Dr E Razmpa, Dr M Ghaffarpour, Dr Kh Sadeghniiat Haghighi , Dr Ha Ghelichnia , Dr M Ghobaei , Na Rezaei, Dr Kh Davari, A Asadi,
Volume 1, Issue 1 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2009)
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Background: There are many risk factors that predispose nurses to sleep disorders. In one hand, sleep disorder affects health and safety of nurses and patients and on the other hand, risk factors of this occupations raise the prevalance of sleep disorders and their complications.
Materials and Methods: this study was done cross-sectionally on 190 nurses of Imam Khomeini hospital in Tehran, Iran. We used sleep impairment index for insomnia, Epworth sleepiness scale for excessive daytime sleepiness, Martinez method for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and sleep disorder was defined as insomnia or hypersomnolance.
Results: prevalence of sleep disorders, insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and narcolepsy was, 83.8%, 81.5%, 33.1%, 12.1%, 3.7%, respectively. Using multivariable model, just shift work was significantly effective on prevalence of sleep disorders.
Conclusion: We determined the prevalence of important subtypes of sleep disorders in nurses by standard self-report questionnaires and physical exam. Many risk factors that other studies in western countries have shown their importance, can't affect the prevalence of sleep disorders in Iranian nurses. To find the true reason for this issue, we suggest that a study must be done to compare occupation definition, Job, and task of Iranian nurses with western nurses.
M Asadi-Ghalhari, M Mahdinia, S Mohebi, R Hokmabadi, E Gharedaghi,
Volume 7, Issue 2 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2015)
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Introduction: Students in the elementary school they are a vulnerable group. Creating healthy environment has a very important effect on their health, and improves their performance. Physical factors in the classroom are one of the major factors contributing to the protection and promotion of children's health. This study aimed to evaluate the physical factors including lighting, temperature and humidity as important environmental factors in primary schools.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was done in 2013 in 115 classrooms in Qom province. Illumination was measured at the central stations with dimensions of 2×2 meters in 24 inches height an above ground level. Relative humidity and temperature measured in five points of each class in one meter height a above ground level. All measurements were done between 9 am to 15 pm in spring. The results were analyzed using SPSS software.
Results: The results showed that the minimum national standard was not supplied in 13% of the classes. The average of illumination was between the minimum and recommended standard in 68.7% of classes. The temperature in 15.7% of the classes was in the recommended range temperature. The average of relative humidity was 30.43%. Both temperature and relative humidity were in the standard range only in 7% of studied classrooms.
Conclusion: In a large number of classes in elementary schools, some of the physical factors affecting the health and performance of students were not favorable. So, it required proper appropriate planning to improve the conditions.
M Hasoumi, Y Jouyani , H Asadi, M Khakian, A Aryankhesal ,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2016)
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Introduction: Owing to the wide variety of jobs and professions in hospitals, many risk factors threaten staff health. The current study examines the relationship between staff’s job accidents and the resulting absence in hospitals of Tehran and Iran universities of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Data were collected by questionnaires asking different staff about their job accidents through 2013 in 26 hospitals of Tehran and Iran Universities of Medical Sciences. The Chi-square and independent t tests were used to examine the relationship between job accidents and absence.
Results: 368 completed questionnaires were returned out of 385 distributed ones. Body cut resulted from pointed and sharp objects with 77.2 percent and burns with 6.7 percent were the most and least prevalent accidents among staff respectively. Skin touch with patients’ blood and other fluids was reported as the most absence-causing factor with 92 days, and on the other hand staff accident with trolleys and beds, burns and electricity shock resulted in no day of absence. A meaningful relationship was found between the type of accidents and the resulted days of absence.
Conclusion: Blood and other biological fluids were the main risk factors for staff to send them off their job. For improving staff efficiency and effectiveness, the job accidents should be investigated based on their resulted absence days and corrective considerations are respected.