Michel Vézina
Biographic Data
| ID | 119873 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michel Vézina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michel |
| FAMILY NAME | Vézina |
| SIGNATURE | VÉZINA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Laval |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Work-Related Psychosocial Factors and Global Cognitive Function: Are Telomere Length and Low-Grade Inflammation Potential Mediators of This Association
The identification of modifiable factors that could maintain cognitive function is a public health priority. It is thought that some work-related psychosocial factors help developing cognitive reserve through high intellectual complexity. However, they also have well-known adverse health effects and are considered to be chronic psychosocial stressors. Indeed, these stressors could increase low-grade inflammation and promote oxidative stress assoc…
Evaluation of the Quebec Healthy Enterprise Standard: Effect on Adverse Psychosocial Work Factors and Psychological Distress
Adverse psychosocial work factors are recognized as a significant source of psychological distress, resulting in a considerable socioeconomic burden. The impact of occupational health standards that aim to reduce these adverse work factors, such as the Quebec Healthy Enterprise Standard (QHES), is of great interest for public health. The aim of this study was to evaluate, for the first time, the effect of QHES interventions targeting adverse psyc…
Double Exposure to Adverse Psychosocial Work Factors and High Family Responsibilities as Related to Ambulatory Blood Pressure at Work: A 5-Year Prospective Study in Women With White-Collar Jobs
OBJECTIVE: Accumulating evidence shows that psychosocial work factors of the demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models may contribute to increase blood pressure (BP). Women are more likely to be exposed to these psychosocial factors than men. Moreover, women spend twice as much time per week performing family responsibilities than men. This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal association of the double exposure to psychosocial work fa…
Psychosocial work factors and social inequalities in psychological distress: A population-based study
These results suggest that psychosocial work factors from the DCS and the ERI models contribute to explain a part of social inequalities in psychological distress among men. Psychosocial factors at work are frequent and modifiable. The present study supports the relevance of targeting these factors for the primary prevention of MHP and for health policies aiming to reduce social inequalities in mental health
Adverse psychosocial work factors, blood pressure and hypertension incidence: Repeated exposure in a 5-year prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Two main theoretical models have been used to assess the impact of psychosocial work factors on blood pressure (BP): the demand-control (DC) model and the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model. Previous studies have mostly used a single time point exposure to examine this association. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of repeated job strain and ERI exposure on (1) ambulatory BP (ABP) evolution over 5 years and (2) hypertension incidence …
Síntomas depresivos y distrés laboral en trabajadores chilenos: Condiciones Diferenciales Para Hombres Y Mujeres
El objetivo fue evaluar sintomatología depresiva, asociada a factores de riesgo psicosocial laboral según sexo en Chile, mediante los modelos demanda-control (Karasek) y desequilibrio esfuerzo-recompensas (Siegrist). El estudio fue transversal con una muestra aleatoria de 3010 trabajadores asalariados (35% mujeres y 65% hombres) de todo el país. Se determinó prevalencias y asociaciones a través de diversas técnicas estadísticas (eg. χ 2 ; regresi…
Psychosocial Risk at Work and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption Among Chile’s Working Adults
Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work and Recurrent Coronary Heart Disease Events: A 4-Year Prospective Study of Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients
OBJECTIVE: Prospective studies have shown that effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work is associated with the incidence of a first coronary heart disease (CHD) event. However, it is unknown whether ERI at work increases the risk of recurrent CHD events. The objective of this study was to determine whether ERI at work and its components (effort and reward) increase the risk of recurrent CHD in post-myocardial infarction (post-MI) workers. METHODS: W…
Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work and Psychological Distress: A Validation Study of Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients
OBJECTIVES: To examine whether the psychometric properties of the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work scales could be replicated with post-myocardial infarction (post-MI) patients and to measure the criterion validity through its association with psychological distress. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 814 patients (739 men and 75 women) who had returned to work after their first MI and who were followed up by telephone at …
Contraintes psychosociales de travail et problèmes de santé mentale au Québec: Une analyse différenciée selon le sexe
La santé mentale au travail: Pour une compréhension de cet enjeu de santé publique
Dans les pays occidentaux, les problèmes de santé mentale sont en croissance et représentent l'une des principales causes de morbidité de la population, avec une prévalence annuelle qui varie de 15 à 25 %. Les conséquences de cette morbidité se font sentir de façon importante au chapitre de la capacité de travail des individus. Plusieurs éléments liés notamment à l'évolution de l'organisation et des conditions de travail au cours des dernières an…
La santé mentale des cols blancs et l’environnement psychosocial du travail
Au Québec, comme dans plusieurs pays occidentaux, les problèmes de santé mentale représentent l'une des principales causes de morbidité de la population et d'absence du travail pour de longues périodes. Une partie des problèmes de santé mentale au travail résulterait de l'effet combiné d'une demande psychologique élevée et d'une faible latitude décisionnelle dans le travail. Au cours d'une étude longitudinale d'un an chez des cols blancs de la ré…
Intermittent Work and Well-Being: One Foot in the Door, One Foot Out
In a society in which stable employment remains the reference, one might presume that an insecure job situation would represent a threat to a person's well-being. In this qualitative empirical research based on the narrative method, the authors documented the career paths of 22 men and 30 women. Their goal was to understand how intermittent work is experienced by people and how it affects life and perceived health. At the time the authors met wit…
Organisation du travail et santé mentale: Le travail répétitif sous contrainte de temps
Le présent article expose d'abord un modèle général de recherche concernant l'association entre des caractéristiques de l'organisation du travail et des atteintes à la santé et à l'intégrité phsysique et mentale des travailleurs et travailleuses. Par la suite, ce modèle est utilisé dans le domaine de la santé mentale pour examiner les conséquences d'une organisation du travail caractérisée par des tâches répétitives exécutées sous contrainte de t…
La vie professionnelle et la santé des infirmières depuis la transformation du réseau de la santé
Depuis quelques années, le réseau de la santé québécois traverse une période de transformation importante qui vise la réduction des coûts et une meilleure efficience. La présente étude avait comme objectif de décrire les effets de la transformation du réseau sur la vie professionnelle et la santé des infirmières de l'agglomération de Québec. Malgré Ie devis transversal de l'étude qui ne permet pas de faire des liens de cause à effet et malgré le …
Définir les risques: Note de recherche : Sur la prévention des problèmes de santé mentale
Les facteurs psychosociaux de l’environnement de travail désignent l’ensemble des facteurs organisationnels et les relations inter-individuelles sur le lieu de travail qui peuvent avoir un impact sur la santé. Il existe actuellement deux modèles de risques psychosociaux reconnus internationalement en raison de leur apport considérable à la production de connaissances scientifiques consistantes sur l’importance des liens entre des phénomènes socia…
Effects of Job Strain on Blood Pressure: A Prospective Study of Male and Female White-Collar Workers
Objectives. We evaluated whether cumulative exposure to job strain increases blood pressure. Methods. A prospective study of 8395 white-collar workers was initiated during 1991 to 1993. At follow-up, 7.5 years later, 84% of the participants were reassessed to estimate cumulative exposure to job strain. Results. Compared with men who had never been exposed, men with cumulative exposure and those who became exposed during follow-up showed significa…
Psychologic Distress in Postmyocardial Infarction Patients Who Have Returned to Work
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of psychologic distress in women and men returning to work after a myocardial infarction (MI) and to compare this prevalence with the prevalence observed among men and women of the general working population. METHODS: The study population was composed of 990 post-MI patients (106 women and 884 men) recruited in 30 hospitals who had returned to work after their first MI. Psychologic distress was measured with th…
The impact of job strain on social isolation: A longitudinal analysis of French workers
Le travail et ses malentendus
Les Fondements Théoriques de la Psychodynamique du Travail
Effect of Family Responsibilities and Job Strain on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Among White-Collar Women
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine whether large family responsibilities and their combination with high job strain were associated with an increase in ambulatory blood pressure (BP) among white-collar women. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a stratified random sample of 199 white-collar women with or without children who were employed full time in jobs involving high or low strain. These women were selected from a …
La réforme québécoise en santé et sécurité du travail
Piecework, repetitive work and medicine use in the clothing industry
The impact of job strain on social isolation: A longitudinal analysis of French workers
Intermittent Work and Well-Being: One Foot in the Door, One Foot Out
In a society in which stable employment remains the reference, one might presume that an insecure job situation would represent a threat to a person's well-being. In this qualitative empirical research based on the narrative method, the authors documented the career paths of 22 men and 30 women. Their goal was to understand how intermittent work is experienced by people and how it affects life and perceived health. At the time the authors met wit…
Effects of Job Strain on Blood Pressure: A Prospective Study of Male and Female White-Collar Workers
Objectives. We evaluated whether cumulative exposure to job strain increases blood pressure. Methods. A prospective study of 8395 white-collar workers was initiated during 1991 to 1993. At follow-up, 7.5 years later, 84% of the participants were reassessed to estimate cumulative exposure to job strain. Results. Compared with men who had never been exposed, men with cumulative exposure and those who became exposed during follow-up showed significa…
Síntomas depresivos y distrés laboral en trabajadores chilenos: Condiciones Diferenciales Para Hombres Y Mujeres
El objetivo fue evaluar sintomatología depresiva, asociada a factores de riesgo psicosocial laboral según sexo en Chile, mediante los modelos demanda-control (Karasek) y desequilibrio esfuerzo-recompensas (Siegrist). El estudio fue transversal con una muestra aleatoria de 3010 trabajadores asalariados (35% mujeres y 65% hombres) de todo el país. Se determinó prevalencias y asociaciones a través de diversas técnicas estadísticas (eg. χ 2 ; regresi…
Psychosocial Risk at Work and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption Among Chile’s Working Adults
Piecework, repetitive work and medicine use in the clothing industry
Adverse psychosocial work factors, blood pressure and hypertension incidence: Repeated exposure in a 5-year prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Two main theoretical models have been used to assess the impact of psychosocial work factors on blood pressure (BP): the demand-control (DC) model and the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model. Previous studies have mostly used a single time point exposure to examine this association. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of repeated job strain and ERI exposure on (1) ambulatory BP (ABP) evolution over 5 years and (2) hypertension incidence …
Piecework, repetitive work and medicine use in the clothing industry
La réforme québécoise en santé et sécurité du travail
Effect of Family Responsibilities and Job Strain on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Among White-Collar Women
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine whether large family responsibilities and their combination with high job strain were associated with an increase in ambulatory blood pressure (BP) among white-collar women. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a stratified random sample of 199 white-collar women with or without children who were employed full time in jobs involving high or low strain. These women were selected from a …
Le travail et ses malentendus
Les Fondements Théoriques de la Psychodynamique du Travail
The impact of job strain on social isolation: A longitudinal analysis of French workers
Psychologic Distress in Postmyocardial Infarction Patients Who Have Returned to Work
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of psychologic distress in women and men returning to work after a myocardial infarction (MI) and to compare this prevalence with the prevalence observed among men and women of the general working population. METHODS: The study population was composed of 990 post-MI patients (106 women and 884 men) recruited in 30 hospitals who had returned to work after their first MI. Psychologic distress was measured with th…
Organisation du travail et santé mentale: Le travail répétitif sous contrainte de temps
Le présent article expose d'abord un modèle général de recherche concernant l'association entre des caractéristiques de l'organisation du travail et des atteintes à la santé et à l'intégrité phsysique et mentale des travailleurs et travailleuses. Par la suite, ce modèle est utilisé dans le domaine de la santé mentale pour examiner les conséquences d'une organisation du travail caractérisée par des tâches répétitives exécutées sous contrainte de t…
La vie professionnelle et la santé des infirmières depuis la transformation du réseau de la santé
Depuis quelques années, le réseau de la santé québécois traverse une période de transformation importante qui vise la réduction des coûts et une meilleure efficience. La présente étude avait comme objectif de décrire les effets de la transformation du réseau sur la vie professionnelle et la santé des infirmières de l'agglomération de Québec. Malgré Ie devis transversal de l'étude qui ne permet pas de faire des liens de cause à effet et malgré le …
Définir les risques: Note de recherche : Sur la prévention des problèmes de santé mentale
Les facteurs psychosociaux de l’environnement de travail désignent l’ensemble des facteurs organisationnels et les relations inter-individuelles sur le lieu de travail qui peuvent avoir un impact sur la santé. Il existe actuellement deux modèles de risques psychosociaux reconnus internationalement en raison de leur apport considérable à la production de connaissances scientifiques consistantes sur l’importance des liens entre des phénomènes socia…
Effects of Job Strain on Blood Pressure: A Prospective Study of Male and Female White-Collar Workers
Objectives. We evaluated whether cumulative exposure to job strain increases blood pressure. Methods. A prospective study of 8395 white-collar workers was initiated during 1991 to 1993. At follow-up, 7.5 years later, 84% of the participants were reassessed to estimate cumulative exposure to job strain. Results. Compared with men who had never been exposed, men with cumulative exposure and those who became exposed during follow-up showed significa…
La santé mentale au travail: Pour une compréhension de cet enjeu de santé publique
Dans les pays occidentaux, les problèmes de santé mentale sont en croissance et représentent l'une des principales causes de morbidité de la population, avec une prévalence annuelle qui varie de 15 à 25 %. Les conséquences de cette morbidité se font sentir de façon importante au chapitre de la capacité de travail des individus. Plusieurs éléments liés notamment à l'évolution de l'organisation et des conditions de travail au cours des dernières an…
La santé mentale des cols blancs et l’environnement psychosocial du travail
Au Québec, comme dans plusieurs pays occidentaux, les problèmes de santé mentale représentent l'une des principales causes de morbidité de la population et d'absence du travail pour de longues périodes. Une partie des problèmes de santé mentale au travail résulterait de l'effet combiné d'une demande psychologique élevée et d'une faible latitude décisionnelle dans le travail. Au cours d'une étude longitudinale d'un an chez des cols blancs de la ré…
Intermittent Work and Well-Being: One Foot in the Door, One Foot Out
In a society in which stable employment remains the reference, one might presume that an insecure job situation would represent a threat to a person's well-being. In this qualitative empirical research based on the narrative method, the authors documented the career paths of 22 men and 30 women. Their goal was to understand how intermittent work is experienced by people and how it affects life and perceived health. At the time the authors met wit…
Contraintes psychosociales de travail et problèmes de santé mentale au Québec: Une analyse différenciée selon le sexe
Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work and Recurrent Coronary Heart Disease Events: A 4-Year Prospective Study of Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients
OBJECTIVE: Prospective studies have shown that effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work is associated with the incidence of a first coronary heart disease (CHD) event. However, it is unknown whether ERI at work increases the risk of recurrent CHD events. The objective of this study was to determine whether ERI at work and its components (effort and reward) increase the risk of recurrent CHD in post-myocardial infarction (post-MI) workers. METHODS: W…
Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work and Psychological Distress: A Validation Study of Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients
OBJECTIVES: To examine whether the psychometric properties of the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work scales could be replicated with post-myocardial infarction (post-MI) patients and to measure the criterion validity through its association with psychological distress. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 814 patients (739 men and 75 women) who had returned to work after their first MI and who were followed up by telephone at …
Psychosocial Risk at Work and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption Among Chile’s Working Adults
Síntomas depresivos y distrés laboral en trabajadores chilenos: Condiciones Diferenciales Para Hombres Y Mujeres
El objetivo fue evaluar sintomatología depresiva, asociada a factores de riesgo psicosocial laboral según sexo en Chile, mediante los modelos demanda-control (Karasek) y desequilibrio esfuerzo-recompensas (Siegrist). El estudio fue transversal con una muestra aleatoria de 3010 trabajadores asalariados (35% mujeres y 65% hombres) de todo el país. Se determinó prevalencias y asociaciones a través de diversas técnicas estadísticas (eg. χ 2 ; regresi…
Adverse psychosocial work factors, blood pressure and hypertension incidence: Repeated exposure in a 5-year prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Two main theoretical models have been used to assess the impact of psychosocial work factors on blood pressure (BP): the demand-control (DC) model and the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model. Previous studies have mostly used a single time point exposure to examine this association. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of repeated job strain and ERI exposure on (1) ambulatory BP (ABP) evolution over 5 years and (2) hypertension incidence …
Double Exposure to Adverse Psychosocial Work Factors and High Family Responsibilities as Related to Ambulatory Blood Pressure at Work: A 5-Year Prospective Study in Women With White-Collar Jobs
OBJECTIVE: Accumulating evidence shows that psychosocial work factors of the demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models may contribute to increase blood pressure (BP). Women are more likely to be exposed to these psychosocial factors than men. Moreover, women spend twice as much time per week performing family responsibilities than men. This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal association of the double exposure to psychosocial work fa…
Psychosocial work factors and social inequalities in psychological distress: A population-based study
These results suggest that psychosocial work factors from the DCS and the ERI models contribute to explain a part of social inequalities in psychological distress among men. Psychosocial factors at work are frequent and modifiable. The present study supports the relevance of targeting these factors for the primary prevention of MHP and for health policies aiming to reduce social inequalities in mental health
Evaluation of the Quebec Healthy Enterprise Standard: Effect on Adverse Psychosocial Work Factors and Psychological Distress
Adverse psychosocial work factors are recognized as a significant source of psychological distress, resulting in a considerable socioeconomic burden. The impact of occupational health standards that aim to reduce these adverse work factors, such as the Quebec Healthy Enterprise Standard (QHES), is of great interest for public health. The aim of this study was to evaluate, for the first time, the effect of QHES interventions targeting adverse psyc…
Work-Related Psychosocial Factors and Global Cognitive Function: Are Telomere Length and Low-Grade Inflammation Potential Mediators of This Association
The identification of modifiable factors that could maintain cognitive function is a public health priority. It is thought that some work-related psychosocial factors help developing cognitive reserve through high intellectual complexity. However, they also have well-known adverse health effects and are considered to be chronic psychosocial stressors. Indeed, these stressors could increase low-grade inflammation and promote oxidative stress assoc…
Workplace Health and Well-being (17 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Psychosocial (8 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Humanities (6 works)