The treatments of mild hypertension with atenolol and prazosin in occupationally active men and women were compared in a double blind cross-over with placebo. The hypotensive effect of the ...beta-adreno-receptor blocking drug, atenolol, were striking and in accordance with current knowledge, using one daily dose of 100 mg. In contrast, the hypotensive effect of taking 2 mg prazosin twice a day was modest, averaging about 3% when compared with placebo, somewhat less but still detectable during the performance of muscular exercises. Atenolol medication significantly reduced heart rate and blood pressure responses to muscular exercises, covering a range of work loads experienced during ordinary working days. No increased feeling of muscular fatigue or other discomfort during muscular work compared to that on prazosin and placebo medication could be detected. It was therefore concluded that atenolol medication was a useful treatment of mild hypertension and did not reduce the normal working ability and exercise tolerance. Prazosin medication did not significantly change working ability and exercise tolerance.
U radu se analiziraju rezultati timske obrade učenika osmog razreda osnovne škole radi profesionalne orijentacije u razdoblju od 1991. do 1994. godine. Ukupno su obrađena 1.583 učenika, a stjecanje ...pogodnosti pri upisu zbog zdravstvenih teškoća ostvarilo je 855 učenika. Rezultati obrade pokazuju da postoji potreba za profesionalnom orijentacijom s ergonomskim pristupom. Pravilan odabir prvog zanimanja garancija je uspješnosti. izbjegnutih komplikacija i neučinkovitosti školovanja i rada, povećane produktivnosti kao i prevencije nastanka invalidnosti, profesionalnih bolesti i ozljeda. Krajnji rezultat jest ekonomski boljitak, zadovoljan radnik, dugi radni vijek. Obrazlaže se selekcija u širem smislu kao produžena ruka profesionalne orijentacije, te selekcija u užem smislu kao preostala nužnost - učinjena pri prvom zasnivanju radnog odnosa bolja je od nikakve.
Istraživanjem je obuhvaćeno 114 ispitanika koji su odabrani iz skupine invalidskih umirovljenika te bolesnika koji su bili na zdravstvenoj obradi za utvrđivanje invalidnosti. Ispitivanu je skupinu ...činilo 57 invalidskih umirovljenika s jasno izraženim cervikobrahijalnim sindromom. Poredbena skupina, formirana metodom ekvivalentnih parova s obzirom na spol i dob, bili su bolesnici kojima se ovaj sindrom sa sigurnošću mogao isključiti. Za sve je ispitanike uz klinički pregled ispunjen i standardizirani upitnik u kojem su uz podatke o zdravstvenom stanju bila pitanja o opterećenjima na radnom mjestu, kao i aktivnostima izvan rada. Većina ispitanika (65%) bila je u dobi između 51 i 60 godina, Utvrđena je statistički značajna razlika u zastupanosti cervikobrahijalnog sindroma s obzirom na ranije zanimanje. U ispitivanoj skupini nekvalificirani radnici bili su zastupani s 31,6%, a u poredbenoj s 12,3% (P<0,05). Prisilan položaj tijela pri radu zabilježen je u 74% ispitanika s cervikobrahijalnim sindromom te u 50% ispitanika bez ijednog simptoma ovog sindroma (P<0,05). Jednake pokrete pri radu također je navodio veći broj ispitanika s cervikobrahijalnim sindromom.
There is a lack of scientific studies using farm animals in animal-assisted therapy (AAT) for persons with mental disorders. This Norwegian study used video records to study the working abilities and ...behaviors of 35 severely ill psychiatric patients in interacting with farm animals during a three-month intervention. The patients showed higher intensity (difference score: 0.26 ± 0.05, p < 0.0001) and exactness (difference score: 0.31 ± 0.06, p < 0.0001) in their work at the end of the intervention, particularly patients with schizophrenia and personality disorders. The patients spent most relevant time in physical contact with the animals, feeding, cleaning, and milking cows. Among patients with affective disorders, increased intensity of work correlated significantly with increased generalized self-efficacy (rs = 0.82, p = 0.01) and decreased anxiety (rs = −0.7, p = 0.05). For the patients with schizophrenia and personality disorders no correlation was found between the behavioral parameters and the effect scores of psychiatric instruments. Occupational therapy with farm animals may be beneficial to some persons with mental disorders.
