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Social, health, and working conditions among hospital workers

Condiciones sociales, de salud y laboral de los trabajadores de servicios hospitales

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to compare social, health and working conditions among nursing, nutrition and hospital cleaning service workers.

Methods:

a quantitative cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study carried out in a public hospital in the countryside of São Paulo, including workers from nutrition, cleaning and nursing services. Data collection occurred during working hours. Validated questionnaires and Karasek's Demand-Control model were used to assess psychosocial dimensions and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 to measure the common mental disorder. As dependent variable, the groups professionals and chi-square test were used for associations with p≥ 0.05.

Results:

227 workers participated. Positive associations were found between professional groups and socioeconomic, health and work characteristics.

Conclusions:

social, health, and working conditions differ between the professional groups studied.

Descriptors:
Occupational Health; Nursing Service, Hospital; Housekeeping; Health Workforce; Work

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