Effort-reward imbalance, overcommitment, and cellular immune measures among white-collar employees

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• Personal Author:
  Irie M ; Nakata A ; Takahashi M
• Description:
  We investigated whether chronic job stress, i.e., effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and overcommitment is associated with cellular immunity among 190 male and 157 female white-collar daytime employees (mean age 38; range 22-69 years). Participants provided a blood sample for the measurement of circulating immune (natural killer (NK), B, and T) cell counts and NK cell cytotoxicity (NKCC) and completed a questionnaire survey during April to June 2002. Stepwise multiple linear regression analyses revealed that NK cells were inversely associated with effort (Beta = -.230; p = .013), reward (Beta = .169; p = .047), and ERI (Beta = -.182; p = .047) scores but not with overcommitment in men; reward score was positively associated with NKCC (Beta = .167; p = .049) and inversely associated with B cells (Beta = -.181; p = .030). No significant associations were found in women. Although the picture remains less clear in women, our findings suggest a potential immunological pathway linking adverse working conditions and stress-related disorders in men. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Musculoskeletal Disorders Back-injuries Back Injuries Ergonomic Interventions Injury-prevention Medical-equipment Medical-facilities Medical-personnel Medical-services Moving Equipment Muscular-disorders Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Physiological-effects Physiological-factors Physiological-function Posture Training

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• ISSN:
  0301-0511
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  270-279
• Volume:
  88
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039623
• Citation:
  Biol Psychol 2011 Dec; 88(2-3):270-279
• Contact Point Address:
  Akinori Nakata, Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-C24, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  cji5@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Biological Psychology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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