[Relationship between job characteristic and job stress in nurses of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences educational hospitals]

Job stress is condition in work as part of role playing and need to adaptive responses; job stress is one of attention part of nursing profession and some of most important reasons of job stress are the characteristic of job for example task identity, skill variety, task significance, autonomy and feedback. The purpose of this study was to investigation relationship between job characteristic and job stress in nurses of KUMS educational hospitals. This study was descriptive correlated [cross-sectional], 297 participants in census method recruited from KUMS educational hospitals nurses. Demographic information, job diagnostics surveys [JDS] and job stress [Stimer] were measured by self-report questionnaire. The validity and reliability of these questionnaires approved in the earlier researches. As well as, internal consistency were 0.86 for Job diagnostics surveys and 0.82 for job stress by alpha Cronbach. Then information analyzed by statistical tests such as association linear-by-linear, X[2] and ordinal regression by SPSS 16. 72.7% of participants were female, 59.6% married, 64.6% employed under 5 year, 33.3% work in critical wards and 87.9% were registered nurse. Motivational Potential Score [MPS] of 53.5% was low, job stress 64.6% was middle and the relation between MPS and job characteristics [skill variety [P<0.001], task identity [P<0.001], autonomy [P<0.02] and feedback [P<0.1], age, sex and education level with job stress was statistically significant [P<0.05]. Regression model of relational variables with job stress show that the autonomy was the most effective determinant on the job stress then task identity and feedback. This study showed relation between job characteristic and job stress in nurses so hospital managers must increase autonomy, identifying task identity and give proper feedbacks to redesign job and make nursing more challengeable, motivational and satisfying

[Survey of knowledge and attitude of farmers of Southern Khorasan province regarding agriculture related OHS issues in 2008]

Agriculture is one of the oldest and high risk professions. Traditional agricultural production mainly depends on the physical power of farmers; thus, optimum efficiency in agriculture depends on the attention paid to the importance of certain measures to prevent diseases and accidents due to farming. This research was performed with the aim of survey of knowledge and attitude of farmers of Southern Khorasan province regarding agriculture related OHS issues in 2008. In this cross-sectional study, 818 farmers were selected and a questionnaire that is validity and reliability had been approved was filled out through interviewing each subject. Data were analyzed using the SPSS program and appropriate statistical tests. p 0.05]. Considering the obtained results, improving health knowledge of farmers through appropriate training programs is necessary

Evaluation of sperm parameters in patients with varicocele before and after sperm processing

Varicocele is one of the causes of male infertility. It changes with temperature and drainage of testicular veins that due to spermatogenesis disturbance and decrease of fertility in these patients. However varicocelectomy is a treatment for varicocele, but there are other methods of treating this disease including assisted reproductive technology [ART], Sperm processing and swim up. This interventional study was performed on 155 cases in fertility and infertility Center of Babol University of medical sciences in 2004. Sperm parameters in varicocele patients was assessed before and after sperm processing. The mean age of patients was 31.8 years. Sperm motility before sperm processing in grade III and IV was 53.9% and 12.9%, respectively but after sperm processing in grade III and IV changed to 78.7% and 56.8%, respectively. Total motility before sperm processing was 40% and changed after processing to 80%. The results show that with sperm processing and collection of appropriate sperms, we are able to increase fertility