ArticleArhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju2025
Working hours indirectly affect anxiety symptoms through sleep and stress in dentists, physicians, and psychotherapists.
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- Buffering the effects of work stress on anxiety and depression: a moderated mediation model of physical activity enjoyment and sleep disturbance in China.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Cultural participation rights as a proposed pathway for internal migrant mental health: an institutional analysis from China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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The aim of this study was to examine the effects of working hours on anxiety symptoms in highly educated helping professionals, especially through sleep duration, perceived stress and sleep quality. We analysed the results of 172 helping professionals (dentists, physicians, and psychotherapists, 57 % women, average age 25-63 years) who had participated in a larger study examining the effects of working conditions and constitutional factors on the onset of hand eczema. The participants answered a battery of questionnaires, including Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale, Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, and a set of standard questions on sociodemographic characteristics, working hours, sleep, and job characteristics. They also underwent clinical examination of skin on hands and wrists. Participants reported working between 19 and 90 h a week, with 25.1 % working more than 50 h a week. Several path analysis models used in the study showed that working hours predicted anxiety only indirectly. The final model "working hours → sleep duration on workdays → perceived stress → anxiety symptoms" showed excellent fit [χ
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