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Authors:
Ebenguela EBATETOU ATABOHO, Jisca KIKOUASSI BAKALA, Patricia ATIPO-GALLOYE, Philippe Renaud KALINA MENGA, Jyssses Geoffroy KOKOLO, Donatien MOUKASSA, Congo
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Abstract:
Objective: To describe the job-strain situation felt by the medical staff of hospitals in the Pointe-Noire.Equipment
and Methods: The
research was a transverse descriptive survey. A self-questionnaire set up
according to the KARASEK "demand-control-support" model had been used
to anonymously collect sociodemographic data, information on their health
situation, at their workplace and identify psychosocial risk factors. Results: of one hundred and fifty
(150) medics considered, 47.02% had low decision latitude versus 52.98% with
high latitude. The high psychological demand was felt by 50.33% of the medics
versus 49.67% with alow demand. The job-strain situation was found among 26.67%
of medics. Emergency and medical departments were the most exposed with 25% and
20% of staff in a job-strain situation respectively. Low job seniority
predisposed to a higher feeling of job-strain. Specialist doctors and nurses
represented the most strained professional categories with 42.86% and 30.23% of
the individuals concerned respectively. A statistical relation was found
between job-strain on the one hand and musculoskeletal trouble and self-estimation
of the impact of work on health on the other hand. Conclusion: Psychosocial
risks, particularly stress, are a real concern in health institutions and this
survey note that there could be impact on medics' health in Pointe-Noire.
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