Stressful life events and occupational accidents

被引:10
作者
Cordeiro, R
Dias, A
机构
[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Sch Med Sci, Dept Prevent & Social Med, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu Med Sch, Dept Publ Hlth, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
关键词
accident proneness; distressing event; risk factor; wounds and injury epidemiology;
D O I
10.5271/sjweh.916
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the association between stressful life events and occupational accidents. Methods This was a population-based case-control study, carried out in the city of Botucatu, in southeast Brazil. The cases consisted of 108 workers who had recently experienced occupational accidents. Each case was matched with three controls. The cases and controls answered a questionnaire about recent exposure to stressful life events. Results Reporting of "environmental problems", "being a victim of assault", "not having enough food at home" and "nonoccupational fatigue" were found to be risk factors for work-related accidents with estimated incidence rate ratios of 1.4 [95% confidence interval (95% Cl) 1.1-1.7], 1.3 (95% Cl 1.1-1.7), 1.3 (95% CI 1.1-1.6), and 1.4 (95% C1 1.2-1.7) respectively. Conclusions The findings of the study suggested that nonwork variables contribute to occupational accidents, thus broadening the understanding of these phenomena, which can support new approaches to the prevention of occupational accidents.
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页码:336 / 342
页数:7
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