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

Rita de Cássia Akutsu, Ada Rocha, Victor Viana, Luiz Akutsu, Izabel Cristina Silva, Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho, Heesup Han, António Raposo, Antonio Ariza-Montes, Luis Araya-Castillo and Renata Puppin Zandonadi
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Rita de Cássia Akutsu: Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil
Ada Rocha: GreenUPorto, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
Victor Viana: GreenUPorto, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
Luiz Akutsu: Court Union Accounts, Brasília 70042-900, Brazil
Izabel Cristina Silva: Faculty of Ceilândia, University of Brasília, Brasília 72220-275, Brazil
Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho: Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil
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
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

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-13

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.

Keywords: well-being at work; nutritionists; Portuguese nutritionists; demographic profile (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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