Giving Social Support at Work May Reduce Inflammation on Employees Themselves: A Participatory Workplace Intervention Study Among Japanese Hospital Nurses
Abstract:ObjectivePreviously, we reported that the participatory workplace intervention was effective in reducing stress-related inflammatory markers, i.e., interleukin-6, among 31 Japanese female nurses. During the analysis, we recognized that our intervention might have increased prosocial behaviors like giving social support to others in some participants. Based on this assumption, we ran a secondary analysis, which examined the effect of giving social support to others on inflammatory markers, autonomic nervous ac… Show more
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