Perceived job stress, job strain, and hypertension.

Job strain and hypertension.

It is well known that blood pressure increases when one perceives challenging demands or is exposed to unexpected strains. In the long run, this acute effect might lead to elevated blood pressure that is, hypertension, which is the focus of the review by Babu et al. The team undertook meta-analyses of nine epidemiological studies which used hypertension as a dependent variable and job strain as...

Mediating role of perceived organizational support in relations between organizational politics with job stress, job satisfaction and job performance

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Relationships between job stress and worker perceived responsibilities and job characteristics.

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the relationship between perceived responsibilities by workers and job characteristics and experiences of stress. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between job stress and work responsibilities and job characteristics. METHODS We analyzed data from 2737 adults who were labor force participants in the province of Alberta, Canada. A logistic regression ...

Evaluation of Pressure Pain Threshold as a Measure of Perceived Stress and High Job Strain

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether pressure pain threshold (PPT), determined by pressure algometry, can be used as an objective measure of perceived stress and job strain. METHODS We used cross-sectional base line data collected during 1994 to 1995 within the Project on Research and Intervention in Monotonous work (PRIM), which included 3123 employees from a variety of Danish companies. Questio...

Job Satisfaction 1 Running head: JOB SATISFACTION/ STRESS Job Stress Related to Job Satisfaction of Nurses