Psychosocial work factors and blood pressure among 63 800 employees from The Netherlands in the Lifelines Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous studies on the association between psychosocial work factors and blood pressure mainly focused on specific occupations or populations and had limited sample sizes. We, therefore, investigated the associations between psychosocial work factors and blood pressure in a large general working population in the Netherlands.

Methods

We included 63 800 employees from the Netherlands, aged 18-65 years, with blood pressure measurements and a reliable job code at baseline. Psychosocial work factors (job strain, effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and emotional demands) in the current job were estimated with three recently developed psychosocial job exposure matrices. To examine the associations, regression analyses adjusted for covariates (age, sex, body mass index, educa

SUBMITTER: Faruque MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8666827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature