The rapid growth of biotechnology has promoted industries to harness the market in the field of human energy systems. A growing literature of research has linked human energy systems to weight loss, major diseases or illnesses. In our modern society, the general public is exposed to everyday stress, which often results in the development of chronic stress. Therefore, stress becomes an important area of medicine. It has been postulated that suppressing these physiological responses may help in disease prevention. Consequently, there is an urge for defining a model integrating stress with the human energy model. Over the past decades, a large amount of research has been put forward in defining the physiological responses or changes when an individual experiences psychological or environmental changes such as interpersonal dysfunction, traumatic experiences and diseases. Interestingly, it reveals that blood glucose fluctuation tends to be the end product of most psychological or physiological stressors. The blood glucose system is one of the major subsystems of the complete metabolic fuel system in humans. In this study, an empirical model and procedure for the derivation of the model due to various psychological influences on the human energy system are presented. This study can be divided into two main sections. An overview of a previously developed unit (ets: equivalent teaspoon sugar) for blood glucose quantification is given in the first section. Stress quantification methods are derived in the second section and a link between these methods and ets is drawn. A verification study of the derived model is also presented in the second section. Stress can be divided into physiological stress and psychological stress. Between the two types of stress, a generalised model based on studies of physiological stress has been drawn and accepted by the public. However, the generalised model does not account for psychological stress. Evidence shows that depending on the specific nature of a stressful circumstance, it can cause different activations of central circuits leading to the release of different neurotransmitters. However, these neurotransmitters have a common effect of increasing blood glucose concentrations. A substantial amount of literature shows that, when stress involves mental effort, epinephrine (EPI) is the main endocrine response. However, stress that does not require mental effort mainly induces cortisol release. The response models for different types of stress were derived using these relations. Furthermore, it is known that prolonged stress may lead to the development of disease. Several studies have used this observation and associated chronic stress with the relative risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Previously, different quartiles of risk factors for CVD have been related to blood glucose energy and ets expenditure. This link was further utilised to quantify chronic stress in this study. Increases in either of the two endocrine concentrations have been shown to raise the blood glucose level. In order to demonstrate the benefits of applying the ets concept, the cortisol and epinephrine responses were further quantified using the new glucose quantification method, the equivalent teaspoon sugar (ets) concept. The models derived in this study were verified against measured data. The models reveal a strong agreement with the measured data and therefore support the feasibility of these quantification methods. In conclusion, a link does exist between blood glucose energy and stress, and the highly accurate models derived for this association may serve as an adjunct tool for glycaemic control and stress management. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Electronical Engineering))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the experience of nurses with burnout syndrome and its prevention. In order to this, I have been examining a number of nurses who have experienced burnout syndrome, the level of intensity they experienced and the nurses' opinion on the prevention of this psychical state. The theoretical part will focus on the nurses' job description and psychological stresses related to their duties. Furthermore I will focus on burnout syndrome - its risk factors, causes, stages and prevention. I will inform as well about daily course and operations at the Intensive Care Unit and the standard inpatient department. The empirical part focuses on comparing the level of burnout syndrome of nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit versus those working in the standard inpatient department. Furthermore I am examining the experience of nurses with the burnout syndrome and its prevention. I will use a questionnaire as the research method.

The thesis entitled Nurse as a representative of a healthy lifestyle consists of two main parts, one theoretical and one practical. The theoretical part consists of theoretical knowledge of the nurses´ lifestyle coming from their profession, topics related to the personality of general nurses, nurses´ lifestyle and mental hygiene. The practical part of the thesis is a quantitative research, which is based on responds of 193 nurses in a questionnaire survey about the impact of education on adherence on a healthy lifestyle. Research shows that most nurses know well the factors of a healthy life style which they could potentially have influence on, however they are not able to apply this knowledge to their life style. Education on correct healthy lifestyle and length of practice has no impact on nurses´ healthy lifestyle and their families. Discussion and conclusion summarize the research results.

Thesis is focused on aspects of nursing care in a child hematooncology and their impact on nurses. Cancer by children in the Czech Republic are the second leading cause of death in childhood. The incidence of childhood cancer has increased at the beginning of the second half of last century by about 1 % per year, but since the late 80 years is no longer apparent increase in incidence. Tumors in children most often arise in hematopoietic tissue and ranks at the top of the various types of tumors in children. The work is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part describes the problems in each chapter hematooncology children, hospitalized child and his needs, the role of nurses, mental and physical workload, burnout and mental hygiene. The practical part was the task of verifying three goals. The first objective was to find out the specifics of children's nurses work hematooncology. The second objective was to find out what demands are made for nurses working in child hematooncology. The third objective was to find out how nurses working in this department handle mental stress. To achieve the objective method was used qualitative research project, in the form of two half standardized interview and standardized questionnaires. The research sample consisted of thirteen nurses working on the unit hematoonklogie children. Of which there were three sisters from České Budějovice Hospital, two nurses from University Hospital Motol in Prague, five sisters from the University Hospital Brno and three nurses from University Hospital Olomouc. It emerged from research that nurses consider the work of the department for children hematooncology very professional. The specifics of their department nurses find different ways. The greatest majority of respondents consider the specifics of the presence of parents in the nursing department, long-term hospitalization of children and work with cytostatics. Demands on the work of nurses according to their testimony are significant. Their work places increased demands on the skills and manual dexterity. They consider the greatest burden as the psychological burden, especially in the care of a child with end stage, and his subsequent death. The interviews revealed that most nurses in the department are satisfied. They consider their work is very diverse and specific. The output of the thesis will be creating a Power Point presentation (Annax n. 7) that will be used as presentation material at the Fifth International Conference on Present and Future of Nursing and Midwifery, which will be held on 6 - 7 September 2012 in the České Budějovice. It is planned to make these materials and technical paper subsequently published in peer-reviewed medical journal with the theme.

Este trabalhou avaliou o stress e a ansiedade em 30 casais, que se submeteram à reprodução assistida no momento anterior à coleta dos óvulos e/ou espermatozóides, tendo um tempo de infertilidade que variou de 1 a 17 anos. Para avaliação da ansiedade foi aplicado o STAI-STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY (STAI) e o Stress foi avaliado através do SCOPE-STRESS. No STAI foi acrescentada uma escala visual analógica para medir também a intensidade da ansiedade. A Ficha de Identificação avaliou questões como: idade, sexo, nacionalidade, profissão, ocupação, religião, grau de instrução, renda mensal, estado civil, tempo de casado e questões como: tempo de infertilidade, filhos naturais ou adotivos, profissionais implicados no tratamento, a existência de tentativas anteriores e os momentos de maior tensão emocional nas tentativas anteriores e a atual. Dentre os 36 sujeitos que já haviam feito tentativas anteriores de Reprodução Assistida, um dos três momentos de maior tensão emocional foi o de aguardar a gravidez. Dentre os 60 sujeitos, ou seja, todos os que estão na tentativa atual, aguardar a gravidez foi também um dos três momentos que geraram maior tensão. O diagnóstico de infertilidade foi misto em 33,3% dos casais, apenas feminino em 20% e apenas masculino em 46,7% dos casais. As mulheres apresentaram grau de ansiedade significantemente maior que os homens quanto às escalas Stai-Trait freqüência e intensidade e semelhantes quanto às escalas Stai-State freqüência e intensidade. Não houve diferença significante entre os escores médios dos homens e mulheres quanto às medidas descritivas do Scope-Stress. / This work evaluated stress and anxiety in 30 couples submitted to assisted reproduction, with an infertility period that ranged from 1 to 17 years, the moment just before the oocyte retrieval and/or semen sample. For anxiety evaluation the Stai-State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was applied, and stress was evaluated using the Scope-Stress. While applying STAI, a visual analogic scale was added to measure the intensity of anxiety. The identification form included information such as: age, gender, nationality, profession, occupation, religion, school level, monthly income, marital status, married time and issues such as: infertility period, existence of natural or adoptive children, professionals involved in infertility treatment, existence of previous attempts and the moments of major emotional stress during the previous attempts and during the present one. Among the 36 subjects submitted to previous attempts of Assisted Reproduction, one of the three moments of major emotional stress was the attendance of pregnancy confirmation. Among the all 60 subjects submitted to the present attempt, attendance of pregnancy confirmation also was one of the three moments of major emotional stress. Infertility diagnosis was mixed in 33,3% of the couples, exclusively feminine in 20% and exclusively masculine in 46,7% of the couples. Women presented a significantly higher anxiety degree than men, regarding the STAI-TRAIT scales of frequency and intensity and similar regarding the STAI-STATE scales of frequency and intensity. There was no significant difference between the mean scores of men and women regarding descriptive measures of the SCOPE-STRESS.

Somos uma construção social, a nossa produção de sentido, a compreensão que temos do mundo resulta das relações sociais e dos vínculos afetivos, subjetivados e resubjetivados desde a fase especular da infância. A linguagem, condição para a estruturação do inconsciente, inscreve e inaugura o sujeito no universo simbólico. A interação do sujeito com o entorno dá-se de acordo com as significações que faz sobre o mundo em que vive, e o objetivo da tese centra-se em compreender a construção dos significantes de stress. Os significantes de stress desenvolvidos e manifestados na atividade profissional resultam da produção de sentido do sujeito, foram construídos ao longo do tempo, permeados pelo contexto e por elaborações imaginário-simbólicas. Nesta tese, para dar conta do fenômeno estudado, mostrou-se a possibilidade de aproximação teórica entre a psicanálise lacaniana, no que se refere à dimensão imaginário-simbólica constitutiva do sujeito, com a teoria de stress psicológico de Lazarus para viabilizar aqui neste trabalho, a compreensão da origem do stress psicológico. Analisou-se a produção de sentido de stress em profissionais que exercem atividade gerencial, destacando os conteúdos ideativos das dimensões imaginário- simbólica, como constituintes da origem do stress psicológico e buscou-se na análise, entender a relação entre as significações de stress atribuídas à atividade pesquisada e à experiência de stress do sujeito. A pesquisa empírica, realizada com 20 sujeitos, constou de entrevistas-narrativa, com roteiro focal semi-estruturado. Escolheu-se o método de análise do discurso, seguindo dois modelos: Análise do Discurso-AD e Análise do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo-DSC, utilizando- se o recurso do software Qualiquantisoft. Os resultados encontrados apontam que as significações sobre o trabalho são centrais na vida dos homens e mulheres entrevistados. Os significantes de stress mais lembrados por eles, estão canalizados para as situações de trabalho, em que o estressor mais intenso está vinculado ao cumprimento das metas de prazos curtos. Em segundo lugar, foi lembrado o stress por não ter o controle da situação estressante. Quanto às significações de stress, os homens centram-se nos stressores externos e por sua vez, as mulheres apontam os sintomas como significantes de stress. A maioria dos homens, tem uma lembrança idealizada da infância, sem a presença de stress, sendo que os demais, 30% consideram ter tido uma infância difícil, e identificaram os stressores da infância. As mulheres, também, em sua maioria consideram a infância como um período muito bom de suas vidas, conseguindo identificar stress ocorrido nessa fase. Quanto às lembranças do stress da infância, predomina nos homens entrevistados, a categoria de não se lembrar de tido stress infância, o que não aconteceu no caso das mulheres, para elas, a infância foi muito boa, mas guardam na lembrança ativa, a primeira vez que sentiram stress, tal como o significam atualmente. Elas afirmaram que o stress atual é o mesmo stress da infância, confirmando a repetição significante, de acordo com psicanálise. Com relação aos processos de coping, a diversidade evidenciou-se nas respostas dos homens e das mulheres. As escolhas dos homens mostram três de categorias de coping: Eu enfrento o stress de frente, como um desafio; Eu me afasto para pensar melhor; Relaxar por meio de leituras de auto ajuda. O coping das mulheres também revelou diversidade de respostas quanto a enfrentar seus stressores: 40% tenta se acalmar primeiro, esquivando-se da situação e, depois enfrentam o stressor; 30% toma um calmante leve, uma faz terapia para fortalecer-se e aprender a lidar com os stressores, principalmente para aprender a dizer não às pressões sofridas. Uma afirmou enfrentar prontamente os stressores e sua estratégia consiste em diminuir os seus efeitos para poder controlá-los. Foi citado por outra entrevistada, o procurar relaxar e espairecer por meio de um lazer prazeroso com a família nos finais de semana. Fazer amigos e buscar apoio e trocar idéias foi citado como eficaz processo de coping. O estudo sobre a construção imaginário-simbólica do stress psicológico possibilitou desvelar a origem dos significantes de stress, à luz do saber lacaniano e a pesquisa empírica permitiu um olhar convergente, mas não conclusivo. / We are social constructions, our sense production, the comprehension we have of the world result from the social relations and of affective links, subjectively created since the infant´s mirror stage. The language, condition to the unconcious structuration, inscribes and inaugurates the subject in the symbolic universe. The subject interaction with the environment is realized in accordance with the significations that are made about the world in which the subject lives. The objective of this thesis centers in the comprehension of the construction of stress significants. The stress significants developed and manifested in the professional activity result from the subject´s sense production, and were constructed during the life time, permeated by the context and by imaginary-symbolic elaborations. In this thesis, in considering the studied phenomenon, it was shown the possibilities of a theoretical approximation between the lacanian psychoanalysis, in what it refers to subject´s imaginary-symbolic constitutive dimension, with Lazarus´ theory of psychological stress, to make viable the comprehension of the origin of the psychological stress. It was analyzed the production of stress sense in professional people in managerial activities, emphasizing the ideative contents of the imaginary-symbolic dimensions as constitutive of the origin of the psychological stress, searching to understand, in the analysis made, the relation between the stress significations addressed to the analyzed activities and to the subject´s experience of stress. The empirical research, realized with 20 subjects, was based on an interview/narrative approach, with semistructured focal survey. The method of discourse analysis was chosen following two models: the Discourse Analysis and the Collective Subject Discourse through the use of the Qualiquantisoft software.The results point that the significations about the work are central in the interviewed men and women´s lives. The most recalled stress significant pointed by them is directed to work situations in which the most intense stressor are linked to the achievement of short time goals. In second place it was recalled the stress by having no control over stressing situations. Concerning to the stress significations, men are centered in external stressors and women point the symptom as stress significant. The majority of men have an idealized remembrance of childhood, without the presence of stress, having 30% considered they had a difficult childhood and identified the childhood stressors. The majority of women also considered the childhood as a very good period of their lives and identify stress in this period. As the remembrance of stress in childhood prevails in the men the category do not recall stress in childhood, what have not happened with women. The childhood was to them very good, but keeping in the active memory the first sensation of stress as the same significant of nowadays. They have asserted that the present stress is the same stress of childhood confirming the significant repetition according to the psychoanalysis. In relation with the coping processes the diversity appeared in the response of men and women. Men´s choices show three categories of coping: I face the stress as a challenge, I step aside to think better, I relax reading self-help books.Women´s coping also revealed the diversity of answers when managing the stressors. 40% of them try to calm down first, avoiding the situation and then facing the stressor, 30% takes a light sedative, one of them makes therapy to become stronger and learn how to handle stressors, specially to learn how to say no to pressure situations. One of them declared promptly facing the stressor, being her strategy to diminish the effects of the situation to better control them. Another one searches to relax and distract herself by means of a joyful leisure weekend with the family. Making friends, search support, changing ideas with other people, was mentioned as effective coping process. The study about the imaginary-symbolic construction of the psychological stress made possible to unveil the origin of stress significants according to the lacanian psychoanalysis, having the research permitted a convergent view, despite of being not conclusive.

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Práticas integrativas e complementares apresentam-se como possibilidade de promoção da integralidade e Yoga como alternativa terapêutica. Objetivou-se avaliar os efeitos de uma intervenção com atividade de educação para a saúde e sessões de Hatha-Yoga em profissionais com sintomas osteomusculares de um hospital universitário. Desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa intervencional em uma unidade ambulatorial do interior de Minas Gerais, com população acessível de 232 profissionais, dos quais 174 (75%) aceitaram participar e foram selecionados 125 com sintomas osteomusculares de intensidade igual ou maior que 1, que não praticavam Yoga. Considerou-se a região com maior intensidade de dor. Os participantes foram distribuídos aleatoriamente no grupo intervenção (GI, n=63) e controle (GC, n=62) e responderam questionários de caracterização sociodemográfica e ocupacional, Nórdico, Escala numérica, Incapacidade causada pela dor e Estresse percebido. Com o GI desenvolveu-se um programa de 12 semanas, com atividade de educação para a saúde e sessões de Hatha-Yoga. O GC não passou por intervenção. Logo após, os participantes dos dois grupos responderam novamente os questionários Nórdico, Escala numérica, Incapacidade causada pela dor e Estresse percebido. Analisaram-se as variáveis de caracterização e região da dor de maior intensidade a partir dos dados antes da intervenção e as variáveis “intensidade da dor”, “incapacidade causada pela dor” e “estresse percebido” comparando, em cada grupo, os dados antes e após a intervenção e, entre os grupos, os dados do GI com os do GC. A maioria eram profissionais próximos da metade da vida economicamente ativa, sexo feminino, formação de nível superior, jornada de trabalho dentro da legislação, com apenas um emprego, empregados com carteira de trabalho, em setores assistenciais. Os grupos apresentavam diferença significante com relação ao sexo, vínculo trabalhista e setor. A parte inferior das costas foi a região de maior ocorrência de dor nos dois grupos. A intensidade da dor, incapacidade e estresse antes da intervenção foram semelhantes em outros estudos, mas o GI apresentava valores maiores do que o GC, com diferença significante na incapacidade. As médias observadas após a intervenção demonstram melhora nos dois grupos ao longo do tempo, mas somente a intensidade da dor apresentou diferença significante. A diferença entre as médias observadas no início e final da intervenção entre os grupos mostra que a intensidade da dor, incapacidade e estresse diminuíram mais no GI do que no GC, evidenciando efeitos positivos da intervenção no GI sobre todas as variáveis, embora com diferença significante somente na incapacidade funcional e total. Entretanto, por apresentar antes da intervenção maior dor, incapacidade e estresse do que o GC, o resultado obtido pelo GI proporcionou diminuição da diferença entre os grupos, mas foi insuficiente para possibilitar que os valores apresentados ao final pelo GI superassem os do GC. Os resultados evidenciam que a intervenção promoveu melhora da intensidade da dor, incapacidade e estresse nos participantes do GI e indicam que programas semelhantes podem ser explorados na promoção da saúde do trabalhador. / Musculoskeletal and mental disorders are relevant in the illness of the worker and ergonomic interventions with educational activity and physical exercises a health promotion strategy. Complementary and integrative therapies possibility promotion of integrality and Yoga as a therapeutic alternative. The aim was to evaluate an intervention’s effects with the activity of health education and Hatha-Yoga sessions in professionals with musculoskeletal symptoms in a university hospital. Was develop an interventional research in an outpatient unit of Minas Gerais interior, with accessible population of 232 professionals, of whom 174 (75%) agreed participate. Were selected 125 professionals with musculoskeletal symptoms of intensity greater than or equal to 1, who did not practice Yoga. Was considered the region with the greatest intensity of pain. Participants were randomly distributed in the intervention group (IG, n=63) and control (CG, n=62) and answered questionnaires of sociodemographic and occupational health, Nordic, numerical scale, pain disability and perceived stress. With the GI has developed a program of 12 weeks, with the activity of health education and HathaYoga sessions. The CG did not undergo intervention. Soon after, the participants of both groups answered the questionnaires Nordic, numerical scale, pain disability and perceived stress. Were analyzed the variables for characterization and the region of pain of greater intensity from the data before the intervention and the variables "pain intensity", "pain disability" and "perceived stress" comparing, in each group, the data before and after the intervention and between groups, the data of the IG with the CG. Most were professionals close to half of the economically active life, female gender, training at tertiary level, working hours within the law, with just a job, employees with work permit, in assistance departments. The groups had no significant difference in relation to gender, employment relationship and department. The part lower back was the pain region more prevalent in both groups. The intensity of the pain, disability and stress before intervention were similar in other studies, but the IG presented higher values than the CG, with no significant difference in the disability. The average values observed after intervention demonstrate that both groups have improved over time, but only the intensity of the pain show a significant difference. The difference between the average observed at the beginning and end of the intervention between the groups shows that the intensity of the pain, disability and stress decreased more in IG than in CG, evidencing positive effects of intervention on the IG on all variables, although with significant differences only in functional and total disability. However, because it presents before the intervention more pain, disability and stress than the CG, obtained result by IG decrease the difference between the groups, but was not sufficient to allow the values presented at the end by the IG to exceed those of the CG. The results show that the intervention promoted improvement of pain intensity, disability and stress in the participants of the IG and indicate that similar programs can be explored in the promotion of occupational health.

Submitted by Fabiana Gonçalves Pinto (benf@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-03-09T18:38:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriela Cristina Oliveira de Miranda.pdf: 1625176 bytes, checksum: 330da45485a147b6c4d362d3ebb7256b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-09T18:38:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriela Cristina Oliveira de Miranda.pdf: 1625176 bytes, checksum: 330da45485a147b6c4d362d3ebb7256b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / Mestrado Acadêmico em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde / O estresse é um fator associado ao desenvolvimento de inúmeras enfermidades psíquicas e orgânicas, dentre as quais as cardiopatias. Esse estudo aborda como se caracteriza o estresse no paciente cardiopata hospitalizado e tem como objetivos caracterizar o perfil de pacientes com cardiopatias hospitalizados e descrever os resultados da aplicação da escala fatorial de estresse em pacientes cardiopatas hospitalizados. Trata-se de estudo quantitativo e descritivo, realizado no período de junho a novembro de 2015 com 30 pacientes com cardiopatias internados em enfermarias de clinica médica de um hospital universitário no Estado do Rio de Janeiro por meio de análise documental de prontuários e aplicação da escala fatorial de estresse. Para análise dos dados utilizou-se o programa Microsoft Excel® seguido de análise estatística simples. Os dados são apresentados em tabelas, expressos em frequência (n) e percentual (%) para dados categóricos e média ± DP para dados numéricos. Dos 30 participantes do estudo, 16 (53,33%) são mulheres e 14 (46,66%) homens, na faixa etária média de 51,9 anos, sendo 12 (40,00%) casados, 28 (93,33%) com filhos, 9 (30,00%) tendo como fonte de rendimentos a aposentadoria, 17 (56,66%) negros, 14 (46,66%) de origem nos municípios de Niterói e 14 (46,66%) São Gonçalo, 19 (63,33%), tendo como doença cardiovascular de maior prevalência a hipertensão. Quanto aos resultados da aplicação da escala fatorial de estresse, houve predominância de sintomas físicos relacionados ao sistema cardiovascular, com taquicardia 14 (46,66%), aumento de pressão arterial 19 (63,00%), e sintomas respiratórios, com aumento da frequência respiratória 15 (50,00%), dificuldades para respirar 14 (47,00%%) e cansaço constante 18 (60,00%). Sobre os sintomas psicológicos houve predominância de redução na capacidade de concentração 15 (50,00%), mudanças bruscas de humor 17 (56,66%), irritabilidade fácil 15 (50,00%), maior nervosismo 21 (70,00%) e desleixo com a aparência 14 (46,66%). Em analise da associação do estresse com a cardiopatia constatou-se que para cada uma, isoladamente, os sintomas físicos e psicológicos se apresentaram de modo diferenciado, demonstrando a necessidade de estudos direcionados para cada tipo de cardiopatia apresentadas pelos participantes. A aplicação da escala fatorial de estresse evidenciou que a presença do fator de risco estresse possui repercussões físicas e psicológicas que podem interferir na evolução do tratamento de pacientes cardiopatas hospitalizados / Stress is a factor associated with the development of numerous psychic and organic diseases, among which the heart diseases. This study describes how stress is characterized in the hospitalized cardiopathy patient and aims to characterize the profile of patients with hospitalized cardiopathy and to describe the results of the application of the factorial stress scale in hospitalized patients with a heart disease. This is a quantitative and descriptive study, conducted in the period from June to November 2015 with 30 patients with heart diseases admitted to a medical clinic in a university hospital in the State of Rio de Janeiro through documentary analysis of medical records and application of the factorial stress scale. For data analysis, the Microsoft Excel® program was used, followed by simple statistical analysis. Data is presented in charts expressed in frequency (n) and percentage (%) for categorical data and mean ± SD for numerical data. Of the 30 participants in the study, 16 (53.33%) were women and 14 (46.66%) were men, with average of 51.9 years old, 12 (40.00%) being married, 28 (93.33 (56.66%) black, 14 (46.66%) of origin in the boroughs of Niterói and 14 (46.66%) São Gonçalo, 19 (63.33%) with hypertension being the most prevalent cardiovascular disease. Regarding the results of the application of the factorial stress scale, there was predominance of physical symptoms related to the cardiovascular system with tachycardia 14 (46.66%), increased blood pressure 19 (63.00%), and respiratory symptoms, with increased respiratory frequency 15 (50.00%), shortness of breath 14 (47.00%) and constant fatigue 18 (60.00%). About the psychological symptoms, there was predominance of reduction in the ability to concentrate 15 (50.00%), abrupt mood changes 17 (56.66%), easy irritability 15 (50.00%), greater nervousness 21 (70.00%) and sloth with appearance 14 (46.66%). In an analysis of the association of stress with heart disease, it was observed that for each one, the physical and psychological symptoms were presented in a different way, showing the need for studies directed to each type of heart disease presented by the participants. The application of the factorial stress scale showed that the presence of the stress risk factor has physical and psychological repercussions that may interfere in the evolution of the treatment of hospitalized cardiac patients

The diploma thesis is focused on the psychological burden in the profession of a teacher of economic branches. The aim is to examine the issue of psychological stress of teachers, to compare the main stress causes of high school and college teachers and to find out which psycho-hygienic methods are most effective for coping with psychological stress. The theoretical part deals with the characteristics of the psychological burden of teachers, the definition of the main stressors, the stress of the teachers, and the selected techniques of psycho-hygieny. Based on a survey in the empirical part, we compare the causes of psychological stress of high school and college teachers of economic fields, identify the largest sources of stress and compare the effectiveness of psycho-hygienic methods. At the end of this work is an assessment of the current situation and recommendations to the teachers of economic.

Abstract The potential health effects of employee control over working times are poorly known in the field of work stress research. In this study, worktime control was hypothesized to buffer against stress by promoting successful combination of a full-time job with non-work demands and by enabling the work to be done at times of optimal resources. The participants were from the 10-Town Study, an ongoing longitudinal cohort study exploring employee health in ten Finnish towns. The survey responses on worktime control and health (baseline survey in 1997: n = 6442, 67%; follow-up survey in 2000–01: n = 32299, 67%) were linked to registered sickness absences from the employers' records. Employee worktime control covered the perceived possibilities to influence the starting and ending times of a workday, the breaks, handling private matters during the workday, the scheduling of shifts, vacations and days off, and the taking of unpaid leaves, each of which was rated on a 1–5 scale. In the follow-up survey, influence on the length of the workday was also assessed. After a factor analysis, the subdimensions of control over daily working hours and control over days off were focused. It turned out that low worktime control predicted poor subjective health, psychological distress, and medically certified sickness absences for women. For men, low worktime control was not associated with subjective health, but predicted medically certified sickness absences for those with dependent children or employed in manual occupations. With respect to work stress, the men and women suffering from job strain or effort-reward imbalance had less medically certified sickness absences if they at least had control over their working times. The men and women with long domestic and total working hours and long commuting hours gained most from high worktime control in that their medically certified sickness absences were reduced. Vulnerability to long domestic and total working hours in terms of such absences was seen among both men and women, but there were few men working long domestic hours. Long paid working hours as such were not associated with sickness absences. In sum, high worktime control appeared to buffer against health problems and to promote a successful integration of domestic responsibilities with a full-time job. The findings expand the focus of work stress research and emphasize the importance of taking conditions at home into account when analysing employee health. / Tiivistelmä Työaikojen hallinnan merkitys terveydelle tunnetaan työstressitutkimuksen alalla huonosti. Tässä väitöskirjatyössä oletettiin, että työaikojen hallinta voisi vähentää stressiä ja edistää terveyttä helpottamalla kokopäivätyön ja kotona tehtävän työn yhteensovittamista sekä mahdollistamalla työn tekemisen parhaiden voimavarojen vallitessa. Tutkimus toteutui osana Työterveyslaitoksen Kunta10 -tutkimusta, joka seuraa kymmenen suomalaisen kaupungin henkilöstön työolojen ja terveyden kehittymistä. Koettua työaikojen hallintaa ja terveyttä koskevat kyselyvastaukset (alkukysely v. 1997: n = 6442, 67 %; seurantakysely vv. 2000–01: n = 32299, 67 %) linkitettiin palkanmaksurekistereistä saatuihin sairauspoissaolotietoihin. Työaikojen hallinnan mittari sisälsi alkukyselyssä 5-luokkaisella asteikolla vastaajien kokemat vaikutusmahdollisuudet työpäivän alkamis- ja päättymisajankohtiin, taukoihin, yksityisasioiden hoitamiseen työpäivän kuluessa, työvuoroihin, lomien ja vapaapäivien ajankohtiin sekä palkattomien vapaiden pitämiseen. Seurantakyselyssä kartoitettiin myös vaikutusmahdollisuudet työpäivän pituuteen. Summamuuttujan faktorianalyysin jälkeen arvioitiin erikseen päivittäisten työaikojen hallintaa sekä loma-aikojen hallintaa. Tuloksissa huono työaikojen hallinta ennusti naisilla huonoksi koettua terveyttä, psyykkistä rasittuneisuutta sekä lääkärintodistusta vaativia yli kolmen päivän mittaisia sairauspoissaoloja. Miehillä huono työaikojen hallinta ei vaikuttanut itsearvioituun terveyteen, mutta ennusti lääkärintodistusta vaativia sairauspoissaoloja, jos heillä oli lapsia kotona tai jos he tekivät ruumiillista työtä. Hyvä työaikojen hallinta vähensi työstressiin liittyviä sairauspoissaoloja. Stressiä kuvattiin työn kovien vaatimusten ja huonon hallinnan yhdistelmällä sekä koettujen ponnistelujen ja palkkioiden epäsuhdalla. Eri elämänalueilla tehtyihin työtunteihin suhteutettuna hyvä työaikojen hallinta vähensi sairauspoissaoloja erityisesti niillä naisilla ja miehillä, joilla oli paljon kotityötunteja, työmatkatunteja tai totaalityötunteja. Sairauspoissaoloilla mitattuna naiset ja miehet olivat yhtä haavoittuvia pitkille kotityö- työmatka- ja totaalityötunneille, mutta miehillä pitkät kotityötunnit olivat harvinaisia. Pitkät palkkatyötunnit sinänsä eivät lisänneet sairauslomia. Tutkimus tuo työstressikirjallisuuteen vallitsevia malleja täydentävää tietoa työn ulkopuolisten tekijöiden merkityksestä työntekijöiden terveydelle. Tulokset kannustavat edistämään työntekijöiden mahdollisuuksia työaikojensa hallintaan sekä terveyden edistämisen että kokopäivätyön ja muun elämän menestyksellisen yhdistämisen näkökulmista.