Blood pressure and working conditions in hospital nurses and nursing assistants. The ORSOSA study

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-103

  De Gaudemaris, Régis ^a   Levant, Aude ^b   Ehlinger, Virgine ^c   Hérin, Fabrice ^b   Lepage, Benoît ^c   Soulat, Jean Marc ^b   Sobaszek, Annie ^d   Kelly Irving, Michelle ^c   Lang, Thierry ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UMR INSERM 1027   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Nurses; Nursing assistants; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79952693789     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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