This study examined the role of pre-employment factors, such as maternal antenatal depression, low birth weight, childhood socioeconomic position, early adolescence health risk behaviours and academic performance, in the relationship between work characteristics (low job control and high job demands, or job strain) and psychological distress at age 31. The data of 2062 women and 2231 men was de...

Job strain is a risk factor for hypertension, but it is not fully understood if components of job strain, or job demand or job control per se could be related to blood pressure (BP), and if so, whether the relationship differs between normotension and mildly elevated BP. We examined resting BP, and job stress components in 113 Japanese male hospital clerks (38.1 ± 4.4 yr). Subjects were classif...

BACKGROUND Is regaining a job sufficient to reverse the harmful impacts on health of job loss during the Great Recession? We tested whether unemployed persons who found work within 1 year of job loss experienced a full recovery of their health. Additionally, we tested the mediating role of financial strain and household income. METHODS Linear regression models were used to assess the effects ...

To investigate the impact of overtime work, sleep duration, and perceived job characteristics on physical and mental status, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 377 workers (average age; 28 years old) in an information-technology (IT) company, engaged in consultation, system integration solution, and data management relevant to IT system. The psychophysical outcomes of overtime work were a...

OBJECTIVES In China, there have been an increasing number of migrant workers from rural to urban areas, and migrant workers have the highest incidence of occupational diseases. However, few studies have examined the impact of occupational stress on job burnout in these migrant workers. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between occupational stress and job burnout among migrant wor...

The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of job strain and sleep quality on the diurnal pattern of cortisol reactivity, measured by awakening and evening (10 PM) saliva cortisol. The sample consisted of 76 British white-collar workers (24 women, 52 men; mean age 45.8 years). Sleep quality and job strain were assessed in a survey distributed just before the cortisol sampling. Both input...

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To study correlates of presenteeism among Japanese IT employees, a cross-sectional study in 440 employees of four IT companies was studied with a net-based questionnaire survey. A structural regression analysis revealed that presenteeism (measured by the Work Limitation Questionnaire) was directly associated with common mental symptoms (measured by the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Ou...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article was to integrate home demands with the demand-control-support model to test if home demands interact with job strain to increase depressive symptoms. METHODS Data were from 431 employees in four extended care facilities. Presence of a child younger than 18 years in the household signified home demands. The outcome was depressive symptoms based on a shorte...

The 4 original papers are 1. Larsen AD, Hannerz H, Obel C, Thulstrup AM, Bonde JP, Hougaard KS: Testing the association between psychosocial job strain and adverse birth outcomes design and methods. BMC Public Health 2011, 11: 255. 2. Larsen AD, Hannerz H, Juhl M, Obel C, Thulstrup AM, Bonde JP, Hougaard KS: Psychosocial job strain and risk of adverse birth outcomes: a study within the Danish n...