Effect of work organization and demands, violence, health problems and job satisfaction in relation to work stress and social support in prison officers: a cross-sectional study; São Paulo, 2019
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Analyze the effect of work organization and demands, violence, health problems and job satisfaction in relation to work stress and social support in prison officers. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study with prison police officers from four penitentiaries in São Paulo. The Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire was used and adjusted multinomial regressions were performed to obtain the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI). RESULTS: A total of 265 prison officers participated in the study, and poor satisfaction levels with temperature (OR 4.88; 95%CI 2.02; 11.81) and ventilation (OR 3.12; 95%CI 1.31; 7.41) were found to be associated with high-demand work. Furthermore, working more than 15 years as a prison officer (OR 2.59; 95%CI 1.33; 5.08), reporting physical violence (OR 2.84; 95%CI 1.02; 7.93), psychological violence (OR 2.93; 95%CI 1.55; 5.53), poor satisfaction level with lighting (OR 2.80; 95%CI 1.11; 7.08), noise (OR 3.94; 95%CI 2.15; 7.21), ventilation (OR 2.15; 95%CI 1.20; 3.85), and furniture (OR 2.92; 95%CI 1.52; 5.60) in the workplace were associated with lower social support. CONCLUSION: The worst level of satisfaction with temperature and ventilation was associated with highly demanding work. Furthermore, suffering violence, greater physical demands, and a lower level of satisfaction with workplace conditions were associated with less social support. The need for improvements in infrastructure and in the organization of the work process is highlighted.
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412938908