Chantal Brisson
Biographic Data
| ID | 119875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chantal Brisson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chantal |
| FAMILY NAME | Brisson |
| SIGNATURE | BRISSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7371-0546 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Long working hours at midlife and arterial stiffness at older age in a 24-year prospective cohort
The present study suggests that exposure to long working hours during midlife is associated with higher arterial stiffness, among aging workers. Workplace preventive strategies reducing long working hours may be effective to mitigate long-term arterial stiffening
Work-Related Psychosocial Factors and Global Cognitive Function
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…
Job Strain, Overweight, and Diabetes
OBJECTIVE: The American Diabetes Association recently called for research on social and environmental determinants of diabetes to intensify primary prevention. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that frequent and modifiable psychosocial stressors at work might contribute to the development of diabetes, but more prospective studies are needed. We evaluated the relationship between job strain and diabetes incidence in 12,896 workers followed …
Examining the relationship between the demand-control model and incident myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure in a representative sample of the employed women and men in Ontario, Canada,…
Evaluation of the Quebec Healthy Enterprise Standard
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
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
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
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 …
Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work and Recurrent Coronary Heart Disease Events
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
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 …
Job Strain and Masked Hypertension
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether psychosocial work characteristics are associated with the prevalence of masked hypertension in a population of white collar workers. METHODS: White-collar workers were recruited from three public organizations. Blood pressure (BP) was measured at the workplace for manual measurements (mean of the first three readings taken by a trained assistant) followed by ambulatory measurements (mean of all subsequent readings…
Organisation du travail et santé mentale
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
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
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…
Work Activity in Pregnancy, Preventive Measures, and the Risk of Delivering a Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant
Objectives. We undertook a case–control study to evaluate whether some occupational conditions during pregnancy increase the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant and whether taking measures to eliminate these conditions decreases that risk. Methods. The 1536 cases and 4441 controls were selected from 43898 women who had single live births between January 1997 and March 1999 in Québec, Canada. The women were interviewed by t…
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…
Validité des indices de demande psychologique et de latitude décisionnelle utilisés dans l’Enquête nationale sur la santé de la population (ENSP) de 1994–95
Les contraintes psychosociales au travail chez les Canadiennes et les Canadiens
Mieux comprendre l’impact par l’analyse de l’implantation
This article presents three methods used to evaluate an ergonomic preventive training program for VDT workers: an epidemiological method to measure effects and two qualitative methods of work analysis based on ergonomic and psychodynamic approaches. Combining different sources of data aimed at an understanding of the impact of the program in a given context and led to a better understanding of the use of training to introduce preventive practices…
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 …
The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ)
Piecework, repetitive work and medicine use in the clothing industry
Effects of Job Strain on Blood Pressure
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…
Validité des indices de demande psychologique et de latitude décisionnelle utilisés dans l’Enquête nationale sur la santé de la population (ENSP) de 1994–95
Work Activity in Pregnancy, Preventive Measures, and the Risk of Delivering a Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant
Objectives. We undertook a case–control study to evaluate whether some occupational conditions during pregnancy increase the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant and whether taking measures to eliminate these conditions decreases that risk. Methods. The 1536 cases and 4441 controls were selected from 43898 women who had single live births between January 1997 and March 1999 in Québec, Canada. The women were interviewed by t…
Les contraintes psychosociales au travail chez les Canadiennes et les Canadiens
Piecework, repetitive work and medicine use in the clothing industry
Adverse psychosocial work factors, blood pressure and hypertension incidence
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
The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ)
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 …
Mieux comprendre l’impact par l’analyse de l’implantation
This article presents three methods used to evaluate an ergonomic preventive training program for VDT workers: an epidemiological method to measure effects and two qualitative methods of work analysis based on ergonomic and psychodynamic approaches. Combining different sources of data aimed at an understanding of the impact of the program in a given context and led to a better understanding of the use of training to introduce preventive practices…
Validité des indices de demande psychologique et de latitude décisionnelle utilisés dans l’Enquête nationale sur la santé de la population (ENSP) de 1994–95
Les contraintes psychosociales au travail chez les Canadiennes et les Canadiens
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 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
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
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…
Work Activity in Pregnancy, Preventive Measures, and the Risk of Delivering a Small-for-Gestational-Age Infant
Objectives. We undertook a case–control study to evaluate whether some occupational conditions during pregnancy increase the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant and whether taking measures to eliminate these conditions decreases that risk. Methods. The 1536 cases and 4441 controls were selected from 43898 women who had single live births between January 1997 and March 1999 in Québec, Canada. The women were interviewed by t…
Job Strain and Masked Hypertension
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether psychosocial work characteristics are associated with the prevalence of masked hypertension in a population of white collar workers. METHODS: White-collar workers were recruited from three public organizations. Blood pressure (BP) was measured at the workplace for manual measurements (mean of the first three readings taken by a trained assistant) followed by ambulatory measurements (mean of all subsequent readings…
Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work and Recurrent Coronary Heart Disease Events
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
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 …
Adverse psychosocial work factors, blood pressure and hypertension incidence
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
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
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
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…
Examining the relationship between the demand-control model and incident myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure in a representative sample of the employed women and men in Ontario, Canada,…
Job Strain, Overweight, and Diabetes
OBJECTIVE: The American Diabetes Association recently called for research on social and environmental determinants of diabetes to intensify primary prevention. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that frequent and modifiable psychosocial stressors at work might contribute to the development of diabetes, but more prospective studies are needed. We evaluated the relationship between job strain and diabetes incidence in 12,896 workers followed …
Work-Related Psychosocial Factors and Global Cognitive Function
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…
Long working hours at midlife and arterial stiffness at older age in a 24-year prospective cohort
The present study suggests that exposure to long working hours during midlife is associated with higher arterial stiffness, among aging workers. Workplace preventive strategies reducing long working hours may be effective to mitigate long-term arterial stiffening
Workplace Health and Well-being (17 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (11 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works) · Psychosocial (9 works) · Population (7 works)