جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Health care workers » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

In the last decade, the use of microwave ovens throughout the world, including Iran, has increased significantly. Therefore, it is important to understand the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of microwave oven use among employees of the Eastern Health Center to promote safe and responsible practices in the workplace. Assessing their familiarity and attitudes with microwave ovens, this study aims to identify potential areas for improvement and training. This, in turn, can create a safer and more efficient work environment for all involved.

In this cross-sectional study in 2022, the study population was all employees working in the health center and comprehensive health service centers affiliated with the East of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, numbering 162 people. The research tool was a questionnaire adapted from Nadiri's thesis (2015). After collecting the questionnaires, the data was obtained by SPSS 26 software and were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient, multiple regression, independent t-test, and one-way ANOVA.

Although the attitude (36.35±3.579) and the behavior (61.16±6.402) towards using microwave ovens are favorable, there is still room for improvement of knowledge and awareness. Knowledge has a positive and significant effect on behavior (P=0.002, B=0.245) and attitude (P=0.001, B=0.263), which shows that improving knowledge about the safe and responsible use of microwave devices can lead to behavior. and a more favorable attitude among employees. In addition, the attitude has a strong positive and significant effect on behavior (P=0.001, B=0.417), and promoting a positive attitude toward using microwave devices can also lead to more favorable behavior. However, the relatively weak effect of awareness on attitude indicates that other factors may also play a role in determining the attitude toward using microwave devices.

These findings highlight the importance of educational and awareness campaigns to promote the safe and responsible use of microwave devices among healthcare workers.

Various causal pathways play a role in the occurrence of depression in healthcare workers. This study aimed to assess the effect of perceived stress and insomnia on depression in healthcare workers using path analysis in Hamadan, Iran.

In this cross-sectional study, healthcare workers from Shahid Beheshti and Sina hospitals in Hamedan in 2023 were recruited. Perceived stress with two subscales of perceived helplessness and perceived self-efficacy, as well as insomnia and depression, were investigated using validated questionnaires. The path analysis was applied to assess the association.

In total, 235 healthcare workers (35.7% nurses) were included. Gender, age, monthly working hours, and number of night shifts per month had a significant impact on depression (P<0.05). Path analysis demonstrated that except for the effect of perceived self-efficacy on insomnia, all standardized regression weights for relationships were statistically significant (P<0.05). The effect size of perceived helplessness on depression was the strongest compared to other relationships (standardized regression weight = 0.40). The direct effect of perceived helplessness and perceived self-efficacy on depression or insomnia as a mediator had a good fit to the data.

As evidenced by the obtained results, with the implementation of intervention and preventive programs to reduce stress and improve sleep, the occurrence of depression in healthcare workers is expected to decrease significantly.

Burnout syndrome is common among health workers, especially nurses. Among the nurses of different departments, the nurses working in the emergency department are more prone to burnout due to the existence of several factors such as high workload, long shifts, and insufficient human resources. The purpose of this study is to investigate burnout in emergency nurses.

This is a review study by searching for Persian studies using the keywords of job burnout, health care workers, medical staff, health care workers, nurses, emergency, in databases of SID, Civilica, Magiran and using the keywords of burnout, emergency, care provider, health care workers, nurses in PubMed, ISI Web Of Science, Science Direct, Google Scholar databases between January 1, 1990 and December 30, 2022. Of the 761 studies that were found after an extensive search and screening; 44 studies were evaluated and analyzed for data extraction.

The results of these studies indicated that emergency nurses face burnout syndrome more than other nurses. It was also observed that various factors such as age, marital status, workload and working hours have a direct relationship with the job burnout. Also, the results of the studies show the impact of coping strategies, mindfulness and training programs on reducing nurses' burnout.

A significant number of emergency nurses had moderate to high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, along with low levels of personal success. Using coping strategies, mindfulness, meditation, and meditation are suggested ways to control and prevent burnout in emergency department nurses.

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.

Evidence shows that a high level of emotional intelligence in health care workers leads to better communication with patients and, ultimately, the pateints’ satisfaction. Considering the undeniable and complex relationship between emotional intelligence and communication skills, the present research was designed and implemented.

The current research is a descriptive-analytical study. The participants included 121 community health workers from Kurdistan Province, Iran. The required data was collected through a communication skills checklist by observation, Queen Dam's communication skills questionnaire, and Shering's Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression were performed using SPSS (version 21) software.

The results of self-declaration of emotional intelligence and communication skills showed that only 28% of the participants had high emotional intelligence, and 32.2% had high communication skills. The evaluation of communication skills through the observation method showed that the staff obtained a low score with respect to introducing themselves to patients, explaining the treatment process, and keeping the patients calm. Moreover, 40.7% of participants had active listening skills. The r-squared (the coefficient of determination) showed that 86% of the variance of emotional intelligence is related to the variable of communication skills.

Overall, the findings of the present study revealed an average level of emotional intelligence and communication skills among health care workers. Concerning the communication weaknesses observed in the emotional dimensions, it is recommended to intervene appropriately.

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.

Background & objectives:

 Corona pandemic has caused unfortunate human losses worldwide by challenging health and medical institutions and arrangements. This study aimed to examine the relationship between mental workload and job burnout of healthcare workers in health centers and collective corona vaccination centers in Ardabil city. 

 The present study was a descriptive-correlation type conducted in 1401. The statistical population of the research included all the health care workers of health centers and collective corona vaccination centers of Ardabil city, numbering 184. The sampling method was total count. The data were collected using Meslach's mental workload and job burnout questionnaires, the validity of which was confirmed by expert professors. Meanwhile, the reliability of the mental workload and job burnout questionnaires through Cronbach's alpha were estimated at 0.90 and 85.0, respectively. Pearson correlation test and one-sample t-test were utilized using SPSS-18 software.

 There is a positive and significant relationship between the components of mental workload and job burnout of healthcare workers (r=0.82 and p≤0.001). Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between their age and job burnout (p≤0.001, r=0.77). On the other hand, there is an inverse and significant relationship between age and the mental workload of healthcare workers (p≤0.001, r= -0.29). Mental workload (67.35) and job burnout (3.27) of healthcare workers were higher than average.

 The corona pandemic has increased the amount of mental workload and job burnout among healthcare workers. Therefore, it is necessary to perform psychological interventions and support measures to maintain employees' health during and after the epidemic.

Vaccine skepticism and refusal to vaccinate against infectious diseases have been recognized by the World Health Organization as one of the ten global health threats in 2019. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the knowledge and attitude of medical staff towards vaccination in order to advance immunization coverage.

This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes toward the Covid-19 Vaccination using a researcher-made questionnaire. In this research, 455 cases were selected via the convenience sampling method from among all the physicians and staff of Dr. Masih Deneshvari Hospital from February 2019 until the end of vaccination for four months. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 22).

A total of 455 people participated in this study. The mean age of subjects was 36.2±8.99 years. Regarding gender, 50.6% of the participants were female. It was found that 44.8% of cases believed in vaccination, 28.6% of them considered Vaccination to be safe, and 29.9% of them considered Vaccination to be effective. The participants' knowledge of the benefits and side effects of the vaccine was reported as 24.2%. In examining the mean scores of the questionnaire questions, the highest score was related to recommending family members to get vaccinated (2.54±0.58), and the lowest score was related to the role of the media in deciding on Vaccination (1.80±0.72).

As evidenced by the results of this study, the treatment staff's attitude towards Vaccination was average, and they often did not have any attitude toward the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. Furthermore, participants' knowledge about the benefits and side effects of the vaccine was reported to be weak, highlighting a need to increase the level of awareness among the treatment staff regarding the injection of Vaccination in emerging diseases.

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.