Estresse no trabalho e hipertensão arterial em mulheres no Estudo Pró-Saúde: Estudo Pró-Saúde (Pro-Health Study)

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the association between job strain and hypertension in the female population. A cross-sectional study was performed with 1,819 women who participated in the Estudo Pró-Saúde (Pro-Health Study), in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, between 1999 and 2001. The Brazilian version of the short version of the Job Stress Scale (demand-control model) was used. Overall prevalence of measured hypertension (≥140/90 mmHg and/ or antihypertensive drug use) was 24%. Compared to participants with jobs classified as low strain, adjusted prevalence ratios for hypertension in women who performed passive and active high-strain jobs were, respectively, 0.93 (95% CI: 0.72;1.20), 1.06 (95% CI: 0.86;1.32) and 1.14 (95% CI: 0.88;1.47). Longitudinal analyses should be performed to clarify the role of these work environment psychosocial characteristics as a determinant of hypertension. DESCRIPToRS

Workplace stress in nursing workers from an emergency hospital: Job Stress Scale analysis

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“…Hypertension (3,7) , minor psychological disorders (1)(2) and musculoskeletal pain (5) are among the main studied disorders; many of these studies have found positive association between such disorders and high strain.…”

“…Two studies involving public institutions, both Brazilian (3) and international (11) , which used the DemandControl Model, report the possibility that job stability affects the perception of workers; requirements accruing from the work process may be minimized given their …”

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