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Work-Related Psychological Injury Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Components in Apparently Healthy Workers

Author(s) -

Nicola Magnavita

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

plos one

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99

H-Index - 332

ISSN - 1932-6203

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0130944

Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , hypertriglyceridemia , medicine , occupational injury , occupational safety and health , confidence interval , risk factor , injury prevention , poison control , physical therapy , environmental health , obesity , pathology , triglyceride , cholesterol

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between psychological damage caused by common occupational trauma and metabolic syndrome (MES). Method 571 workers from 20 small Italian companies were invited to fill in the Psychological Injury Risk Indicator (PIRI) during their routine medical examination at the workplace. Results Compared to workers with no psychological injury, workers with a high PIRI score had a significantly increased risk of having at least one metabolic syndrome component (adjusted hazards ratio, 1.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.2 to 2.6). There was a significant increase in the risk of hypertriglyceridemia in male workers (OR 2.53 CI95% 1.03-6.22), and of hypertension in female workers (OR 2.45 CI95% 1.29-4.66). Conclusion Psychological injury related to common occupational trauma may be a modifiable risk factor for metabolic syndrome.

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