Effects of psychosocial work factors on lifestyle changes: a cohort study

Karin Olofsson Allard; Jane Frølund Thomsen; Sigurd Mikkelsen; Reiner Rugulies; Ole Mors; Anette Kærgaard; Henrik Kolstad; Linda Kaerlev; Johan Hviid Andersen; Åse Marie Hansen; Jens Peter Bonde

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Effects of psychosocial work factors on lifestyle changes: a cohort study

Karin Olofsson Allard, Jane Frølund Thomsen, Sigurd Mikkelsen, Reiner Rugulies, Ole Mors, Anette Kærgaard, Henrik Kolstad, Linda Kaerlev, Johan Hviid Andersen, Åse Marie Hansen, Jens Peter Bonde

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Objective: To evaluate the effect of the demand-control-support model, the effort-reward imbalance model, and emotional demands on smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and body mass index. Methods: This is a 2-year prospective cohort study of 3224 public sector employees. Measures were assessed with questionnaires. Multiple regression analyses were used to predict changes in lifestyle factors. Results: Low reward predicted smoking, low-decision latitude predicted being inactive, and high demands predicted high-alcohol consumption but only for men at follow-up even after controlling for potential confounders. There were no other significant findings in the expected direction except for some of the confounders. Conclusions: We found only limited and inconsistent support for the hypothesis that a poor psychosocial work environment is associated with an adverse lifestyle.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	53
Issue number	12
Pages (from-to)	1364-71
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1076-2752
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182363bda
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011

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