Das Berner Härz-As-Projekt: Ziele, Untersuchungsplan und erste Ergebnisse

Noack, Horst; Lüthi, Ruth; Grüninger, Ueli; Küng, Peter; Niemeyer, Elisabeth; Werner, Martin; Zulauf, Freddy

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“…The aim and background of that project have been reported elsewhere. 5 ' 6 In short, workers and ; high demands at home and low control at home) were also included. However, diese variables would be allowed to drop out.…”

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The relation between the number of symptoms and other health indicators in working men and women

Foppa

Noack

1997

The European Journal of Public Health

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Simple symptom counts are widely used Indicators of ill-health in health survey research. However, there has only been little research aimed at a better understanding of symptom counts. The purpose of this study was to explore the number of symptoms (a summary score derived from 10 unspecific self-reported symptoms) in a 'healthy' population. We reanalysed data on a sample of 850 employed men and women (Berne Workplace Health Project).Stepwise ordinal logistic regression analysis was used to study the relation of the number of symptoms to contextual, person-related, behavioural, and health-related variables. In neither men nor women were any of the sociodemographic indicators significantly associated with the number of symptoms. Of the work-related variables, low Job discretion and adverse work environment were significantly associated with the number of symptoms and there was a statistical trend for high job demands. In women, dissatisfaction with salary was the only work-related variable which was significant. The private context, on the other hand, seemed to be more influential for women than for men and there was a statistical trend for strain at home. Among the person-related factors studied, age and emotional problems were significantly associated to the number of symptoms in both men and women. Psychological ill-health and negative future orientation were significant only in men and immersion only In women. Physical inactivity in leisure time was the only behavioural variable found to be significantly associated to the number of symptoms. Among the health-related factors, poor self-rated health was significant for both gender groups, while obesity was significant only in men. Only categories of variables being hypothesized to be unfavourable in terms of hearth were associated with a higher number of symptoms. Most of the associations found seem to be theoretically meaningful. Despite methodological provisos, our findings support a conception of the number of symptoms as an indicator of general ill-hearth.

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The relation between the number of symptoms and other health indicators in working men and women

Foppa

Noack

1997

The European Journal of Public Health

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Berufliche Stellung und Pr�valenz kardiovaskul�rer Risikoindikatoren bei berufst�tigen M�nnern in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz

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Based on a sample of 623 employed men from the Berne Workplace Health Project ("Härz-As-Project") we studied the relationship between the occupational status and prevalence of cardiovascular risk indicators. Besides "biological" risk indicators, like high total cholesterol, low HDL-cholesterol, hypertension, and overweight, we also studied two behavioral risk indicators (current smoking, physical inactivity in leisure time) and a summary risk score. Odds ratios for several risk indicators controlled for age, were markedly different among different occupational status groups. High cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratios were more common in lower occupational status groups, while the likelihood for hypertension and high total cholesterol was highest among qualified workers. There was a strong association between occupational status and the behavioral risk indicators smoking and physical inactivity in leasure time. Similarly, 1 or more risk indicators, and more than 2 risk indicators, respectively, were also found to be strongly related to occupational status. Our results confirm former findings of unequal distribution of cardiovascular disease risk indicators among groups of different occupational status. Future studies will have to focus upon the underlying causes for these inequities.

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The relation of self-reported back pain to psychosocial, behavioral, and health-related factors in a working population in Switzerland

Foppa

Noack

1996

Social Science & Medicine

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Das Berner Härz-As-Projekt: Ziele, Untersuchungsplan und erste Ergebnisse

Cited by 3 publications

References 2 publications

The relation between the number of symptoms and other health indicators in working men and women

The relation between the number of symptoms and other health indicators in working men and women

Berufliche Stellung und Pr�valenz kardiovaskul�rer Risikoindikatoren bei berufst�tigen M�nnern in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz

The relation of self-reported back pain to psychosocial, behavioral, and health-related factors in a working population in Switzerland

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