Psychosocial work factors and blood pressure among 63 800 employees from The Netherlands in the Lifelines Cohort Study

Objectives Previous studies on the association between psychosocial work factors and blood pressure mainly focused on specific occupations or populations and had limited sample sizes. We, therefore, investigated the associations between psychosocial work factors and blood pressure in a large general working population in the Netherlands. Methods We included 63 800 employees from the Netherlands, aged 18-65 years, with blood pressure measurements and a reliable job code at baseline. Psychosocial work factors (job strain, effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and emotional demands) in the current job we... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Faruque, Md Omar
Framke, Elisabeth
Sørensen, Jeppe Karl
Madsen, Ida Elisabeth Huitfeldt
Rugulies, Reiner
Vonk, Judith M
Boezen, H Marike
Bültmann, Ute
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: Faruque , M O , Framke , E , Sørensen , J K , Madsen , I E H , Rugulies , R , Vonk , J M , Boezen , H M & Bültmann , U 2022 , ' Psychosocial work factors and blood pressure among 63 800 employees from The Netherlands in the Lifelines Cohort Study ' , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , vol. 76 , no. 1 , pp. 60-66 . https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2021-216678
Schlagwörter: EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE / JOB STRAIN / DECISION LATITUDE / CELL SENESCENCE / HYPERTENSION / DEMANDS / ATHEROSCLEROSIS / METAANALYSIS / TELOMERE / DISEASE
Sprache: Englisch
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Objectives Previous studies on the association between psychosocial work factors and blood pressure mainly focused on specific occupations or populations and had limited sample sizes. We, therefore, investigated the associations between psychosocial work factors and blood pressure in a large general working population in the Netherlands. Methods We included 63 800 employees from the Netherlands, aged 18-65 years, with blood pressure measurements and a reliable job code at baseline. Psychosocial work factors (job strain, effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and emotional demands) in the current job were estimated with three recently developed psychosocial job exposure matrices. To examine the associations, regression analyses adjusted for covariates (age, sex, body mass index, education, monthly income, pack-years, smoking, alcohol consumption and antihypertensive medication (not included for hypertension)) were performed. Results Higher job strain was associated with higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) (B (regression coefficients) (95% CI) 2.14 (1.23 to 3.06)) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (B (95% CI) 1.26 (0.65 to 1.86)) and with higher odds of hypertension (OR (95% CI) 1.43 (1.17 to 1.74)). Higher ERI was associated with higher DBP (B (95% CI) 4.37 (3.05 to 5.68)), but not with SBP or hypertension. Higher emotional demands were associated with lower SBP (B (95% CI) -0.90 (-1.14 to -0.66)) and lower odds of hypertension ((OR) (95% CI) 0.91 (0.87 to 0.96)). Conclusions In the general working population, employees in jobs with high job strain and ERI have higher blood pressure compared with employees with low job strain and ERI. Emotional demands at work are inversely associated with blood pressure.