2014
DOI: 10.2466/15.14.pr0.114k20w3
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Work-Related Psychosocial Stress as a Risk Factor for Asthma, Allergy, and Respiratory Infections in the Swedish Workforce

Abstract: This study examined the association between work-related psychosocial stress and asthma, atopy, and respiratory infections. 532 randomly selected occupationally active people (272 men, 260 women; M age = 41 yr., SD = 13) in Sweden participated. Information on history of asthma, atopy, and respiratory infections was collected by a postal self-report questionnaire. Work stress was assessed based on the demands-control-support model. Current asthma and respiratory infections were associated with work-related psyc… Show more

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“…Less control over the work conditions is expected to be a psychosocial risk factor at work. In a previous cross-sectional study on associations between the psychosocial work environment in the Swedish workforce, atopy and asthma symptoms, no associations were found between low control and atopy [ 24 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Less control over the work conditions is expected to be a psychosocial risk factor at work. In a previous cross-sectional study on associations between the psychosocial work environment in the Swedish workforce, atopy and asthma symptoms, no associations were found between low control and atopy [ 24 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The fourth set was about asthma, bronchitis, nonspecific hyperreactivity, and airway infections. The questions on asthma and respiratory symptoms were obtained from European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) [ 26 ], and two Swedish population studies [ 24 , 27 ]. The questions on psychosocial work conditions were obtained from a standardized indoor questionnaire (MM 040 NA) developed by the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Örebro University Hospital [ 28 ].The questions on specific work environment factors relevant for airline crews were obtained from another questionnaire[ 6 ], which was developed by the Clinic for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Previous studies have been associated with the activation of stress factors with disease pathogenesis along respiratory tissues ( Lim et al, 2014 ; Runeson-Broberg and Norback, 2014 ; Tomljenovic et al, 2014 ; Yang et al, 2014a ). Utilizing an experimental model of aversive stress and S. pneumoniae infection, we demonstrated CRH’s ability to regulate disease severity by controlling cellular immune and inflammatory responses ( Kim et al, 2011 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…15 Studies on occupational stress, high demand, low control and inadequate social support as risk factors for respiratory infections have chiefly relied on self-reported outcomes and inconsistently reported higher risk for common cold. [16][17][18] The lack of large prospective studies on occupational stress and a wide spectrum of infections objectively measured prompted us to investigate this association using a cohort of about 25 000 employed individuals followed-up up to 19 years with record linkages.…”
Section: Workplacementioning
confidence: 99%