Well-Being at Work: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Portuguese Nutritionists

This exploratory, nationwide cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the wellbeing 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 disper...

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Autores: Coelho de Almeida Akutsu, Rita de Cássia, Rocha, Ada, Viana, Victor, Akutsu, Luiz, Silva, Izabel Cristina, Braz Assunçao Botelho, Raquel, Han, Heesup, Raposo, Antonio, Ariza Montes, José Antonio, Araya Castillo, Luis, Puppin Zandonadi, Renata
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/4239
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/4239
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Well-being at work
Nutritionists
Portuguese nutritionists
Demographic profile
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Sumario:This exploratory, nationwide cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the wellbeing 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.