Mental Fatigue - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Mitigating on-call symptoms through organizational justice and job control: a cross-sectional study among Finnish anesthesiologists.

20 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: On-call duty has been shown to be associated with health problems among physicians. However, it cannot be abolished, as patient safety has to be assured. Thus, we need to find factors that could mitigate the negative health effects of ... Read more...

Psychometrics and validation of a screening instrument for sickness absence.

18 Jun 2008 BACKGROUND: Absence from work due to psychosocial health complaints has considerable negative effects for employees, employers and society. A better and more effective strategy would be early identification of employees at risk for psychosocial ... Read more...

Effects of amino acid energy drinks leading to hospitalization in individuals with mental illness.

28 Feb 2008 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this case report is to highlight the possible dangers in individuals with prior psychiatric illness of the use of amino acid and caffeine-containing drinks marketed as energy drinks to combat mental and physical fatigue. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Fatigue - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mitigating on-call symptoms through organizational justice and job control: a cross-sectional study among Finnish anesthesiologists. 20 Jul 2009
• Psychometrics and validation of a screening instrument for sickness absence. 18 Jun 2008
• Improving sleep hygiene. 7 Jun 2008
• Effects of amino acid energy drinks leading to hospitalization in individuals with mental illness. 28 Feb 2008
• Can we use our time more wisely? 30 Dec 2007
• Improving sleep hygiene of medical interns: can the sleep, alertness, and fatigue education in residency program help? 8 Sep 2007
• Effects of beta-alanine supplementation on the onset of neuromuscular fatigue and ventilatory threshold in women. 28 Nov 2006
• Protecting the mental health of lawmakers in New Zealand. 11 Oct 2006
• Prediction of sickness absence: development of a screening instrument. 10 May 2006
• The effect of a multidimensional exercise programme on symptoms and side-effects in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy--the use of semi-structured diaries. 12 Feb 2006
• Effects of Panax ginseng, consumed with and without glucose, on blood glucose levels and cognitive performance during sustained 'mentally demanding' tasks. 7 Jan 2006
• The effect of lemon fragrance on simple mental performance and psychophysiological parameters during task performance. 29 Nov 2005
• Attention and restoration in Post-RN students. 30 Aug 2005
• The effects of a restorative intervention on undergraduate nursing students' capacity to direct attention. 30 Aug 2005
• "Road trip" and "healthy diet": can they coexist? 30 May 2005
• Cardiovascular effects of coffee: is it a risk factor? 30 Dec 2004
• Taking the load off: investigations of how adaptive cruise control affects mental workload. 13 Jul 2004
• Reducing the effects of driving fatigue with magnitopuncture stimulation. 29 Jun 2004
• A study on the student pilot's mental workload due to personality types of both instructor and student. 13 Dec 2003
• An environmental intervention to restore attention in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer. 30 Jul 2003

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Technical information about 'Mental Fatigue'

Definition: A condition of low alertness or cognitive impairment, usually associated with prolonged mental activities or stress.

Descriptor UI: D005222

Alternative terms: Mental Fatigue; Fatigue, Mental;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.369.500; F01.145.126.937;

Online Note: use MENTAL FATIGUE to search FATIGUE, MENTAL 1966-94

History Note: 95; was FATIGUE, MENTAL 1963-94