The association of mobility disability, weight status and job strain : A cross-sectional study
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Summary, in English
Aims: The study investigated whether people with mobility disability (MD) and/or obesity had higher job strain than people without it, and whether social support at work modifies this association. Methods: The study included 35,160 individuals (25-64 years of age) from the Stockholm Public Health Surveys of 2006 and 2010. Data on MD and obesity (BMI ≥ 3/4 30 kg/m2 calculated from weight (kg) and height (m)) were self-reported. According to the Demand-Control-Support theory job strain, collective strain, and isolated strain were calculated for six groups of people based on the presence of MD and obesity, using the subtraction approach (demand minus control). Differences in job strain mean scores were estimated by multivariate linear regression. Social support at work was analyzed as a potential effect modifier (high/low). Results: Obese people with MD had the highest job strain (β = 0.92, 95% CI 0.64-1.19), compared to normal weight people without MD (reference group). We found that social support at work significantly (p
Department/s
- Older people's health and Person-Centred care
- Department of Health Sciences
Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Pages
311-319
Publication/Series
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Volume
44
Issue
3
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Environmental Health and Occupational Health
Keywords
- cross-sectional
- job strain
- Mobility disability
- obesity
- social support at work
- workplace
Status
Published
Research group
- Older people's health and Person-Centred care
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1403-4948