Gender as a key effect modifier of the relationship between physician work stressors and the acquired cardiovascular disorders
| Autor: | Karen Belkić, Danka Filipovic, Neda Jocic, Olesja Nedic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Effect modifier Burnout Effect Modifier Epidemiologic Sex Factors Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI Risk Factors Physicians medicine Humans Psychiatry media_common business.industry Stressor Workload General Medicine Middle Aged Cardiovascular Diseases Female Occupational stress Disease manifestation business Stress Psychological Clinical psychology Vigilance (psychology) |
| Zdroj: | Medical review. 61:343-349 |
| ISSN: | 1820-7383 0025-8105 |
| DOI: | 10.2298/mpns0808343n |
| Popis: | Introduction. To assess gender as an effect-modifier vis-?-vis exposure to work stressors and the acquired cardiovascular disorders (ACVD). METHOD The Occupational Stress Index for physicians was used in a case-control study (>90% participation rate) among physicians in Novi Sad (Cases: 50 males and 51 females with ACVD, Referents: 46 males and 61 females without ACVD). RESULTS. Patterns of disease manifestation, sociodemography, risk factors, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) tendency and exposure to work stressors differed in male compared to female physicians with ACVD. Accounting for these covariates, the males with ACVD had significantly higher general-level threat avoidance vigilance scores (more witnessed accidents at work and expert-witnessing in court (p |
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