Publications by authors named "M Vezina"
Background: Psychosocial stressors at work, defined by the job strain and effort-reward imbalance at work (ERI) models, were shown to increase coronary heart disease risk. No previous study has examined the adverse effect of psychosocial stressors at work from both models on atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence. The objective of this study was to examine the separate and combined effect of psychosocial stressors at work from the job strain and ERI models on AF incidence in a prospective cohort study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: There is evidence that both low socioeconomic status (SES) and psychosocial stressors at work (PSW) increase risk of depression, but prospective studies on the contribution of PSW to the socioeconomic gradient of depression are still limited.
Methods: Using a prospective cohort of Quebec white-collar workers (n = 9188 participants, 50% women), we estimated randomized interventional analogues of the natural direct effect of SES indicators at baseline (education level, household income, occupation type and a combined measure) and of their natural indirect effects mediated through PSW (job strain and effort-reward imbalance (ERI) measured at the follow-up in 1999-2001) on incident physician-diagnosed depression.
Results: During 3 years of follow-up, we identified 469 new cases (women: 33.
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- Over the years, productivity practices in hospitals have led to staff overload and burnout, prompting a study to examine psychosocial risks among senior pediatricians at a university hospital.
- The assessment utilized a checklist from Quebec's National Institute of Public Health to evaluate working conditions through interviews, revealing issues like excessive work demands, conflicts, and fear of stigma related to seeking help.
- The findings highlighted significant concerns, such as low job satisfaction, poor support from superiors and colleagues, and the need for immediate action to improve physicians' mental health and workplace conditions.
Objective: Arterial stiffness and exposure to psychosocial work-related factors increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the relationship between psychosocial work-related factors and arterial stiffness. We aimed to examine this relationship.
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