Social, health, and working conditions among hospital workers

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 fro...

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Main Authors: Márcia Regina Alves Rocha, Maria José Sanches Marin, Juana Macias Seda, Maria Helena Borgato, Carlos Alberto Lazarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2021-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000200198&tlng=pt
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1984-0446