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ISSN: 2383-3483 Journal of Police Medicine 2019;8(3):123-129
ISSN: 2383-3483 Journal of Police Medicine 2019;8(3):123-129
Effecting Factors of West Tehran Police Command Staff Referral to the Medical Commission
ARTICLE INFO
Article Type
Original ResearchAuthors
Einipour J. (*)Eslami SM. (1)
(*) Psychology Department, Faculty of Organizational Sciences and Techniques, Amin Police University, Tehran, Iran
(1) Millitary Department, Faculty of Border Sciences and Techniques, Amin Police University, Tehran, Iran
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Address: Psychology Department, Faculty of Organizational Sciences and Techniques, Amin Police University, Abshar Avenue, Hemat west highway, Tehran, IranPhone: -
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Article History
Received: March 1, 2019Accepted: June 1, 2019
ePublished: June 15, 2019
ABSTRACT
Aims
Referring to the medical commission is a behavior that is carried out by police officers for various reasons. This study was conducted to identify the factors affecting the referral of the West Tehran Police Command staff to the medical commission.
Materials & Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in all of West Tehran Police Command staff (118 people) from December 2017 to May 2018. Respecting to the low mass of the community, all those who were willing to cooperate (105 people) entered the study. Four Beck's Anxiety Inventories, Beck's Depression Inventory, Spielberger's Job Stress and Researcher-made Factors Affecting the Referral to the Medical Commission Questionnaire were used for data collection. Logistic regression was used to analyze the factors affecting the referral to the Medical Commission.
Findings Exercise (p=0.002), family problems (p=0.004), job satisfaction of one's self (p=0.03), drug use (p=0.001), economic problems (p=0.007), comparison with other occupations (p=0.023), meeting the expectations with the good conduct of work (p<0.001), work beyond the limit (p<0.001), type of exemption (p<0.001), grade(p=0.01) and cause of hospitalization (p<0.001) had a significant effect on the referral rate of West Tehran Police Command staff to the medical commission.
Conclusion Meeting the expectations with the good conduct of work, work beyond the limit and the type of exemption are the referral factors due to psychological reasons and depression and lack of exercise, economic problems, meeting the expectations with good work and degree are the referral factors due to physical reasons to the medical commission.
Materials & Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in all of West Tehran Police Command staff (118 people) from December 2017 to May 2018. Respecting to the low mass of the community, all those who were willing to cooperate (105 people) entered the study. Four Beck's Anxiety Inventories, Beck's Depression Inventory, Spielberger's Job Stress and Researcher-made Factors Affecting the Referral to the Medical Commission Questionnaire were used for data collection. Logistic regression was used to analyze the factors affecting the referral to the Medical Commission.
Findings Exercise (p=0.002), family problems (p=0.004), job satisfaction of one's self (p=0.03), drug use (p=0.001), economic problems (p=0.007), comparison with other occupations (p=0.023), meeting the expectations with the good conduct of work (p<0.001), work beyond the limit (p<0.001), type of exemption (p<0.001), grade(p=0.01) and cause of hospitalization (p<0.001) had a significant effect on the referral rate of West Tehran Police Command staff to the medical commission.
Conclusion Meeting the expectations with the good conduct of work, work beyond the limit and the type of exemption are the referral factors due to psychological reasons and depression and lack of exercise, economic problems, meeting the expectations with good work and degree are the referral factors due to physical reasons to the medical commission.
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