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مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2019
Background: Occupational exposure to body fluids, and consequently the blood-borne infections, is... more Background: Occupational exposure to body fluids, and consequently the blood-borne infections, is an important risk to healthcare workers. Needle-stick injury (NSI) causes occupational injuries, and imposes heavy health, as well as psychological and economic burdens on the individual, health system and community. In this study, we evaluated the risk factors of NSI in Alzahra hospital, the largest hospital of Isfahan City, Iran. Methods: This case-control study was carried out on 200 healthcare workers of Alzahra hospital affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (100 cases and 100 controls). A total of 100 employees with NSIs were selected as cases and compared with 100 of those who had not NSIs as controls. Job content questionnaire (JCQ), job factors (job title, work experience, shift work, employment status, and department of activity), and NSIs characteristics (exposure severity, type of procedure, type and characteristics of tools) were asked and compared between the...
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Due to the high prevalence of diabetes and dyslipidemia, which are risk factors for d... more Background: Due to the high prevalence of diabetes and dyslipidemia, which are risk factors for diseases such as metabolic syndrome in today's modern society, especially in the working population, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of shift work on fasting blood glucose and lipid profiles in workers in Isfahan City, Iran, during the years 2014-2015. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 6983 employees referred to labor centers for periodic examinations were entered according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients were divided into three groups based on the type of work shift as day, fixed night, and rotate shift workers, and two groups based of type of work as official and non-official workers. The level of blood glucose and lipid profiles [cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL)] were evaluated and compared between the groups. Findings: There were no significant differences between three groups ...
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Regarding the high prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases in people, espec... more Background: Regarding the high prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases in people, especially worker population, and the problems caused by these diseases, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of work shift (day, night, and rotate shift workers) on blood pressure and body mass index (BMI). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 6983 employees who referred to the occupational centers of the city of Isfahan, Iran, in 2015, participated according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. They were divided into two groups based on type of work as official and non-official and three groups based on work shift: day, fixed night, and rotate shift working. Age, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, and occupational type were compared between these groups. Findings: 82.2%, 0.7%, and 17.1% of participants were day, fixed night, and rotate shift workers, respectively. There was a significant difference between the groups in age and type of occupation (P < 0.001 for...
The effect of physical and psychosocial occupational factors on the chronicity of low back pain i... more The effect of physical and psychosocial occupational factors on the chronicity of low back pain in the workers of Iranian metal industry: a cohort study
Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran, 2022
Background country. The a from February Methods: In suspected clini the epidemiolo the final outc... more Background country. The a from February Methods: In suspected clini the epidemiolo the final outcom Results: Of 4324 (36.7%) screening servi screening (58.9 statistically sig was most sign statistically sig (P<0.05). Conclusion: about 9 percen screened by th outcome.
Advanced Biomedical Research, 2022
Background: COVID-19 pandemic placed immense pressure on health systems. The current study aimed ... more Background: COVID-19 pandemic placed immense pressure on health systems. The current study aimed to evaluate the symptoms of COVID-19 in Isfahan province and their association with disease outcome. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, which was conducted on patients with a definite diagnosis of COVID-19, as a part of the investigations performed by the Deputy for Public Health of the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, the frequency of underlying diseases, and general, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, renal, cardiac, dermal, hearing symptoms are assessed using a checklist. The participants were followed up 1 month after definitive diagnosis, and the outcome of the disease (recovery or death) was recorded. Results: Of 300 patients, 143 (47.4%) were male and 157 (52.6%) were female. The mean age of patients was 43 ± 17.84 years. Muscle pain and fatigue were the most common early symptoms (63% and 60.3%, respectively). Age, sex, level of education, and ...
Background: Social capital includes a series of issues and values, which is potentially in relati... more Background: Social capital includes a series of issues and values, which is potentially in relation with social groups and organizations. Due to the importance of the social capital as a determining factor in the health, this study aimed to evaluate the social capital in the students of the Isfahan University of Medical Science. Methods: This survey was the first phase of a survey that was carried out in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences on 700 students. Students were selected by a simple random sampling method. Data on social capital of students were collected by Bullen questionnaire. For data analysis, SPSS version 22 statistic software were used. Results: The mean score of social capital of the students in this study were 62.11± 14.6, in which the lowest score were belonged to the cooperation domain and the highest one were belonged to the identity. The most important factors that related to the social capital of the students, includes the gender in medical students (male: 5...
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Objectives: Work ability may be considered as an important aspect of well-being and health status... more Objectives: Work ability may be considered as an important aspect of well-being and health status. One of the most important factors in association with work ability is health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of this study has been to determine the association between work ability, individual characteristics and HRQoL of female workers. Material and Methods: The design of this study has been cross-sectional. The work ability index (WAI) and Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-12) questionnaires were used to collect data. Three hundred and twenty female workers were selected from food supplier factories in Karaj. One-way analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis, independent sample t-test and multiple linear regression methods were used to analyze data. Results: Mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) of the WAI stood at 35.02 and 5.57, respectively. The categories of the WAI for women being as follows: 8.8% poor, 62% moderate, 25.4% good and 3.7% excellent. Mean±SD for the physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) of quality of life was 58.84±11.12 and 57.45±9.94, respectively. There was a positive significant association between the PCS and MCS with the WAI (p = 0.0001). Workers with higher education had a better work ability (p = 0.002) and shift-work workers had a worse work ability (p = 0.03). Conclusions: Work ability of majority of women was moderate. Considering mean age of studied women (27.6 years old), this work ability is not satisfactory. Physical and mental components of the HRQoL were the important factors associated with work ability.
Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2015
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common problems among the workers of different industries.... more Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common problems among the workers of different industries. The role of occupational factors in causing the LBP has been indicated previously. LBP has great socio-economic costs and most of its costs are related to the chronic LBP. The aim of this study was to identify the occupational risk factors that are related to the progression of the LBP from acute to chronic phase. This cohort study has been conducted on 185 workers with acute LBP. Information related to their occupational exposure at baseline has been measured with a valid questionnaire using the self-report approach. Patients follow up was done monthly for three months after the start of the pain. Those workers whose occupational exposure had not changed during the follow up were divided into two groups of chronic LBP (n = 49) and cured (n = 136) according to the duration of the pain period (more or less than 3 months), and their job exposures were compared. Among the physical and psyc...
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2019
Background: Occupational exposure to body fluids, and consequently the blood-borne infections, is... more Background: Occupational exposure to body fluids, and consequently the blood-borne infections, is an important risk to healthcare workers. Needle-stick injury (NSI) causes occupational injuries, and imposes heavy health, as well as psychological and economic burdens on the individual, health system and community. In this study, we evaluated the risk factors of NSI in Alzahra hospital, the largest hospital of Isfahan City, Iran. Methods: This case-control study was carried out on 200 healthcare workers of Alzahra hospital affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (100 cases and 100 controls). A total of 100 employees with NSIs were selected as cases and compared with 100 of those who had not NSIs as controls. Job content questionnaire (JCQ), job factors (job title, work experience, shift work, employment status, and department of activity), and NSIs characteristics (exposure severity, type of procedure, type and characteristics of tools) were asked and compared between the...
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Due to the high prevalence of diabetes and dyslipidemia, which are risk factors for d... more Background: Due to the high prevalence of diabetes and dyslipidemia, which are risk factors for diseases such as metabolic syndrome in today's modern society, especially in the working population, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of shift work on fasting blood glucose and lipid profiles in workers in Isfahan City, Iran, during the years 2014-2015. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 6983 employees referred to labor centers for periodic examinations were entered according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients were divided into three groups based on the type of work shift as day, fixed night, and rotate shift workers, and two groups based of type of work as official and non-official workers. The level of blood glucose and lipid profiles [cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL)] were evaluated and compared between the groups. Findings: There were no significant differences between three groups ...
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Regarding the high prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases in people, espec... more Background: Regarding the high prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases in people, especially worker population, and the problems caused by these diseases, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of work shift (day, night, and rotate shift workers) on blood pressure and body mass index (BMI). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 6983 employees who referred to the occupational centers of the city of Isfahan, Iran, in 2015, participated according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. They were divided into two groups based on type of work as official and non-official and three groups based on work shift: day, fixed night, and rotate shift working. Age, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, and occupational type were compared between these groups. Findings: 82.2%, 0.7%, and 17.1% of participants were day, fixed night, and rotate shift workers, respectively. There was a significant difference between the groups in age and type of occupation (P < 0.001 for...
The effect of physical and psychosocial occupational factors on the chronicity of low back pain i... more The effect of physical and psychosocial occupational factors on the chronicity of low back pain in the workers of Iranian metal industry: a cohort study
Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran, 2022
Background country. The a from February Methods: In suspected clini the epidemiolo the final outc... more Background country. The a from February Methods: In suspected clini the epidemiolo the final outcom Results: Of 4324 (36.7%) screening servi screening (58.9 statistically sig was most sign statistically sig (P<0.05). Conclusion: about 9 percen screened by th outcome.
Advanced Biomedical Research, 2022
Background: COVID-19 pandemic placed immense pressure on health systems. The current study aimed ... more Background: COVID-19 pandemic placed immense pressure on health systems. The current study aimed to evaluate the symptoms of COVID-19 in Isfahan province and their association with disease outcome. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, which was conducted on patients with a definite diagnosis of COVID-19, as a part of the investigations performed by the Deputy for Public Health of the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, the frequency of underlying diseases, and general, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, renal, cardiac, dermal, hearing symptoms are assessed using a checklist. The participants were followed up 1 month after definitive diagnosis, and the outcome of the disease (recovery or death) was recorded. Results: Of 300 patients, 143 (47.4%) were male and 157 (52.6%) were female. The mean age of patients was 43 ± 17.84 years. Muscle pain and fatigue were the most common early symptoms (63% and 60.3%, respectively). Age, sex, level of education, and ...
Background: Social capital includes a series of issues and values, which is potentially in relati... more Background: Social capital includes a series of issues and values, which is potentially in relation with social groups and organizations. Due to the importance of the social capital as a determining factor in the health, this study aimed to evaluate the social capital in the students of the Isfahan University of Medical Science. Methods: This survey was the first phase of a survey that was carried out in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences on 700 students. Students were selected by a simple random sampling method. Data on social capital of students were collected by Bullen questionnaire. For data analysis, SPSS version 22 statistic software were used. Results: The mean score of social capital of the students in this study were 62.11± 14.6, in which the lowest score were belonged to the cooperation domain and the highest one were belonged to the identity. The most important factors that related to the social capital of the students, includes the gender in medical students (male: 5...
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Objectives: Work ability may be considered as an important aspect of well-being and health status... more Objectives: Work ability may be considered as an important aspect of well-being and health status. One of the most important factors in association with work ability is health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of this study has been to determine the association between work ability, individual characteristics and HRQoL of female workers. Material and Methods: The design of this study has been cross-sectional. The work ability index (WAI) and Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-12) questionnaires were used to collect data. Three hundred and twenty female workers were selected from food supplier factories in Karaj. One-way analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis, independent sample t-test and multiple linear regression methods were used to analyze data. Results: Mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) of the WAI stood at 35.02 and 5.57, respectively. The categories of the WAI for women being as follows: 8.8% poor, 62% moderate, 25.4% good and 3.7% excellent. Mean±SD for the physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) of quality of life was 58.84±11.12 and 57.45±9.94, respectively. There was a positive significant association between the PCS and MCS with the WAI (p = 0.0001). Workers with higher education had a better work ability (p = 0.002) and shift-work workers had a worse work ability (p = 0.03). Conclusions: Work ability of majority of women was moderate. Considering mean age of studied women (27.6 years old), this work ability is not satisfactory. Physical and mental components of the HRQoL were the important factors associated with work ability.
Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2015
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common problems among the workers of different industries.... more Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common problems among the workers of different industries. The role of occupational factors in causing the LBP has been indicated previously. LBP has great socio-economic costs and most of its costs are related to the chronic LBP. The aim of this study was to identify the occupational risk factors that are related to the progression of the LBP from acute to chronic phase. This cohort study has been conducted on 185 workers with acute LBP. Information related to their occupational exposure at baseline has been measured with a valid questionnaire using the self-report approach. Patients follow up was done monthly for three months after the start of the pain. Those workers whose occupational exposure had not changed during the follow up were divided into two groups of chronic LBP (n = 49) and cured (n = 136) according to the duration of the pain period (more or less than 3 months), and their job exposures were compared. Among the physical and psyc...