Gender and work ability among public workers: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Maria Silvia Monteiro, Frida Marina Fischer, Maiara Denardi de Barros, Cínthia Mendes Rodrigues
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, Vol 6, Iss 0 (2007)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1676-4285
Popis: Objective: to assess demographic and lifestyles characteristics, working conditions and work ability among public workers looking at gender as a mediator factor. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at a public health institution. A questionnaire including individual, lifestyles, work characteristics, and the work ability index (Tuomi et al, 1998; 2005) were answered by the studied population. Results: Six hundred fifty one participants agreed to answer the questionnaire and were included in the study. This totalized 89.4% of the total population working in the institution. Females were 63.7% of all participants and the mean age was 43.1 for them and 49.0 for men. Descriptive analysis showed that women were younger than men (p
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