational study, 180 staff of health care and hospital of Imam Khomeini hospital of Saqqez in Kurdistan participated by convince sampling. Demographic questionnaire and “Health Promotion Life Style II” (HPLP-II) was used to collect data. The validity of the instrument was determined by content validity and the reliability was obtained by alpha Cronbach coefficient. Data were analyzed by SPSS/21. The mean BMI and HPLP score of staffs were 25.38±3.70, 2.68 ± 0.48 respectively. The highest score was in participants who had a normal body mass index. Analysis showed that nutrition and physical activity were the highest and the lowest score dimensions respectively. The mean score of health promotion lifestyle staff was desirable. However the mean of staff body mass index was not at the desirable level. Thus, physical activity as one of the health promoting behaviors is suggested.

Health care workers play a major role in regard with the training of healthy life style to different groups in the society, who are considered as a suitable model of observing a healthy life style. Accordingly, this study aimed to determine the healthy lifestyle of health care workers in Andimeshk. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, all the health care workers (n=170) were selected through census sampling method. The standard questionnaire of Health promotion lifestyle profile II (HPLPII) was used in order to gather the study data, which then were analyzed by SPSS software (ver,19) using descriptive statistical tests, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, as well as Pearson correlations coefficient. The mean age of participants was 36.25±7.06 years. 73.2% 0f the health care workers in this study were married and 26.8% were males. The total mean HPLP was 130 ±15.34. In addition, health responsibility obtained the highest score, whereas the physical activity received the lowest score. A statistically significant correlation was detected between HPLP aspects and demographic factors (p>0.05). However, there was a statistically significant relationship between gender and nutrition(p=0.005), marital status and interpersonal relations (p=0.005), BMI and interpersonal relations(p=0.005), work background and spiritual growth (p=0.016). The findings of the present study revealed that health-promoting behaviors were reported at an average level within health care workers. As a result, planning seems to be necessitated in regard with improving and promoting lifestyle of this important group of workers, who play a very significant role in the health promotion of the society.

The incidence of sharps injuries in Iran is high and therefore health care workers are at a higher risk for three major diseases, AIDS, hepatitis B and C, that are blood born diseases. This study aimed to investigate the promotional impact of educational intervention on behaviors of health care workers in Ilam province regading sharps injury prevention in 2012. In this quasi-experimental intervention study, 66 healthcare workers in health centers in the city of Dehloran (as the experimental group) and Abdanan (as the control group) were enrolled. The data were collected by a questionnaire completed by the participants, after the approval of its validity and reliability in two previous steps, and one month before the educational intervention. SPSS19 software was used to analyze the data using appropriate statistical methods. The mean difference between knowledge and attitude scores after the intervention in the experimental and control groups was significant. Number of injuries, a month before the intervention in both groups was five cases (15.15 %); while one month after the intervention it reduced to just one case (3.03 %) in the experimental group and four cases (12/12 %) in the control group. the design and implementation of an educational program for reducing injuries from sharps is beneficial. Keywords: Injuries caused by needles, training intervention, health care workers, prevention

Needle stick injury is known as a common adverse complication that health care staff are encountered with. This injury cause different pathogen to be transmitted through blood. So investigating the knowledge and practice of health care staff can be useful and beneficial. In this descriptive study, the study data was collected via a questionnaire that consisted of demographic characteristics, knowledge and practice of staff about needle stick injury. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, T test, Pearson coloration and Scheffe Test were used to analyze the data. Data analysis showed that mean of knowledge score of men and women were 5.70 and 5.75 respectively. There was also no significant difference in age, sex, working experience and the mean of knowledge scores between the different groups (p = 0.412). In addition, results showed that there was no significant difference in the mean of knowledge scores among different ward staff (p<0.001). The study findings indicate that educational plan should be provided regarding safe injection and preventing approaches.

Health care staff are at risk for hepatitis B infection the Hbs antibody levels will decrease by the time in vaccinated people. This study was aimed to evaluate the level of Immunity in Health Care staff which were Vaccinated against Hepatitis B Virus in Kerman university of medical sciences university hospital during 2010-2011. In these cross-sectional study 452 health care staff vaccinated with hepatitis B including physicians, nurses and technicians who met inclusion criteria were involved the study by census method. Hbs antibody titre was quantitatively measured using ELISA method. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviation and chi square in spss15 software. Of cases 253 (59.5%) were men and 172 (40.5%) were women. Anti-HBs Ab titers were <10 mlU/mL in 60 (14.1%) subjects, 10 - 100 mlU/mL in 152 (35.8%), and >100 mlU/mL in 213 (50.1%) persons. The significant risk factors included male gender, age of 40 to 49 years, being a nurse, duration of employment in a clinical environment more than 5 years, and time duration after the primary vaccination exceeding than 10 years. Base on the significant risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection among health care staff and because 14.1% of subjects had not protective levels of Hbs antibody titer, It is suggested that protective antibody levels to be measured after vaccination and revaccination should be performed as if required.

Hands have important role in nosocomial infection transmission and is the most effective, cheapest and easiest method for prevention of these infections, but we do not have enough information about this behavior. This article was done with the aim of hand washing behaviors assessment in health care workers.Inthis descriptive study 153 health care workers (doctors, nurses and other therapists) of Mazandaran were randomly selected in 2008. Educated observers observed their hand washing behaviors in 612 situations. Data was documented in a checklist. This checklist was prepared based on state guidelines of principles of safety and protection against diseases, and contained demographic characteristics and hand washing instruction methods. Data was analyzed using spss13, descriptive statistics, t-tests and chi-square test.Sample was 153 cases, (n=125) 81.7% were female, mostly nurses (n=134) with average 29.28 ±8.28 years old and 4.94±5.7 years of work experience. 612 hand washing situation were observed; hand washing was done in 194 situations (31.7%). Most materials used for hygiene were water and soap (n=113, 58.3%) or alcohol-based liquids (n=48, 24.7%). HCWs in 79.2% of situations (n=154) washed their hands just after contact with patients. The preferred method for hand drying in most cases was paper towel (n=105, 54.2%).In 78 situations (40.2%) didn’t dry their hands.This study showed that health care workers’ performance in hand washing behavior is poor, therefore more research is advisable for both finding the reasons and planning for more serious education in order to change the hand washing behavior of health care workers.

Emergency contraception methods used in a specilic time after an unprotected intercourse can reduce the incidence of unwanted pregnancy. Considering the role of health care provider's intercourse can extremely reduce the incidence of unwanted pregnancy, Considering the role of health- care providers in preventing unintended pregnancy, we decided to assess their knowledge, Attitude and Practice about emergency contraceptive methods in Shahr-e-kord, Irun.

The subjects of this descriptive study were 102 lealth care providers engaged in all heath centers (N=9) and Hajar hospital of shahr-e-kord. After collecting the data by a researcher- made questionnaire, we used Chi-square and Pearson correlation coefficient to analyze the data

The results show that their knowledge of emergency contraceptive methods is inadequate (5.9%), moderate (37.3 %) and adequate (59.9%). Their attitude (80%) is positive and believe that these methods can not be considered abortion. More than 70% of them try to recommend these methods to the women. There is signilicant correlation between the level of knowledge and education level (P=0.002).

We recommend updating the people's knowledge about emergency contraceptive methods, mainly jud