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Table 2 Prevalence and prevalence ratios of minor psychiatric disorders among bank workers according to working characteristics and psychosocial conditions.

From: Adverse psychosocial working conditions and minor psychiatric disorders among bank workers

Variable

Categories

N

MPD* (%)

PR** (IC 95%)

Occupational

Manager

528

44

1.00

Category

Teller

142

44

1.21(0.97 - 1.50)

 

Assistant

652

46

1.22(1.06 - 1.40)

 

Analist

183

43

1.13(0.92 - 1.39)

 

Clerk

548

38

1.17(1.01 - 1.36)

Work conditions

Low demand/high control

692

26

1.00

assessed by

High demand/high control

390

44

1.72(1.44 - 2.05)

Demand/Control

Low demand/low control

300

48

1.83(1.53 - 2.20)

Scale ***

High demand/low control

672

59

2.32(2.01 - 2.69)

Social Support at work

Yes

1379

34

1,00

 

No

675

62

1.86 (1.68 - 2.05)

Work conditions

Low effort/High reward

1032

33

1.00

assessed by Effort-

High effort/High reward

461

48

1.43(1.25 - 1.63)

Reward imbalance

Low effort/low reward

295

46

1.33(1.13 - 1.56)

Scale ****

High effort/low reward

266

70

2.10(1.86 - 2.37)

Over-commitment

No

1267

30

1.00

 

Yes

787

65

2.25(2.03 - 2.49)

  1. Brazil, 2008.
  2. *MPD: minor psychiatric disorders, assed by GHQ-12 > 4
  3. ** PR: Prevalence Ratio by Poisson regression
  4. *** Karasek 1979
  5. ***** Siegrist 1996