Márcia Regina Alves Rocha1, Maria José Sanches Marin2, Juana Macias-Seda3. 1. Faculdade Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Av. Prof. Mário Rubens Guimarães Montenegro s/n, Campus Universitário. 18618-687 Botucatu SP Brasil. marciaregina.arocha@gmail.com. 2. Faculdade de Medicina de Marília. Marília SP Brasil. 3. Universidad de Sevilha. Sevilha Andaluzia Espanha.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare living, work and health conditions, with a particular interest in the mental health of Brazilian and Spanish outsourced hospital cleaning workers. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative investigation carried out in two public general hospitals, one in the Brazilian Midwest region of São Paulo and the other in the Southwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. In total, 78 Brazilian hospital workers and 39 Spanish hospital workers were interviewed using a script with data on the living conditions, including some validated questionnaires such as the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) and Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). RESULTS: Spanish workers are older, white and with a higher household income, with lower SRQ scores in all realms. Also, they smoke more, have a higher level of visual impairment and allergies, have been working in the same activity longer, with a lower workload and do not hold two jobs. Besides, almost 40% of them consider that their work is autonomous. CONCLUSIONS: Brazilian workers are subject to more impoverished living, working and mental health conditions than Spanish workers. Only a few aspects of health conditions were worse among Spanish workers, which may probably be related to their advanced age.
OBJECTIVE: To compare living, work and health conditions, with a particular interest in the mental health of Brazilian and Spanish outsourced hospital cleaning workers. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative investigation carried out in two public general hospitals, one in the Brazilian Midwest region of São Paulo and the other in the Southwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. In total, 78 Brazilian hospital workers and 39 Spanish hospital workers were interviewed using a script with data on the living conditions, including some validated questionnaires such as the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) and Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). RESULTS: Spanish workers are older, white and with a higher household income, with lower SRQ scores in all realms. Also, they smoke more, have a higher level of visual impairment and allergies, have been working in the same activity longer, with a lower workload and do not hold two jobs. Besides, almost 40% of them consider that their work is autonomous. CONCLUSIONS: Brazilian workers are subject to more impoverished living, working and mental health conditions than Spanish workers. Only a few aspects of health conditions were worse among Spanish workers, which may probably be related to their advanced age.
Authors: Paul A Schulte; Ivo Iavicoli; Luca Fontana; Stavroula Leka; Maureen F Dollard; Acran Salmen-Navarro; Fernanda J Salles; Kelly P K Olympio; Roberto Lucchini; Marilyn Fingerhut; Francesco S Violante; Mahinda Seneviratne; Jodi Oakman; Olivier Lo; Camila H Alfredo; Marcia Bandini; João S Silva-Junior; Maria C Martinez; Teresa Cotrim; Folashade Omokhodion; Frida M Fischer Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-08-31 Impact factor: 4.614