Showing 6 results for Alipour
Dr Sj Mirmohammadi, Dr S Alipour M, Dr K Karamifar, Dr M Gheravi, Dr Ah Mehrparvar,
Volume 1, Issue 1 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2009)
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Background: Periodic examinations for employees serve as one of the main parts of health surveillance in these persons, and there is a legal obligation to perform it. Although there isn't any quality control criteria and standards for its monitoring. So quality of the examinations may decline, and the main objective of the examinations, maintaining and improving employees' health, may not be achieved. This research has been accomplished to assess the quality of occupational medical examinations.
Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was designed to evaluate the quality of the examinations according to scientific and legal measures. To fulfill the questionnaire, we used medical files of the employees in each plant. The study is cross-sectional and descriptive, and 333 employees were selected by cluster sampling.
Results: Recording the specifications of the employees and their medical histories was appropriate in 98.6% and 94.6%, respectively. The interval between examinations was inappropriate in 62.5% of cases. Recording of occupational history, recording of the specifications of the occupational exposures, performing and recording physical examinations, spirometry, audiometry, chest X ray, specific occupational and general health paraclinic tests was appropriate in 69%, 36% 26.3%, 30%, 29%, 0%, 15.9%, and 19%, respectively. The final comment of the industrial hygienist was acceptable in 23% of cases. 40% of surveyed files required referring or intervention, but final comment of the examining physician was incorrect in 100% of cases.
Conclusion: In present time, occupational medicine examinations has not an appropriate quality. In order to correct this condition, there is a need for proper training and enacting obvious guidelines and laws in the connection of performing and auditing occupational health examinations.
A Alipour, M Saffari Nia , Gr Sarami Forushani , Am Agha Alikhani , N Akhundi,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2013)
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Background: Psychological capital intervention of Luthans (PCI) is a training program whose effectiveness on decreasing some work-related problems has been confirmed. Therefore, it could be possible to reduce job burnout which is considered of work-related side effects, with devastating effects on individual and organization. The aim of present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Luthans intervention program on job burnout.
Methods: The study used a semi-experimental design with pretest and posttest. Statistical population was 650 experts working in Iran Khodro Diesel company. Among them 60 people were selected by random sampling method and divided into two groups of 30 people. Maslach job burnout questionnaire was used as assessment tool. After the implementation of the questionnaire, Luthans intervention program was applied to experimental group after each participant was tested again using questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS software and independent T-test.
Results: According to the results, burnout pretest scores show a small difference in both groups (2.87& 2.9). But considering job burnout (2.12) and subscales of emotional exhaustion (1.34) and depersonalization (0.72) the average score has decreased significantly in experimental group post test (p<0.01). There was no significant difference in personal accomplishment (p=0.466), but as questionnaire indicates, the scores of experimental group has changed from moderate to high levels of accomplishment.
Conclusion: Given the findings, it can be concluded that Luthans intervention program is effective in reducing job burnout, especially subscales of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Therefore, it could be an appropriate strategy to reduce job burnout.
M Neghab, H Alipour, R Naziaghdam, N Salahshour, M Kazemi, Ab Rejaiefard,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2013)
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Background: The main aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence of fecundity and other reproductive problems among a group of farmers in Kavar district of Fars province, southern Iran.
Methods: A total of 268 randomly selected married male farm workers were investigated. A questionnaire was devised and validated (Cronbach’s α-coefficient (0.81)). Subjects were directly interviewed and the questionnaire forms were completed for them. The prevalence of current primary infertility among the studied population was about 7.4%. In addition, the delayed time-to-pregnancy index (TTP) was noted in 19.4% of subjects’ spouses. Similarly, 6.3% of farm workers had offsprings with congenital malformations. Finally, 1.5% and 9% of farmers’ wives had a history of stillbirth and abortion, respectively.
Results: It was concluded that the prevalence of current primary infertility and spontaneous abortion were significantly higher among farm workers families than in the normal population. Additionally, stillbirth was more common in the wives of farm workers than in the normal population, although the difference did not reach statistical significance.
Conclusion: These effects are likely to be attributed to the exposure of farm workers to pesticides.
M Jahangiri, M Jalali, Ch Saeidi, H Mohammadpour, H Mardi, J Mehr Alipour,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2013)
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Background: In the foam industries, workers are exposed to various chemicals and working with these chemicals without considering occupational safety and health considerations could lead to different harmful symptoms. Consequently, in order to control measures and reducing risk to acceptable level, it is necessary to assess the health risk of exposure to harmful chemicals by implementation of specific risk assessment techniques in the process industries. The purpose of this study was to assess the health risks arising from chemical exposures in a foam industry in order to identify high-risk occupations and provide guidelines to reduce the risk of employment.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the polyurethane foam industry in 2012. In this study 13 men were examined: the mixer operator jobs (4 men), the operator Cutter (6 men) and repairs and maintenance (3 men). In order to assess the health risks of chemicals the proposed method by Singapore Institute of Occupational Safety and Health was used. First, job tasks and work process were determined and then different chemicals in each task identified and risk ranking was calculated in each job task by using of hazard and exposure rate. Finally, the risk level for each of the materials was obtained by interaction of these two parameters in the equation.
Results: The result showed that workers are exposed to 7 chemicals including toluene diisocyanate, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, ethylene diamine, tin acetate, methylene chloride, and calcium carbonate during their work in plant. Out of these 7 chemicals, the highest risk level was determined for toluene diisocyanate in the foam production operators (Cutter Operator). (risk=3.67)
Conclusion: Results showed that workers in the production unit exposed to high levels of toxic vapors of toluene diisocyanate and this leads to change in their spirometry parameters, especially decrease in the FVC and FEV1. Moreover, health risk assessment of harmful chemicals a applied, and appropriate method for job ranking by their risk level was used. These methods could be used for appropriate implementation and prioritization for control measures and reducing risk level to acceptable level.
Manouchehr Shirazi, Houman Manoochehri, Violet Alipour, Saeid Saeidimehr,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2017)
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Introduction: Achievement to a model for facilitation of returning to work in female breast cancer survivors is high importance. Hence, the current study aimed to develop a better understanding of the return to work after breast cancer concept and developing a model for facilitation of return to work in female breast cancer survivors.
Methods: This study is a metasynthesis research, which implemented by Noblit and Hare method on 15 qualitative studies. Databases of Scopus, Science Direct, Pub Med, Google Scholar, SID, and Magiran were used for accessing to these studies. Then, related qualitative studies, including the criteria for the data validity were selected. In the following, their themes were extracted and pooled. The similarities and differences between them were used for the analysis and reduction the categories in the next stage, and then main themes were identified and integrated.
Results: Return-to-work model after breast cancer consisted of five constructs, including communication pattern, supporting system, expects, limitations and coping. Various constructs of this model can have the facilitator or barrier roles in the return-to-work process.
Conclusion: According to developed model in this research, the impact of model constructs, including communication pattern, supporting system, expects and limitations on each othe
r, can lead to cope with and facilitate returning to work in female breast cancer survivors.
Seyed Taghi Mirmohammadi , Seyedeh Zahra Hoseinalipour, Aram Tirgar, Bizhan Shabankhani,
Volume 11, Issue 1 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2019)
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Introduction: dentists are exposed to mercury vapor due to occupational exposure to amalgam Which can endanger their health. the aim of this study was to measure the concentration of urinary mercury in dental students and the restorative specialists one of the dental schools in Iran in order to determine the effect of mercury vapor on them.
Methods: The study population Including 40 dental students and 10 restoration specialists. Sample urine at the end of work time was collected, and the concentration of mercury in urine was measured by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometry. A questionnaire was completed to determine the effects of some personal and environmental factors on the amount of urinary mercury. Data were analyzed by using SPSS software.
Results: The mean concentration of urinary mercury in dental students was 15.18±4.34μg/L and the restoration specialists were 4.11±1.05μg/l. In addition, there was a significant difference between the concentrations of urinary mercury in the two groups (P <0.001). At specialist professors There was a negative correlation between urinary mercury and working hours per day (r=-0.78, p=0.007). Also, in this study, there was a significant relationship between urine mercury and sex, age, type of amalgam consumed, consumption of smoking and the number of amalgam restorations.
Conclusion: Although the level of urine mercury in all samples was lower The recommended amount of ACGIH .Finally, the study is recommended mercury level monitoring for regularly evaluation of the workplace.
