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ArticleIndustrial health2022

Association between workplace bullying and common mental disorders in civil servants from a middle-income country.

Fernando Ribas Feijó, Neil Pearce, Neice Müller Xavier Faria, Maitê Peres de Carvalho, Ana Laura Sica Cruzeiro Szortyka, Mayte Raya Amazarray, Anaclaudia Gastal Fassa

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Article in Industrial health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Fernando Ribas FeijóPostgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil.
Neil PearceDepartment of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Neice Müller Xavier FariaPostgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil.
Maitê Peres de CarvalhoPostgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil.
Ana Laura Sica Cruzeiro SzortykaPostgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil.
Mayte Raya AmazarrayFaculty of Psychology, Federal University of Health Sciences at Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Anaclaudia Gastal FassaPostgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Pelotas · BRLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUniversidade Federal da Bahia · BRUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Workplace bullying (WB) is associated with Common mental disorders (CMD) in high-income countries, but there is a lack of evidence relating to this subject in low- and middle-income countries. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the association between bullying and CMD in Brazil. A cross-sectional study with 907 judicial civil servants from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, was carried out. WB was measured by the Negative Acts Questionnaire (NAQ-r) and CMD by the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). Logistic regression was used to analyse data and test hypotheses. The overall prevalence of CMD was 32.8%, while the overall prevalence of bullying was 18.3%. WB was strongly associated with CMD, even after controlling for confounders. After adjustment for sociodemographic, personality and occupational confounders, weekly and daily exposures to negative acts increased 4.32 (95% CI: 2.00-9.33) and 6.80 (95% CI: 3.42-13.51) times the risk of CMD, respectively. Considering the operational definition, bullied workers had a 3.45 (95% CI: 2.26-5.25) higher risk of CMD. The results are consistent with studies from high-income countries. Different ways of categorising exposure to WB and testing association with CMD are suggested. Interventions to prevent bullying, focusing on work processes and psychosocial factors at work, could reduce the risk of mental health problems.

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BullyingMental DisordersOccupational StressCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPrevalenceSurveys and QuestionnairesWorkplaceCommon mental disordersEpidemiologyOccupational healthPsychosocial factors at workWorkplace bullying

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