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Background: Health condition of workers affects their productivity. The relationship between general health and safety attitudes is not quite clear. Objective: The present paper is an attempt to examine the relationship of general health condition with safety attitude and demographical specifications of workers at car after-sale services workshops in ArdabilIran. Materials and Method: The study was carried out as a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. The sample group consisted of 650 workers in small car after-sale services workshops located in Ardabil City. Three questionnaires including a demographical form, the General Health questionnaire (GHQ-28), and the safety attitude inventory were used for data gathering. The collected data was analyzed in SPSS19. Results: The mean score of safety attitude was 71.05±2.3 and the mean score of general health was 24.96±3.35. The score of general health had a significant relationship with age group, work experience, marital status, education level, and history of work incident. The mean scores of safety attitude was significantly different depending on age group, work experience, workshop ownership status, marital status, education level, income, and history of work accident. Conclusion: The subjects had a low safety attitudes score and high probability of general heath disorders. General health condition was directly related to safety attitude of the participants. Therefore, providing applied educations based on the workers’ needs to increase awareness and improve safety attitudes of workers can lead to a decrease in the rate of work accidents and a higher general health in the workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Hospital staffs, particularly the one in direct contact with patients, have the highest rates of musculoskeletal disorders. Lack of physical activity and muscle weakness cause the complication. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the musculoskeletal disorders and the level of work activity in the staff of an educational hospital. Methods: A descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 312 staff in Ardebil Educational Hospital. The data collection methods were interviews, the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, and Baecke Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire. Statistical analyses were done using SPSS19. Results: The subjects had a moderate level of physical activity. The highest level of physical activity occurred during work activities. Hospital staff experienced the most severe pain in their low back, knee and neck region over the last year. It was found that MSDs in the low back, shoulder, upper back, and knee regions significantly correlated with one's physical activity. Conclusion: Work activity increases the risk of knee pain, shoulder pain, and LBP. Thus, hospital employee's especially female workers are recommended to have reformed workstations, moderated physical activity loads, and regular exercises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common debilitating causes in workers and the main reason for medical leaves. Medial leave brings health, social, and economic consequences for individuals and society. The relationship between medical leaves due to pain and discomfort in different parts of the body and physical activity level at work, practice of sport, and leisure time in workers in cement industry in 2019 was examined. Methods: A descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 150 workers of a cement factory. The participants were selected randomly. Data gathering tools were demographics form, Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, and Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire and the collected data was analyzed using SPSS (v.22). Results: The participants noted that the main painful areas over the past year were the waist, knee, ankle, and neck. There was a significant relationship between medical leave due to pain in the neck and overtime work. There was a significant relationship between the type of work activity and medical leave due to a pain in knee and ankle. Conclusion: The workers who used such medical leaves had a higher PAL at work. PAL at work increased the requests of medical leaves due to the pain in knee and waist. The PAL at sport practice decreased the rate of request for medical leave due to a pain in the Waist and Knee. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Assessment of the performance of management systems is one of the main concerns of managers. The measure of success of an occupational health and safety management system is the ex-tent of its effectiveness. The effects of implementing an OHSMS on health and safety performance indices in a casting site located in Iran between 2015 and 2019 were examined. Methods: A retrospective descriptive-analytical study was conducted over five years on 21 departments of a casting site. All the functional indices one year before the implementation of OHSAS 18001:2007 in 2015 until a year after the implementation (2019) were monitored and the data were analyzed using SPSS (v.19). Results: There was a significant decrease in occupational accidents after the implementation of OHSAS 18001:2007. Mechanical and ergonomic factors demonstrated significant improvements. There were improvements in the indices of opening health files for the personnel, personal protective equipment, education, instructions, legal requirements, commitment, and leadership. There was no significant change in chemical and physical factors. Conclusion: Implementation of the occupational health and safety management system was effective in the indices that needed managerial control with no or low expenses. However, it was not effective in indices in engineering and technical areas that needed more expenses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Job burnout is a common phenomenon in health care employees who need to deal with and witness people's problems and expectations. By definition, occupational cognitive failures appear as problems in performing daily tasks like forgetting them or having difficulty in focusing on them. The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between job burnout and occupation cognitive failures in nurses of educational hospitals. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was done in 2018 and consisted of nurses from the Ardebil Hospital (n= 2,250). Using the Cochran formula, 328 hospital nurses were selected from different units by simple random sampling method. The data were collected by two professional health experts through interviewing and completing demographic questionnaires, job burnout questionnaire, and occupational cognitive failure questionnaire. Statistical analyses was performed in SPSS19. Results: A total of 328 nurses participated in the study. The mean age of the subjects was 34±8 years, varying from 22 years to 58 years. Occupational cognitive failures increased with the increase in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; while it decreased with an increase in individual accomplishment. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between occupational cognitive failure and different dimensions of job burnout. In addition, different dimensions of job burnout (Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal accomplishment) could be associated with possible errors in information processing (memory, attention, and functioning). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]