Do teachers have more health problems? Results from a French cross-sectional survey

2006121 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Viviane Kovess–Masféty · Mutuelle Générale de l'Éducation Nationale

Christine Sévilla-Dedieu · Mutuelle Générale de l'Éducation Nationale

Carmen Rios-Seidel · Mutuelle Générale de l'Éducation Nationale

Éléna Nerriere · Mutuelle Générale de l'Éducation Nationale

Christine Chan Chee · Mutuelle Générale de l'Éducation Nationale

Abstract

Teachers do not seem to have poorer mental health. However, their physical condition is characterized by a higher prevalence of health problems related to the ENT tract, and to a lesser extent, depending on the gender, to skin, eyes, legs and lower urinary tract.

Topics & Keywords

Workplace Health and Well-being Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 101-101

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-101

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