Does a stressful psychosocial work environment mediate the effects of shift work on cardiovascular risk factors? | Zendy

Richard Peter | Zendy; Lars Alfredsson | Zendy; Anders Knutsson | Zendy; Johannés Siegrist | Zendy; Peter Westerholm | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Does a stressful psychosocial work environment mediate the effects of shift work on cardiovascular risk factors?

Author(s) -

Richard Peter,

Lars Alfredsson,

Anders Knutsson,

Johannés Siegrist,

Peter Westerholm

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

scandinavian journal of work environment and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1795-990X

pISSN - 0355-3140

DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.448

Subject(s) - psychosocial , shift work , confounding , medicine , odds , work (physics) , gerontology , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , logistic regression , mechanical engineering , engineering

Associations between shift work, chronic psychosocial work stress, and 2 important cardiovascular risk factors, hypertension and atherogenic lipids were studied. The hypothesis was tested that psychosocial work stress, as defined by the model of effort-reward imbalance, mediates the effects of shift work on cardiovascular risk.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research