Observatory for Urban Health/Epidemiology Research Group, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Am J Ind Med. 2013 Jan;56(1):49-57. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22004. Epub 2012 Jan 6.
Occupational stress and unhealthy lifestyles are common characteristics of urban workers. The association between health behaviors and job stress of urban Brazilian civil servants was studied.
A cross-sectional study included 893 workers. Health markers, the dependent variables, were: Fruit/vegetable (FV) and alcohol (A) intake, physical activity (PA), including at work (PAW), smoking (S), BMI ≥ 25 Kg/m(2). Occupational stress, assessed by Job Stress Scale-Brazilian version, classified employees into: High-strain, Low-strain, Active, and Passive. Prevalence rates and multivariate Poisson models were adopted.
On average, employees (mean age = 40.2 years; 69.1% female) reported healthy lifestyle factors: FV (56%); PA (59.7%); S (13.3%); however, 49.4% were overweight. Compared to low-strain, high-strain workers reported higher PAW; passive workers lesser PA and higher PAW. After adjusting for socio-demographics and work characteristics, the occupational stress dimensions were no longer associated to health behaviors.
Our results do not support the hypothesis of an effect for occupational stress on urban employees' health behaviors.
职业压力和不健康的生活方式是城市工作者的共同特征。本研究旨在探讨巴西城市公务员的健康行为与工作压力之间的关系。
采用横断面研究，共纳入 893 名员工。健康指标为因变量，包括：水果/蔬菜（FV）和酒精（A）摄入量、身体活动（PA），包括工作时的活动（PAW）、吸烟（S）、BMI≥25 Kg/m(2)。职业压力采用巴西版工作压力量表评估，将员工分为：高压力、低压力、主动和被动。采用患病率和多变量泊松模型进行分析。
平均而言，员工（平均年龄=40.2 岁；69.1%为女性）报告了健康的生活方式因素：FV（56%）；PA（59.7%）；S（13.3%）；然而，49.4%的员工超重。与低压力相比，高压力员工报告了更多的 PAW；被动工作者较少进行 PA，而 PAW 更多。调整社会人口统计学和工作特征后，职业压力维度与健康行为不再相关。
我们的结果不支持职业压力对城市员工健康行为有影响的假设。
