Gender, psychosocial stressors, wellbeing and coping in prehospital care workers

• Main Authors: Mônica Beatriz Ortolan Libardi (Author), Alessandra da Rocha Arrais (Author), Carla Sabrina Xavier Antloga (Author), Cristiane Faiad (Author), Carlos Manoel Lopes Rodrigues (Author), Ângela Ferreira Barros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1984-0446; 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0579
• Keywords: Occupational Stress; Adaptation, Psychological; Behavior; Emergency Medical Services; Women, Working; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the profile of psychosocial stressors, wellbeing at work and coping in prehospital care workers and its distinctions in relation to gender. Methods: cross-sectional quantitative study with workers from public prehospital care. A sociodemographic instrument, the Psychosocial Stressors in the Labor Context Scale, the Inventory of Welfare at Work and the Occupational Coping Scale, were applied. Results: In a sample of 585 workers, women had greater role overload (p=0.002), career insecurity (p<0.001), lack of autonomy (p=0.03) and work- family conflict (p<0.001) compared to men. Men showed greater commitment and satisfaction at work than women (p<0.001). The other factors and dimensions showed no statistically significant difference according to gender. Conclusion: Women were more affected by psychosocial stressors, which probably reduced their wellbeing at work. This was possibly because they experienced a different social context from men.