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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Housework, paid work and psychiatric symptoms |
Other Titles: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
Authors: | Santana, Vilma Sousa Loomis, Dana P. Newman, Beth |
metadata.dc.creator: | Santana, Vilma Sousa Loomis, Dana P. Newman, Beth |
Abstract: | OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the hypothesis that work burden, the simultaneous engagement in paid work and unpaid family housework, is a potential risk factor for psychiatric symptoms among women.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 460 women randomly selected from a poor area of the city of Salvador, Brazil. Women between 18 to 70 years old, who reported having a paid occupation or were involved in unpaid domestic activities for their families, were eligible. Work burden-related variables were defined as: a) double work shift, i.e., simultaneous engagement in a paid job plus unpaid housework; and b) daily working time. Psychiatric symptoms were collected through a validated questionnaire, the QMPA. RESULTS:Positive, statistically significant associations between high (>7 symptoms) QMPA scores and either double work shift (prevalence ratio ¾ PR=2.04, 95% confidence interval ¾ CI: 1.16, 2.29) or more than 10 hours of daily work time (PR=2.29, 95% CI: 1.96, 3.43) were found after adjustment for age, marital status and number of pre-school children. CONCLUSIONS:Major correlates of high QMPA scores are work burden variables. Being married or having pre-school children are also associated with high QMPA scores only when associated with work burden. |
metadata.dc.rights: | Acesso Aberto |
URI: | http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/14559 |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico Estrangeiro (ISC) |
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