Associations Between Occupational Status, Support at Work, and Salivary Cortisol Levels.

Objective: The present study investigated associations between occupation, job stress, and salivary cortisol levels after psychological tasks. Methods: We examined 766 (273 men and 493 women) healthy employed Japanese participants aged 21 to 68 years (mean age = 46.4 years, standard deviation = 8.5)...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 299 - 308
Autores principales: Hirokawa, Kumi, Ohira, Tetsuya, Nagao, Masanori, Nagayoshi, Mako, Kajiura, Mitsugu, Imano, Hironori, Kitamura, Akihiko, Kiyama, Masahiko, Okada, Takeo, Iso, Hiroyasu
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2022
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          Hirokawa, Kumi
          Ohira, Tetsuya
          Nagao, Masanori
          Nagayoshi, Mako
          Kajiura, Mitsugu
          Imano, Hironori
          Kitamura, Akihiko
          Kiyama, Masahiko
          Okada, Takeo
          Iso, Hiroyasu
        affil: Department of Nursing, Baika Women's University, 2-19-5 Shukunosho, 567-8578, Osaka, Ibaraki, Japan
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          Employment Status
          Work Environment
          Support, Psychosocial
          Hydrocortisone Blood
          Saliva Analysis
          Stress, Occupational
          Psychological Tests
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Human
          Correlational Studies
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Japanese Persons
          Questionnaires
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
          Multiple Regression
          Repeated Measures
          Analysis of Covariance
          Socioeconomic Factors
          Sex Factors
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Objective: The present study investigated associations between occupation, job stress, and salivary cortisol levels after psychological tasks. Methods: We examined 766 (273 men and 493 women) healthy employed Japanese participants aged 21 to 68 years (mean age = 46.4 years, standard deviation = 8.5) with three types of occupation: manager, teacher, and general worker. The Brief Job Stress Questionnaire was used to evaluate participants' job stress levels, including job demand, job control, support from supervisors, and support from coworkers. Salivary cortisol levels were measured at pre-session, post-stressful tasks, and post-relaxation. All samples were assayed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test. Natural log transformation was applied before statistical analyses. A multiple regression analysis and a repeated measures analysis of covariance were conducted to test associations between occupation and salivary cortisol levels, adjusting for confounding factors. Statistical analyses were conducted separately for men and women. Results: Among both men and women, general workers had higher cortisol levels than managers throughout the experimental session (men 0.6 μg/dL and 0.4 μg/dL, respectively; women 0.5 μg/dL and 0.4 μg/dL, respectively). Job control was positively associated with cortisol levels measured in all sessions, after adjusting for confounding factors (standardized beta 0.15, 0.21, and 0.18 for pre-session, post-stressful-tasks, and post-relaxation, respectively, all p < 0.05). Men with low support from coworkers had higher cortisol levels than those with high support through the sessions (0.6 μg/dL and 0.4 μg/dL, respectively). Conclusion: Socioeconomic disparity according to occupational status was related to cortisol levels in Japanese workers. Support from coworkers may be effective for reducing cortisol secretion in men.
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