Understanding the relationship of long working hours with health status and health-related behaviours

Lucia Artazcoz (1) , Imma Cortès (1) , Vicenta Escribà-Agüir (2) , Lorena Cascant (1) , Rodrigo Villegas (1)

1 ASPB - Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona
2 Valencian School for Health Studies. Regional Ministry of Health. Generalitat Valenciana

The objectives of this study are to identify family and job characteristics associated with long workhours, to analyse the relationship between long workhours and several health indicators and to examine whether gender differences for both objectives exist.

Mots clés: GENDER INEQUALITIES; MENTAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; Hypertension; Long working hours; Mental health; Sleep; Smoking

Lucia Artazcoz, Imma Cortès, Vicenta Escribà-Agüir, Lorena Cascant, Rodrigo Villegas. Understanding the relationship of long working hours with health status and health-related behaviours. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009, 63 (7), pp.521-n/a. ⟨10.1136/jech.2008.082123⟩. ⟨hal-00477883⟩