Gender and Health in Spanish Nurses

Autor: Virginia Dresch, María del Pilar Sánchez-López, Ana Isabel Saavedra
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), Vol 28, Iss 0 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1982-4327
DOI: 10.1590/1982-4327e2829
Popis: Abstract gender exercises a powerful effect on determining health status: it may limit different rates of exposure to certain risks, different patterns in the quest for treatment or differential impacts of the social economic determinants of health. The object of this study has been to discover the relationships between gender and health in a special group of the Spanish population, male/female nurses. Spanish male (n = 98) and female (n = 98) nurses completed measures of gender norms, and health behavior variables. The analysis of correlations between health variables and gender norms indicates that registering a higher score in gender norms correlates with lower scores in physical and mental health and lifestyles. The logistical regression equations (self-perceived health, mental health and the number of illnesses suffered) identify differences between male and female nurses, with the only common variable being the level of perceived stress.
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