scholarly journals Comparative Study on Exploring General Mental Health of University Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1416-1421
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
General Mental Health

scholarly journals Mental Health Problems Among Whistleblowers: A Comparative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 632-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. van der Velden ◽  
Mauro Pecoraro ◽  
Mijke S. Houwerzijl ◽  
Erik van der Meulen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Interpersonal Sensitivity ◽  
General Mental Health ◽  
Sleeping Problems ◽  
Work Disabilities

Whistleblowers play a very important and indispensable role in society and health care sector, but their act may elicit retaliation and other negative effects, which may impact their mental health. The main aim of the present comparative study is to assess to what extent whistleblowers ( N = 27) more often suffer from severe mental health problems than other population-based groups in the Netherlands, i.e., matched controls ( N = 135), cancer patients ( N = 130), persons with (partial) work disabilities ( N = 194), physically “healthy” persons ( N = 200), and general population ( N = 1026), using the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey scales (for general mental health) and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised scales (for specific mental health problems: depression, anxiety, agoraphobia, interpersonal sensitivity and distrust, and sleeping problems). Logistic regression analyses showed that the prevalence of general mental health problems was much higher than among matched controls and people with work disabilities but similar to cancer patient when controlling for demographics. About 85% suffered from severe to very severe anxiety, depression, interpersonal sensitivity and distrust, agoraphobia symptoms, and/or sleeping problems, and 48% reached clinical levels of these specific mental health problems. These specific mental health problems were much more prevalent than among the general population.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Effect of Time Change in Cognitive Function in Volunteers in Tehran

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjan Erfani ◽  
Hedayat Sahraei ◽  
Zahra Bahari ◽  
Gholam Hossein Meftahi ◽  
Boshra Hatef ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Reaction Time ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Plasma Cortisol Level ◽  
Mental Fatigue ◽  
Time Change ◽  
General Mental Health ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Time Changes

<strong></strong><p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Time change (which can lead to sleep duration decrements) can lead to brain dysfunction if repeated. In the present study, cognitive functions of the volunteers were evaluated before and after the time changes in Tehran.</p><p><strong>METHODS:</strong> Eleven, voluntary healthy persons (21±2 year old) were evaluated for their cognitive functions including sustain attention, reaction time, and mental fatigue twenty-one days before the time changes and thirty-eight days after time change using PASAT software. In addition, plasma cortisol level was measured before and after the time changes.</p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> After the time changes salivary cortisol concentration increase, but general mental health was decreased. Sustain attention was shortened after time change which was significantly different compared with before the time changes. Reaction time was increased after the time changes in comparison with the before the time changes, but was not statistically significant. In addition, mental fatigue was increased after the time changes.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> It seems that time change may reduce brain cognitive functions which are manifested by general mental health, sustain attention reduction, reaction time as well as mental fatigue.</p>

scholarly journals Relationship between social competences and the sense of general mental health and intensity of stress among nurses

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Chrzan-Rodak ◽  
Barbara Ślusarska ◽  
Grzegorz Nowicki ◽  
Alina Deluga ◽  
Agnieszka Bartoszek
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
General Mental Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Social Competences

Introduction: Social competences are indispensable in occupations reliant on interpersonal interactions, such as in medical professions, e.g. nursing, conditioning not only the effective construction of interpersonal relationships, but ever more often emphasizing a positive impact on strengthening coping skills in stressful situations. The object of our study was to assess the connection of social competences with the sense of general mental health and intensity of stress in the group of nurses.Materials and methods: In the study took part 291 nurses (ages 23–63, mean job seniority 11 years, SD = 10.22). We used the Social Competence Questionnaire (KKS) according to Anna Matczak, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), as adapted by Zygfryd Juczyński and Nina Ogińska-Bulik, and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) in the adaptation of Zofia Makowska and Dorota Merecz to collect information for the study.Results: Stress intensity among respondents averaged 16.83 points (SD = 4.47). In the 4 analyzed indicators of the GHQ-28, the mean point score was: somatic symptoms M = 8.45, anxiety and insomnia M = 8.75, functional disorders M = 8.07, depression symptoms M = 2.46. 38.1% of the results of the level of general mental health were in the range 5–6, which is the average level of mental health perceived in the group of nurses.Conclusions: The level of perceived stress among more than half of the surveyed group of nurses was average (52.6%). The level of social competences is not significantly correlated with the intensity of stress experienced. The level of general mental health of 38.1% of the nurses fell in the range of average. The level of social competences significantly correlates with the general mental health status of the nurse respondents (R = -0.254, p < 0.001).

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