Stressful working conditions and poor self-rated health among financial services employees

Revista de Saúde Pública

Luiz Sérgio Silva¹  Sandhi Maria Barreto¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Faculdade de Medicina Depto Medicina Preventiva e SocialBelo Horizonte MG ,Brasil

关键词: Workload;    Working Conditions;    Job Satisfaction;    Occupational Health;    Cross-Sectional Studies;    Banking work;    Carga de Trabalho;    Condições de Trabalho;    Satisfação no Emprego;    Saúde do Trabalhador;    Estudos Transversais;    Trabalho bancário;    Carga de Trabajo;    Condiciones de Trabajo;    Satisfacción en el Trabajo;    Salud Laboral;    Estudios Transversales;    Trabajo bancario;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-89102012005000023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between exposure to adverse psychosocial working conditions and poor self-rated health among bank employees. METHODS: A cross-sectional study including a sample of 2,054 employees of a government bank was conducted in 2008. Self-rated health was assessed by a single question: "In general, would you say your health is (...)." Exposure to adverse psychosocial working conditions was evaluated by the effort-reward imbalance model and the demand-control model. Information on other independent variables was obtained through a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. A multiple logistic regression analysis was performed and odds ratio calculated to assess independent associations between adverse psychosocial working conditions and poor self-rated health. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of poor self-rated health was 9%, with no significant gender difference. Exposure to high demand and low control environment at work was associated with poor self-rated health. Employees with high effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment also reported poor self-rated health, with a dose-response relationship. Social support at work was inversely related to poor self-rated health, with a dose-response relationship. CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to adverse psychosocial work factors assessed based on the effort-reward imbalance model and the demand-control model is independently associated with poor self-rated health among the workers studied.

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