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Association between occupational stress, work shift and health outcomes in hospital workers of the Recôncavo of Bahia, Brazil: the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
- Source :
- British Journal of Nutrition; 1/14/2023, Vol. 129 Issue 1, p147-156, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to ascertain the level of occupational stress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, how it changed and its association with health outcomes of hospital workers in the Recôncavo of Bahia, Brazil. A longitudinal study was conducted with 218 hospital workers over 18 years old. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for collecting sociodemographic, occupational, lifestyle, anthropometric and health data. The main exposures were occupational stress, assessed through Job Content Questionnaire and classified according to the Demand-Control Model and reported shift work. Health outcomes considered were nutritional status assessed by BMI, waist circumference and body fat percentage, health self-perception and cardiovascular risk factors. We used McNemar χ <superscript>2</superscript> or Wilcoxon tests to compare the levels of exposure and outcome variables before and during the pandemic, and OR to evaluate associations between changes in occupational stress and shift work with health outcomes. During the pandemic, participants reported increased occupational stress and shift work and lower self-perceived health and had higher BMI and cardiovascular risk factors, compared with before the pandemic. No association was observed between change in occupational stress and health outcomes. However, increased amount of shift work was related to increased BMI in the overall sample (OR 3·79, 95 % CI (1·40, 10·30)) and in health workers (OR 11·56; 95 % CI (2·57, 52·00)). These findings support calls to strengthen labour policies to ensure adequate working conditions for hospital workers in context of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HEALTH facility employees
SHIFT systems
EVALUATION of medical care
LIFESTYLES
OBESITY
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors
CONFIDENCE intervals
JOB stress
RESEARCH methodology
ANTHROPOMETRY
INTERVIEWING
MANN Whitney U Test
RISK assessment
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
QUESTIONNAIRES
WAIST circumference
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
BODY mass index
DATA analysis
ODDS ratio
COVID-19 pandemic
LONGITUDINAL method
NUTRITIONAL status
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00071145
- Volume :
- 129
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161156955
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114522000873