[Fatiguing work, aging and health: a cross-sectional study of a group of anesthesiologists].
A cross-sectional study was carried out to verify if work as an anaesthetician-reanimator can be considered as a fatiguing job. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was utilized to obtain information about the general characteristics of the subjects, job organization, human relations, perceived risks and previous diseases; 1438 questionnaires were examined. The results of the study showed that in anaesthetist-reanimator: organic diseases do not occur earlier than expected; perception of the emotional aspects related to the particular occupation is low; the group relationships are difficult, on both horizontal and vertical levels, and these difficulties increase work-stress and hinder its management; age influences the occurrence of both arthritic and stress-related diseases; there is an association between jobs dissatisfaction and stress disorders; all the causal variables considered, evaluated as a group, constitute a heavy physical load, that leads to risk of stress related diseases.
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Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Pubblica, Università di Bari.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000776:Anesthesiology; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009790:Occupations; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires