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Akutsu RDC, Rocha A, Viana V, Akutsu L, Silva IC, Botelho RBA, Han H, Raposo A, Ariza-Montes A, Araya-Castillo L, Zandonadi RP. Well-Being at Work: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Portuguese Nutritionists. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18:7839. [PMID: 34360131 PMCID: PMC8345680 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18157839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
This exploratory, nationwide cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the well-being of Portuguese nutritionists, in addition to outlining their professional and demographic profile. Descriptive analyses were carried out to determine the measures relating to centralising tendency and dispersion of the sample. We compared means and proportions through t-tests and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The sample size was 206 individuals, respecting a minimum of eight respondents per item to validate the instrument. We recruited Nutritionists from Portugal nationwide using the list of electronic mail provided by the Order of Nutritionists. We sent an electronic mail to all the Nutritionists registered in this Order. We also used messaging applications and social networks (Instagram, Facebook) to reach Nutritionists who were not accessing electronic mail. Most respondents are women (92.5%), young (mean age = 31.4 ± 8.07 years; 54.2% of participants aging under 30 years), single, and with no children. More than half are Catholic (73.8%) and have less than ten years of nutritionist undergraduate completion (55.4%). The only variable that influences well-being at work is the economic variable Household Monthly Income. Those who earn less than €500.00 per month perceive themselves at a lesser state of work well-being than those who earn from €2501.00 to €5000.00 per month.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rita de Cássia Akutsu
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil; (R.d.C.A.); (R.B.A.B.); (R.P.Z.)
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- GreenUPorto, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal; (A.R.); (V.V.)
| | - Victor Viana
- GreenUPorto, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal; (A.R.); (V.V.)
| | - Luiz Akutsu
- Court Union Accounts, Brasília 70042-900, Brazil;
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil; (R.d.C.A.); (R.B.A.B.); (R.P.Z.)
| | - Heesup Han
- College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwanjin-Gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea
| | - António Raposo
- CBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
| | - Antonio Ariza-Montes
- Social Matters Research Group, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, C/Escritor Castilla Aguayo, 4, 14004 Córdoba, Spain;
- Faculty of Business Administration, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 7500912, Chile
| | - Luis Araya-Castillo
- Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago 7591538, Chile;
| | - Renata Puppin Zandonadi
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil; (R.d.C.A.); (R.B.A.B.); (R.P.Z.)
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