Occupations, perceived stress, and stress-related disorders among women and men in the public sector in Sweden
Engelsk titel: Occupations, perceived stress, and stress-related disorders among women and men in the public sector in Sweden
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Författare:
Håkansson, Carita
;
Ahlborg Jr, Gunnar
Email: carita.hakansson@med.lu.se
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 34
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 17020140
Sammanfattning
Background: Stress-related disorders are a public health problem and represent a significant burden
to individuals and society. It is, therefore, of importance to regard stress in a wider context
and identify risk factors not only at work but in all occupations in everyday life, to prevent ill
health.
Aim/objective: The aim of this study was to examine potential associations between everyday
occupations, perceived stress, and stress-related disorders as well as potential gender differences.
Material and methods: A survey was mailed to a random selection of 3481 employees in the
public sector in Western Sweden. Cox regressions with constant time at risk were used, in order
to calculate prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Results: The results showed a clear association between reporting imbalance between different
everyday occupations and both perceived stress and stress-related disorders among men and
women.
Conclusion: Imbalance between different everyday occupations seems to be an important risk
factor for perceived stress and stress-related disorder among both women and men.
Significance: To enable people to achieve balance between different everyday occupations may
be a useful way to prevent stress, stress-related disorders, and sick leave, and to promote better
health and well-being.