Psychosocial factors at work, long work hours, and obesity: a systematic review

Psychosocial factors at work and musculoskeletal disorders.

Cardiovascular diseases and psychosocial factors at work.

Besides the 'classic' cardiovascular risk factors (high blood pressure, dyslipidaemia, metabolic syndrome and diabetes), the work environment is playing an increasingly significant role in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Several elements contribute to the effect of the work environment: physical factors, chemical factors, shift work and psychosocial factors. The effects of psychosocial ...

Long work hours and obesity in Korean adult workers.

OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to identify the association between work hours and obesity in Korean adult manual and nonmanual workers, and to determine whether there is a gender difference in this association. METHODS The study was conducted using Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data collected between 2007 and 2010. Individuals aged below 25 or over 64 year...

Work and Sleep--A Prospective Study of Psychosocial Work Factors, Physical Work Factors, and Work Scheduling.

STUDY OBJECTIVES There is limited knowledge about the prospective relationship between major work characteristics (psychosocial, physical, scheduling) and disturbed sleep. The current study sought to provide such knowledge. DESIGN Prospective cohort, with measurements on two occasions (T1 and T2) separated by two years. SETTING Naturalistic study, Sweden. PARTICIPANTS There were 4,827 par...

Psychosocial work environment and stress-related disorders, a systematic review.

BACKGROUND Knowledge on the impact of the psychosocial work environment on the occurrence of stress-related disorders (SRDs) can assist occupational physicians in the assessment of the work-relatedness of these disorders. AIMS To systematically review the contribution of work-related psychosocial risk factors to SRDs. METHODS A systematic review of the literature was carried out by searchin...