Occupational Physical Stress Is Negatively Associated With Hippocampal Volume and Memory in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Our jobs can provide intellectually and socially enriched environments but also be the source of major psychological and physical stressors. As the average full-time worker spends >8 h at work per weekday and remains in the workforce for about 40 years, occupational experiences must be important factors in cognitive and brain aging. Therefore, we studied whether occupational complexity and stress are associated with hippocampal volume and cognitive ability in 99 cognitively normal older adults. We estimated occupational complexity, physical stress, and psychological stress using the Work Design Questionnaire (Morgeson and Humphrey, 2006), Quantitative Workload Inventory and Interpersonal Conflict at Work Scale (Spector and Jex, 1998). We found that physical stress, comprising physical dema

SUBMITTER: Burzynska AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7381137 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature