Lifestyle, harassment at work and self-assessed health of female flight attendants, nurses and teachers |
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Authors: | Gunnarsdottir Holmfridur K Sveinsdottir Herdis Bernburg Jon Gunnar Fridriksdottir Hildur Tomasson Kristinn |
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Affiliation: | Research Centre for Occupational Health & Working Life, 110 Reykjavik, Iceland. hkg@ver.is |
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Abstract: | Health-related lifestyle, harassment at work, and self-assessed health of female flight attendants in comparison to that of female nurses and female primary school teachers were surveyed. A higher proportion of flight attendants than nurses or teachers were smokers, 26% vs. 15% and 17% respectively; and consumed alcohol at least once a week, 40% vs. 21% and 16%. Repeated sexual harassment at work was more common among the flight attendants, 31% vs. 8% and 4%; whereas bullying, physical violence and threats were less prevalent among the flight attendants (12%) than among nurses (19%). Flight attendants were on average somewhat taller, but weighed on average less, 63.8 kg vs. 72.4 kg and 72.7 kg respectively. Repeated exposure to sexual harassment, bullying, violence and threats was related to less physical and psychological well-being in all the groups. Teachers scored on average significantly lower than did the flight attendants on general health and physical well-being, while nurses did not. |
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