Job strain and hypertension in women: Estudo Pro-Saúde (Pro-Health Study).
This study aimed to analyze the association between job strain and hypertension in the female population. A cross-sectional study was performed with 1,819 women who participated in the Estudo Pró-Saúde (Pro-Health Study), in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, between 1999 and 2001. The Brazilian version of the short version of the Job Stress Scale (demand-control model) was used. Overall prevalence of measured hypertension (> or =140/90 mmHg and/or antihypertensive drug use) was 24%. Compared to participants with jobs classified as low strain, adjusted prevalence ratios for hypertension in women who performed passive and active high-strain jobs were, respectively, 0.93 (95% CI: 0.72;1.20), 1.06 (95% CI: 0.86;1.32) and 1.14 (95% CI: 0.88;1.47). Longitudinal analyses should be performed to clarify the role of these work environment psychosocial characteristics as a determinant of hypertension.
Departamento de Planejamento em Saúde, Instituto de Saúde da Comunidade, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil. marciagmalves@gmail.com
Márcia Guimarães de Mello
MG
Alves
Dóra
D
Chor
Eduardo
E
Faerstein
Guilherme L
GL
Werneck
Claudia S
CS
Lopes
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*