Work ability and psychosocial factors among hairdressers workers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This study came up with the main objective to inspect psychosocial health and wellbeing factors that affect the work ability of hairdresser. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in which 106 hairdressers workers were surveyed. To this end, the Work Ability Index (WAI) and Copenhag...

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Autor principal:	Pacheco Ferreira,Aldo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Fundación Científica y Tecnológica. Asociación Chilena de Seguridad 2015
Materias:	Occupational Health Work Capacity Evaluation Psychosocial Impact Working Conditions
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-244920150001000142015-06-10Work ability and psychosocial factors among hairdressers workers, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPacheco Ferreira,Aldo Occupational Health Work Capacity Evaluation Psychosocial Impact Working Conditions This study came up with the main objective to inspect psychosocial health and wellbeing factors that affect the work ability of hairdresser. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in which 106 hairdressers workers were surveyed. To this end, the Work Ability Index (WAI) and Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) questionnaires were administered. The results demonstrate that the sociodemographic variables gender, age and educational attainment are influenced by psychosocial health factors. The average WAI score among workers was 40,7 points (SD=7,2), ranging from 24 to 49 points and the prevalence of good capacity for work was 77,36%. Regarding to the symptoms of stress were obtained in difficulty to think clearly (16,03%), pain or problems in the stomach (13,21%), tension in various muscles (15,1%), difficulty making decisions (13,21%), lack of initiative (8,49%) and tightness or chest pain (9,43%) in respondents. The administrators of beauty salons should be aware of the results obtained with this category of workers so little studied (but very prominent today) to pore in creating an environment conducive to maintaining the work capacity and well-being of hairdressers, mitigating the problems encountered with this study.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFundación Científica y Tecnológica. Asociación Chilena de SeguridadCiencia & trabajo v.17 n.52 20152015-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-24492015000100014en10.4067/S0718-24492015000100014
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description	This study came up with the main objective to inspect psychosocial health and wellbeing factors that affect the work ability of hairdresser. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in which 106 hairdressers workers were surveyed. To this end, the Work Ability Index (WAI) and Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) questionnaires were administered. The results demonstrate that the sociodemographic variables gender, age and educational attainment are influenced by psychosocial health factors. The average WAI score among workers was 40,7 points (SD=7,2), ranging from 24 to 49 points and the prevalence of good capacity for work was 77,36%. Regarding to the symptoms of stress were obtained in difficulty to think clearly (16,03%), pain or problems in the stomach (13,21%), tension in various muscles (15,1%), difficulty making decisions (13,21%), lack of initiative (8,49%) and tightness or chest pain (9,43%) in respondents. The administrators of beauty salons should be aware of the results obtained with this category of workers so little studied (but very prominent today) to pore in creating an environment conducive to maintaining the work capacity and well-being of hairdressers, mitigating the problems encountered with this study.
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title	Work ability and psychosocial factors among hairdressers workers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
title_short	Work ability and psychosocial factors among hairdressers workers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
title_full	Work ability and psychosocial factors among hairdressers workers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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title_full_unstemmed	Work ability and psychosocial factors among hairdressers workers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Work ability and psychosocial factors among hairdressers workers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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