OBJECTIVE: To examine job stress and health behaviors, including their co-occurrence, in Australians aged 31 to 41 year assessed in 2009 to 2011.
METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses using multivariable regression models of the association between the Effort Reward Imbalance (ERI) scale and health behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, physical activity, and body mass index [BMI]) both individually and co-occurring (0 to 3 vs 4 to 5 behaviors) were undertaken. Covariates included sociodemographics, personality, and life events.
RESULTS: Greater ERI was associated with a significantly lower prevalence of having co-occurring healthy behaviors and poorer diets in both sexes. Higher ERI was also associated greater physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in men and smoking, high alcohol consumption, and more pedometer-measured physical activity in women.
CONCLUSION: Job stress at work was associated with a range of unhealthy behaviors, which may explain the higher chronic disease associated with job stress.
BT - J Occup Environ Med C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29166291?dopt=Abstract DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001234 IS - 3 J2 - J. Occup. Environ. Med. LA - eng N2 -OBJECTIVE: To examine job stress and health behaviors, including their co-occurrence, in Australians aged 31 to 41 year assessed in 2009 to 2011.
METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses using multivariable regression models of the association between the Effort Reward Imbalance (ERI) scale and health behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, physical activity, and body mass index [BMI]) both individually and co-occurring (0 to 3 vs 4 to 5 behaviors) were undertaken. Covariates included sociodemographics, personality, and life events.
RESULTS: Greater ERI was associated with a significantly lower prevalence of having co-occurring healthy behaviors and poorer diets in both sexes. Higher ERI was also associated greater physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in men and smoking, high alcohol consumption, and more pedometer-measured physical activity in women.
CONCLUSION: Job stress at work was associated with a range of unhealthy behaviors, which may explain the higher chronic disease associated with job stress.
PY - 2018 SP - e117 EP - e125 T2 - J Occup Environ Med TI - Job Stress in Young Adults is Associated With a Range of Poorer Health Behaviors in the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) Study. VL - 60 SN - 1536-5948 ER -