Association between work stress and health behaviours in Korean and Japanese ageing studies: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Limited research has focused on the association between work stress and health behaviours in Asian countries. We aimed to explore the effect of work stress on two health behaviours among employees aged 45 years or above in two countries with ageing populations, Korea and Japan.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

This secondary data analysis was conducted on baseline data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA, 2006) and the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR, 2007 and 2009).

Participants

Included in the analytical sample were 4982 responders without missing data aged 45 years or older who reported work positions and hours (KLoSA n=3478, JSTAR n=1504).

Main outcome measures

Work stress was represented by the short ve

SUBMITTER: Cheng T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422816 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature