Sustainability in farming sector and  physical comfort in work place to  reduce Mental- stress of Farmers

Musculoskeletal discomforts and disorders cause serious health related problems that affect the mental well-being of farmers reducing their work efficiency and thus, hindering to achieve a sustainable agriculture. The objective of this study was to evaluate the discomfort levels of farmers in Indian agriculture leading to mental stresses, and for this, the discomfort questionnaire has been applied after carrying out a detailed literature review. With the help of discomfort questionnaire and “Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)”, the farmers discomfort levels and their mental stress levels were evaluated. Further by the application of ANFIS, an effort has been made to predict the mental stress of farmers during their work activities in hot-climatic conditions based on the associated parameters like “kcal burnt, Pulse rate, High BP, Low BP, and Temperature”, respectively.

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Study of the health status of geriatric age group in Chitwan district of Nepal

Journal of Chitwan Medical College ◽

10.3126/jcmc.v5i1.12560 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 11-17

Author(s):

L Subedi ◽

R B Sah

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Living Alone ◽

Age Group ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Health Related ◽

History Of ◽

Mental Well Being

Retirement, change in housing, illness or death of spouse greatly affect the physical and mental well-being of the geriatric person. This study aims to find out the health status of geriatric age group in chitwan district of Nepal. A cross sectional study was carried out among 300 geriatric people where 15.7% of the geriatric were living alone, 50.3 % and 39.7% of geriatrics gave history of regular use of tobacco and alcohol respectively. Co-morbidities were found in 63% of geriatrics who suffered from 2 or more diseases. In Total 44% were found to have Ophthalmic problems, 23% were found to have ENT problems, 5.33% were found to mental disorders, 33% were found to have CVS problems, 43% were found to have GI problems, 15.67 % were found to have Metabolic disorder. The study highlighted a high prevalence of morbidity and health related problems in geriatric age groups.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmc.v5i1.12560

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Correlates of Physical Activity in Persons with Arthritis: Review and Recommendations

Journal of Physical Activity and Health ◽

10.1123/jpah.2.2.230 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 230-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Sara Wilcox ◽

Cheryl Der Ananian ◽

Patricia A. Sharpe ◽

Jennifer Robbins ◽

Theresa Brady

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Reference Lists ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Management ◽

Inclusion Criteria ◽

Barriers And Enablers ◽

Health Related ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

Consistent Support

Background:Physical activity (PA) is important for arthritis self-management. A better understanding of the PA correlates in persons with arthritis will help inform interventions.Methods:Computer searches were conducted on PubMed, PsychInfo, Current Contents, and Cinahl databases. Reference lists of extracted articles were also searched. Thirty-six studies published between 1976 and February 2004 met inclusion criteria.Results:PA correlates are presented for sociodemographic, psychological, health-related, social, and environmental categories. Self-efficacy, perceived benefits and barriers, mental well-being, prior PA, and pain received the most consistent support as PA correlates, whereas sociodemographic, social, and environmental variables were the least studied. Too few studies were conducted to allow comparisons across arthritis type or study design.Conclusions:We recommend that additional qualitative research be conducted to understand factors influencing PA in persons with arthritis. Prospective studies, particularly in the context of a PA program or intervention, would also be useful to better understand how barriers and enablers change over time.

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The Association Between Time-Use Behaviors and Physical and Mental Well-Being in Adults: A Compositional Isotemporal Substitution Analysis

Journal of Physical Activity and Health ◽

10.1123/jpah.2018-0687 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 197-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rachel G. Curtis ◽

Dorothea Dumuid ◽

Timothy Olds ◽

Ronald Plotnikoff ◽

Corneel Vandelanotte ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Physical Health ◽

Sedentary Behavior ◽

Body Mass ◽

Time Use ◽

Well Being ◽

Health Related Qol ◽

Health Related ◽

The Difference ◽

Mental Well Being

Background: Substantial evidence links activity domains with health and well-being; however, research has typically examined time-use behaviors independently, rather than considering daily activity as a 24-hour time-use composition. This study used compositional data analysis to estimate the difference in physical and mental well-being associated with reallocating time between behaviors. Methods: Participants (n = 430; 74% female; 41 [12] y) wore an accelerometer for 7 days and reported their body mass index; health-related quality of life (QoL); and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Regression models determined whether time-use composition, comprising sleep, sedentary behavior, light physical activity (LPA), and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), was associated with well-being. Compositional isotemporal substitution models estimated the difference in well-being associated with reallocating time between behaviors. Results: Time-use composition was associated with body mass index and physical health-related QoL. Reallocating time to MVPA from sleep, sedentary behavior, and LPA showed favorable associations with body mass index and physical health-related QoL, whereas reallocations from MVPA to other behaviors showed unfavorable associations. Reallocations from LPA to sedentary behavior were associated with better physical health–related QoL and vice versa. Conclusion: Results reinforce the importance of MVPA for physical health but do not suggest that replacing sedentary behavior with LPA is beneficial for health and well-being.

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Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-Driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence ◽

10.1007/s10964-021-01533-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Stefanie Do ◽

Juul M. J. Coumans ◽

Claudia Börnhorst ◽

Hermann Pohlabeln ◽

Lucia A. Reisch ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Life Events ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Well Being ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Linear Mixed Effects ◽

Health Related ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

Risk Taking Behaviors

AbstractKnowing the extent to which mental well-being and stressful life events during adolescence contribute to personality characteristics related to risk-taking behaviors, such as emotion-driven impulsiveness, is highly relevant for the development of health promotion measures. This study examined whether psychosocial well-being and different stressful life events are associated with emotion-driven impulsiveness. In total, 3,031 adolescents (52% girls; Mage = 13.6 years) were included from the I. Family Study, a cross-sectional examination on lifestyle-related behaviors conducted across eight European countries in 2013/14. Linear mixed-effects regression models showed that higher psychosocial well-being was associated with lower emotion-driven impulsiveness independent of socio-demographic, health-related, and parental variables. A higher number of stressful life events was associated with higher emotion-driven impulsiveness. Psychosocial well-being and stressful life events need to be further considered in the development and tailoring of health promotion strategies that aim to reduce emotion-driven impulsiveness.

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Stakeholder Perceptions of the Challenges to Racehorse Welfare

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani9060363 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 363 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Deborah Butler ◽

Mathilde Valenchon ◽

Rachel Annan ◽

Helen R. Whay ◽

Siobhan Mullan

Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Detrimental Effect ◽

Well Being ◽

Employee Attitudes ◽

Employee Relations ◽

Staff Retention ◽

Focus Group Discussions ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Health Related ◽

Mental Well Being

The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the key challenges to racehorse welfare as perceived by racing industry stakeholders. The paper draws upon statements and transcripts from 10 focus group discussions with 42 participants who were taking part in a larger study investigating stakeholders’ perceptions of racehorse welfare, which participants recognised as maintaining the physical and mental well-being of a performance animal. Analysis of the 68 statements participants identified as challenges produced nine themes. Among these, 26% (18 statements) of the challenges were health related, whilst 41% (28 statements) focused on the effect staff shortages were having on the racing industry. Staff shortages were perceived as affecting standards of racehorse care and the opportunity to develop a human–horse relationship. Poor employee relations due to a lack of recognition, communication and respect were perceived as having a detrimental effect on employee attitudes, behaviour and staff retention which, in turn, can have a sequential effect on the welfare and health of horses in training. Although the number of challenges produced is small (68), they emphasise the perceptions of stakeholders closely associated with the racing industry.

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The Associations between Mental Well-Being and Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: Results from the Scottish Health Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16193596 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (19) ◽

pp. 3596 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ahmad Salman ◽

Maha Sellami ◽

Abdulla Saeed AL-Mohannadi ◽

Sungsoo Chun

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Health Survey ◽

Adult Population ◽

Well Being ◽

Moderate Activity ◽

Physical Activity Guidelines ◽

Scottish Health Survey ◽

Health Related ◽

Mental Well Being

The association between physical activity (PA) and mental well-being in individuals with a cardiovascular disease (CVD) is poorly studied. The objective of this study was to assess the association between mental well-being and adherence to the recommended guidelines for PA in a Scottish adult population with CVD. The study used data from 3128 adults who had CVD conditions (1547 men and 1581 women; mean age 63.29 years) who participated in the Scottish Health Survey between 2014 and 2017. The Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) was used as a surrogate measure of mental health. PA was classified as “met” or “unmet” on the basis of the recommended PA guidelines (150 min of moderate activity or 75 min of vigorous activity per week). The relationship between PA guidelines being met and the WEMWBS score was explored using hierarchical linear regression accounting for a set of health and sociodemographic characteristics. Of the participants, ~41.8% met the recommended PA levels. Among those with CVD, the mean (SD) WEMWBS scores of individuals who did not have a long-standing illness (51.14 ± 7.65 vs 47.07 ± 9.54; p < 0.05), diabetes (48.44 ± 9.05 vs 46.04 ± 10.25; p < 0.05), or high blood pressure (48.63 ± 9.08 vs 47.52 ± 9.47; p < 0.05) were significantly higher than those of individuals with such conditions. Meeting PA recommendations was significantly associated with a higher mean WEMWBS score (50.64 ± 7.97 vs 46.06 ± 9.75; p < 0.05). Multiple regression analysis of health-related behaviors improved the prediction of mental well-being over and above meeting the recommended PA levels. Mental well-being was strongly correlated with PA adherence in CVD patients. It seems that for patients with CVD, PA should be tailored to meet patients’ health conditions in order to promote mental well-being and improve overall health.

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Mind-Body Dualism and Health Revisited

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000344 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (4) ◽

pp. 219-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Pascal Burgmer ◽

Matthias Forstmann

Keyword(s):

Health Behavior ◽

Field Study ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Well Being ◽

Lay People ◽

Behavior Study ◽

Health Related Behaviors ◽

Health Related ◽

Sound Mind ◽

Mental Well Being

Abstract. Does a sound mind require a sound body? Whether or not lay people subscribe to this notion depends on their belief in mind-body dualism and critically shapes their health-related behaviors. Six studies (N = 1,710) revisit the relation between dualism and health. We replicate the negative correlation between belief in dualism and health behavior (Study 1) and extend it to behavior in the field (Study 2). Studies 3a and 3b investigate how belief in dualism shapes intuitions about the material origin of psychological well-being, while Studies 4a and 4b examine how these intuitions determine health-related outcomes. In sum, construing minds as different from bodies entails the intuition that mental well-being has little material substrate which in turn attenuates health-sustaining behaviors.

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Effectiveness of a Smartphone App (BioBase) for Reducing Anxiety and Increasing Mental Well-Being: Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study

JMIR Formative Research ◽

10.2196/18067 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (11) ◽

pp. e18067

Author(s):

Jamie M Kawadler ◽

Nicola Rose Hemmings ◽

Sonia Ponzo ◽

Davide Morelli ◽

Geoffrey Bird ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Physiological Data ◽

Smartphone App ◽

State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽

Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ◽

Stress Scale ◽

Baseline Levels ◽

Related Stress ◽

Educational Modules ◽

Mental Well Being

Background The prevalence of workplace-related stress and anxiety is high, resulting in stress-related physical and mental illness. Digital self-guided interventions aimed at key areas of workplace design may be able to provide remote anxiolytic effects. Objective The aim of this feasibility study is to assess changes in anxiety and mental well-being after use of the BioBase programme, a mobile phone platform for psycho-educational modules, tools, and real-time feedback of physiological data. Methods A 4-week observational study was carried out in 55 healthy adults who were screened for stress with the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) Stress subscale. Participants completed anxiety (6-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI]) and mental well-being (Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale [WEMWBS]) questionnaires at baseline and at 4 weeks. Feedback questionnaires were administered after 4 weeks. Results After 4 weeks of using the programme and controlling for any effect of being paid to take part in the study, STAI significantly decreased (baseline mean 45.52 [SD 13.2]; 4-week mean 39.82 [SD 11.2]; t54=–3.51; P<.001; CI –8.88 to –2.52; Cohen d=0.96) and WEMWBS significantly increased (baseline mean 48.12 [SD 6.4]; 4-week mean 50.4 [SD 6.9]; t53=2.41; P=.019; CI 0.44-4.23; Cohen d=0.66). Further, higher baseline stress was significantly associated with a greater decrease in STAI (t53=–3.41; P=.001; CI –8.10 to –2.10; R2=0.180) and a greater increase in WEMWBS (t52=2.41; P=.019; CI 0.38-4.11, R2=0.101). On feedback, participants found the programme easy to use/navigate, with the content being acceptable and relevant to workplace-related stressors; 70% (21/30) of participants would recommend the programme to a friend. Conclusions The BioBase programme is a potentially effective intervention in decreasing anxiety and increasing mental well-being, with larger changes in those with higher baseline levels of stress.

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