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Work Related Stress, Well-Being and Cardiovascular Risk among Flight Logistic Workers: An Observational Study
Work-related stress is a known occupational hazard, with a putative role on the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Although several investigations have explored the association in various workplace scenarios, none have focused on the airport flight logistic support personnel, a transporta...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30205457 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091952 |
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author | Lecca, Luigi Isaia Campagna, Marcello Portoghese, Igor Galletta, Maura Mucci, Nicola Meloni, Michele Cocco, Pierluigi |
author_facet | Lecca, Luigi Isaia Campagna, Marcello Portoghese, Igor Galletta, Maura Mucci, Nicola Meloni, Michele Cocco, Pierluigi |
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description | Work-related stress is a known occupational hazard, with a putative role on the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Although several investigations have explored the association in various workplace scenarios, none have focused on the airport flight logistic support personnel, a transportation business of crucial importance, potentially exposed to job stress and consequently to an increase in CVD risk. We explored the relationship between work-related stress and cardiovascular risk in 568 healthy workers of a flight logistic support company using the Health and Safety Executive questionnaire, the Framingham Heart Study General Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Prediction Score, and the WHO general well-being index (WHO-5). We used univariate and multivariate statistical methods to take account of possible confounders. Our results show that a low job support significantly increases the CVD risk score and decreases the WHO well-being index with reference to subjects reporting high support on the job. In addition, the well-being index of workers with high strain jobs appears lower in respect to workers employed in low strain job. The multivariate analysis confirms a protective effect of job support, and shows a detrimental influence on CVD risk by physical inactivity, regular intake of alcohol, and a low educational level. In addition, job control, job support, low strain, and high demand coupled with high control (active job) showed a beneficial effect on psychological well-being. Our results suggest that a combination of general risk factors and organizational factors contributes to increase CVD risk and well-being, representing a crucial target for intervention strategies to promote health in the workplace. |
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spelling | pubmed-61647222018-10-12 Work Related Stress, Well-Being and Cardiovascular Risk among Flight Logistic Workers: An Observational Study Lecca, Luigi Isaia Campagna, Marcello Portoghese, Igor Galletta, Maura Mucci, Nicola Meloni, Michele Cocco, Pierluigi Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Work-related stress is a known occupational hazard, with a putative role on the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Although several investigations have explored the association in various workplace scenarios, none have focused on the airport flight logistic support personnel, a transportation business of crucial importance, potentially exposed to job stress and consequently to an increase in CVD risk. We explored the relationship between work-related stress and cardiovascular risk in 568 healthy workers of a flight logistic support company using the Health and Safety Executive questionnaire, the Framingham Heart Study General Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Prediction Score, and the WHO general well-being index (WHO-5). We used univariate and multivariate statistical methods to take account of possible confounders. Our results show that a low job support significantly increases the CVD risk score and decreases the WHO well-being index with reference to subjects reporting high support on the job. In addition, the well-being index of workers with high strain jobs appears lower in respect to workers employed in low strain job. The multivariate analysis confirms a protective effect of job support, and shows a detrimental influence on CVD risk by physical inactivity, regular intake of alcohol, and a low educational level. In addition, job control, job support, low strain, and high demand coupled with high control (active job) showed a beneficial effect on psychological well-being. Our results suggest that a combination of general risk factors and organizational factors contributes to increase CVD risk and well-being, representing a crucial target for intervention strategies to promote health in the workplace. MDPI 2018-09-07 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6164722/ /pubmed/30205457 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091952 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lecca, Luigi Isaia Campagna, Marcello Portoghese, Igor Galletta, Maura Mucci, Nicola Meloni, Michele Cocco, Pierluigi Work Related Stress, Well-Being and Cardiovascular Risk among Flight Logistic Workers: An Observational Study |
title | Work Related Stress, Well-Being and Cardiovascular Risk among Flight Logistic Workers: An Observational Study |
title_full | Work Related Stress, Well-Being and Cardiovascular Risk among Flight Logistic Workers: An Observational Study |
title_fullStr | Work Related Stress, Well-Being and Cardiovascular Risk among Flight Logistic Workers: An Observational Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Work Related Stress, Well-Being and Cardiovascular Risk among Flight Logistic Workers: An Observational Study |
title_short | Work Related Stress, Well-Being and Cardiovascular Risk among Flight Logistic Workers: An Observational Study |
title_sort | work related stress, well-being and cardiovascular risk among flight logistic workers: an observational study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30205457 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091952 |
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