Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9880
ISSN: 2155-9880
Ghasem Yadegarfar, Leila Nasiripour, Reihane Hosseini, Razie Hassannejad, Mahsa Fayaz, Tahere Alinia, Javad Sanati and Mohammad E Yadegarfar
Isfahan University of Medical Sciencs, Iran
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Cardiolog
Objective: The role of job stress as a risk factor for chronic disease has been in debate. Several investigators argue in support of a causal connection while others remain controversial. The job stress in Iran and its relationship with cardiovascular diseases has not been focused on many scientific studies. This study was conducted to investigate health aspects of stressful work on cardiovascular disease risk factors. Method: This prospective cohort study was carried out on 227 male employees from 2010 to 2012. The Farsi version of Siegrist's ERI questionnaire was employed to measure job stress. Medical examination including height, weight, blood pressure and lipid profile were collected at pre-employment, baseline and 3 times in a 6-months interval. A two-level linear regression model was applied to CVD risk factors as outcome to evaluate the effect of job stress. Result: Median age was 30, mean scores of effort, reward, and over commitment were 10.7(SD=3.6), 41.4(SD=9.2), 14.1(SD=2.6) at baseline. Adjusted results for shift work, smoking, pre-employment height, weight, glucose, triglyceride, cholesterol, SBP and DBP showed age as a significant predictor of longitudinal change in BMI, SBP, DBP, LDL, total cholesterol; reward only predictor of BMI(�?²=-.01, p=0.012, 95% CI: -0.02, .002); effort predictors of LDL(�?²=-3.7, p=0.026, 95% CI: -6.9, -.44) and HDL(�?²=0.3, p=0.004, 95% CI:0.10, 0.51), and over commitment a predictor of HDL(�?²=-0.45, p=0.003, 95% CI:-0.75,-0.15). Conclusion: Components of job stress targeted some of CVD risk factors, reward only predictor BMI, effort predictors of LDL and HDL, over commitment a predictor of HDL, and age is a longitudinal predictor.
Ghasem Yadegarfar has completed his PhD at the age of 43 years from Manchester University and postdoctoral studies from Manchester University Age & Cognitive Research Centre. He is a senior lecture in Epidemiology & Biostatistics. He has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as a reviewer of EJC and an editorial board member of Kerman University of Medical Sciences.
Email: yadegarfar@gmail.com