La détresse psychologique et les problèmes cardiovasculaires chez les travailleurs: une étude transversale de la comorbidité
The main objective of this thesis is to determine whether there is an association between psychological distress and cardiovascular problems among workers, due to the influence of certain professional factors.  The data came from the Canadian Community Health Survey (cycle 3.1 of CCHS), conducted by Statistics Canada in 2005.  Our sample consists of 15 394 employed Canadians aged 15 and over, representative of age, gender and geographic distribution of place of residence.  The logistic regression analysis showed that four professional factors have a significant association with psychological distress: psychological demands, job insecurity, social support at work, and job satisfaction.  In addition, three factors appear to be related to the development of cardiovascular problems; the use of skills, job satisfaction, and the number of hours worked.  The multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed that psychological distress is associated with cardiovascular problems and that these two health problems may be apparent in situations of comorbidity.  According to the results, we find that five factors present a significant correlation between the presence of psychological distress and a cardiovascular problem: psychological demands, job insecurity, social support at work, job satisfaction and the number of hours worked.  However, the use of skills, decisional authority at work and physical demands of work are not significantly associated with psychological distress and the presence of cardiovascular problems.
Comorbidity Psychological distress Professional factors Work environment Cardiovascular problems Mental health