title: [Work-related stress and psychological distress assessment in urban and suburban public transportation companies].
abstract: The risk of work-related stress has been determined in bus drivers and workers employed in the service department of two urban and suburban public transportation companies. The INAIL evaluation method (Check list and HSE indicator tool) was used. The GHQ-12 questionnaire, which is widely used to assess the level of psychological distress, was also employed. 81.9% of workers involved in the survey answered both the HSE indicator tool and the GHQ-12 questionnaire. The Check list evaluation showed an increase in quantifiable company stress indicators while close examination using the HSE indicator tool demonstrated critical situations for all the subscales, with the control subscales more problematic in bus drivers. The demand, manager's support, relationships and change subscales were most associated with psychological distress in bus drivers, while relationships, role, change and demand subscales were negatively related in workers of the service department.
authors: Centro per l'analisi dei rischi e della patologie psico-sociali di origine lavorativa, Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Medicina di Comunità - Università di Verona Medicina del lavoro - Ospedale Policlinico P.le L.A. Scuro, 10 37134 Verona. luciano.romeo@univr.it
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Romeo
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Lazzarini
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Farisè
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Quintarelli
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Riolfi
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Perbellini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017150:Public Sector; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018881:Suburban Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation; D014504:Urban Health