| Titre : | Common symptoms in middle aged women : their relation to employment status, psychosocial work conditions and social support in a Swedish setting. (2000) |
| Auteurs : | G. KRANTZ ; P.O. OSTERGREN |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 54, n° 3, 2000) |
| Pagination : | 192-199 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Activité professionnelle ; Support social ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Condition travail ; Etat santé ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Homme ; Femme ; Suède ; Europe ; Santé physique |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xqUoLL. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objective-Over the past few decades there has been a growing interest among researchers, in women's overall life circumstances and their relation to women's health status. For example, paid employment has been considered an important part of women's living conditions in Western societies as the number of women entering the labour market has grown constantly over the past decades. When comparing men's and women's health, one of the most consistent findings is a higher rate of symptoms among women. The most commonly reported symptoms in women are depressive symptoms, symptoms of bodily tension and chronic pain from muscles and joints. The aim of this study was to investigate whether socioeconomic factors, employment status, psychosocial work conditions and social network/support are associated with middle aged women's health status in terms of common symptoms. Design-A mailed questionnaire was used in a cross sectional design assessing socioeconomic factors, employment status, psychosocial work conditions according to the demand/control model, social network/support and an index based on the 15 most frequent symptoms presented by middle aged women when seeking health care. Setting-A rural community with 13 200 inhabitants in the western part of Sweden. Participants-Women were randomly selected from the general population in the study area, 40 to 50 years of age. The response rate was 81.7 per cent. (...) |
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