%0 Journal Article
%T DepressŁżo em trabalhadores de linhas el¨¦tricas de alta tensŁżo
%A Souza
%A Suerda Fortaleza de
%A Carvalho
%A Fernando Martins
%A Ara¨˛jo
%A Tania Maria de
%A Koifman
%A Sergio
%A Porto
%A Lauro Antonio
%J Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
%D 2012
%I Associa??o Brasileira de P¨®s -Gradua??o em Sa¨˛de Coletiva
%R 10.1590/S1415-790X2012000200001
%X objective: to investigate the association between effort-reward imbalance and depressive symptoms among workers in high voltage power lines. methods: a cross-sectional study among 158 workers from an electric power company in northeast brazil. the main independent variables were the effort-reward imbalance model (eri) dimensions and the main dependent variable was the prevalence of depression, as measured by the center for epidemiologic studies depression (ces-d) scale. data were analyzed by multiple logistic regression techniques. results: the group of low reward workers presented a depression prevalence rate 6.2 times greater than those in the high reward group. the depression prevalence rate was 3.3 greater in workers in the situation of imbalanced effort-reward than in those in effort-reward equilibrium. conclusions: the prevalence of depression was strongly associated with psychosocial factors present in the work of electricity workers.
%K mental health
%K depression
%K psychosocial factors
%K occupational health
%K energy supply.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1415-790X2012000200001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en