Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort
Objectives: To investigate the association between effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work and sedentary lifestyle. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the ongoing Finnish Public Sector Study related to 30 433 women and 7718 men aged 17-64 were used (n = 35 918 after exclusion of participants with mis...
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| author | Kouvonen, Anne Kivimäki, Mika Elovainio, Marko Pentti, Jaana Linna, Anne Virtanen, Marianna Vahtera, Jussi |
| author_facet | Kouvonen, Anne Kivimäki, Mika Elovainio, Marko Pentti, Jaana Linna, Anne Virtanen, Marianna Vahtera, Jussi |
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| description | Objectives: To investigate the association between effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work and sedentary lifestyle.
Methods: Cross-sectional data from the ongoing Finnish Public Sector Study related to 30 433 women and 7718 men aged 17-64 were used (n = 35 918 after exclusion of participants with missing values in covariates). From the responses to a questionnaire, an aggregated mean score for ERI in a work unit was assigned to each participant. The outcome was sedentary lifestyle defined as <2.00 metabolic equivalent task (MET) hours/day. Logistic regression with generalized estimating equations was used as an analysis method to include both individual and work unit level predictors in the models. Adjustments were made for age, marital status, occupational status, job contract, smoking, and heavy drinking.
Results: Twenty five percent of women and 27% of men had a sedentary lifestyle. High individual level ERI was associated with a higher likelihood of sedentary lifestyle both among women (odds ratio (OR) = 1.08, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.16) and men (OR = 1.17, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.33). These associations were not explained by relevant confounders and they were also independent of work unit level job strain measured as a ratio of job demands and control.
Conclusions: A mismatch between high occupational effort spent and low reward received in turn seems to be associated with an elevated risk of sedentary lifestyle, although this association is relatively weak. |
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| spelling | nottingham-8482024-08-15T15:33:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/848/ Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort Kouvonen, Anne Kivimäki, Mika Elovainio, Marko Pentti, Jaana Linna, Anne Virtanen, Marianna Vahtera, Jussi Objectives: To investigate the association between effort-reward imbalance (ERI) at work and sedentary lifestyle. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the ongoing Finnish Public Sector Study related to 30 433 women and 7718 men aged 17-64 were used (n = 35 918 after exclusion of participants with missing values in covariates). From the responses to a questionnaire, an aggregated mean score for ERI in a work unit was assigned to each participant. The outcome was sedentary lifestyle defined as <2.00 metabolic equivalent task (MET) hours/day. Logistic regression with generalized estimating equations was used as an analysis method to include both individual and work unit level predictors in the models. Adjustments were made for age, marital status, occupational status, job contract, smoking, and heavy drinking. Results: Twenty five percent of women and 27% of men had a sedentary lifestyle. High individual level ERI was associated with a higher likelihood of sedentary lifestyle both among women (odds ratio (OR) = 1.08, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.16) and men (OR = 1.17, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.33). These associations were not explained by relevant confounders and they were also independent of work unit level job strain measured as a ratio of job demands and control. Conclusions: A mismatch between high occupational effort spent and low reward received in turn seems to be associated with an elevated risk of sedentary lifestyle, although this association is relatively weak. BMJ Publishing Group 2006 Article PeerReviewed Kouvonen, Anne, Kivimäki, Mika, Elovainio, Marko, Pentti, Jaana, Linna, Anne, Virtanen, Marianna and Vahtera, Jussi (2006) Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63 . pp. 422-427. effort-reward imbalance; physical activity; sedentary lifestyle; work stress http://oem.bmj.com/ |
| spellingShingle | effort-reward imbalance; physical activity; sedentary lifestyle; work stress Kouvonen, Anne Kivimäki, Mika Elovainio, Marko Pentti, Jaana Linna, Anne Virtanen, Marianna Vahtera, Jussi Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort |
| title | Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort |
| title_full | Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort |
| title_fullStr | Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort |
| title_short | Effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort |
| title_sort | effort-reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort |
| topic | effort-reward imbalance; physical activity; sedentary lifestyle; work stress |
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