Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis that work burden, the simultaneous engagement in paid work and unpaid family housework, is a potential risk factor for psychiatric symptoms among women. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 460 women randomly selected from a poor area of the cit...
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis that work burden, the simultaneous engagement in paid work and unpaid family housework, is a potential risk factor for psychiatric symptoms among women. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 460 women randomly selected from a poor area of the city of Salvador, Brazil. Women between 18 to 70 years old, who reported having a paid occupation or were involved in unpaid domestic activities for their families, were eligible. Work burden-related variables were defined as: a) double work shift, i.e., simultaneous engagement in a paid job plus unpaid housework; and b) daily working time. Psychiatric symptoms were collected through a validated questionnaire, the QMPA. RESULTS: Positive, statistically significant associations between high (>7 symptoms) QMPA scores and either double work shift (prevalence ratio -- PR=2.04, 95% confidence interval -- CI: 1.16, 2.29) or more than 10 hours of daily work time (PR=2.29, 95% CI: 1.96, 3.43) were found after adjustment for age, marital status and number of pre-school children. CONCLUSIONS: Major correlates of high QMPA scores are work burden variables. Being married or having pre-school children are also associated with high QMPA scores only when associated with work burden. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-574923bea4d74f79b9f3035f6573ba052022-12-21T20:08:45ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista de Saúde Pública1518-87872001-02-01351162210.1590/s0034-89102001000100003S0034-89102001000100003Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptomsVilma S Santana0Dana P Loomis1Beth Newman2Universidade Federal da BahiaQeensland University of TechnologyNorth Carolina State UniversityOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis that work burden, the simultaneous engagement in paid work and unpaid family housework, is a potential risk factor for psychiatric symptoms among women. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 460 women randomly selected from a poor area of the city of Salvador, Brazil. Women between 18 to 70 years old, who reported having a paid occupation or were involved in unpaid domestic activities for their families, were eligible. Work burden-related variables were defined as: a) double work shift, i.e., simultaneous engagement in a paid job plus unpaid housework; and b) daily working time. Psychiatric symptoms were collected through a validated questionnaire, the QMPA. RESULTS: Positive, statistically significant associations between high (>7 symptoms) QMPA scores and either double work shift (prevalence ratio -- PR=2.04, 95% confidence interval -- CI: 1.16, 2.29) or more than 10 hours of daily work time (PR=2.29, 95% CI: 1.96, 3.43) were found after adjustment for age, marital status and number of pre-school children. CONCLUSIONS: Major correlates of high QMPA scores are work burden variables. Being married or having pre-school children are also associated with high QMPA scores only when associated with work burden.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102001000100003&lng=en&tlng=enCarga de trabalhoSaúde mentalTrabalho femininoJornada de trabalhoSaúde da mulherEstado civilGêneroDuração do trabalhoSintomas psiquiátricos |
| spellingShingle | Vilma S Santana Dana P Loomis Beth Newman Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms Revista de Saúde Pública Carga de trabalho Saúde mental Trabalho feminino Jornada de trabalho Saúde da mulher Estado civil Gênero Duração do trabalho Sintomas psiquiátricos |
| title | Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms |
| title_full | Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms |
| title_fullStr | Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms |
| title_short | Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms |
| title_sort | housework paid work and psychiatric symptoms |
| topic | Carga de trabalho Saúde mental Trabalho feminino Jornada de trabalho Saúde da mulher Estado civil Gênero Duração do trabalho Sintomas psiquiátricos |
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