Associations between effort-reward imbalance and health indicators among school teachers in Chuquisaca, Bolivia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the association between effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and health indicators among Bolivian school teachers.

Design

School-based cross-sectional study.

Setting

Sixty randomly selected schools from rural (33) and urban (27) schools in Chuquisaca, Bolivia.

Participants

A total of 1062 school teachers were invited to participate, of which 597 answered the questionnaire (response 56.2%).

Exposure measure

Psychosocial factors at work were explored through the short version of the Effort-Reward Questionnaire.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Health outcomes included self-rated overall health, mental distress (12-item General Health Questionnaire ≥5) and the 7-day prevalence of low back pain (LBP) as well as neck or shoulder pain

SUBMITTER: Solis-Soto MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6430029 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature