Lifestyle Practices and Occupational Stressors as Predictors of Health Outcomes in Urban Firefighters

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• Personal Author:
  Beaton RD ; Bond GE ; Johnson LC ; Murphy J ; Murphy SA
• Description:
  This study developed lifestyle risk factor profiles for firefighters and tested the influence of lifestyle along with other individual and organizational risk and protective factors on emotional and physical health outcomes. A sample of 441 male firefighters was recruited from 2 urban fire departments in a Pacific Northwest state. Self-reported questionnaire data were collected and analyzed by descriptive and multivariate statistics. In this sample of firefighters, 13% met criteria for lifestyle strengths, 53% met criteria for lifestyle concerns, and 33% met criteria for lifestyle risks. After controlling for the influence of demographic factors, job stressors, and job satisfaction, the lifestyle risk composite variable (based on exercise, alcohol consumption, and smoking), accounted for a significant increase in the variance predicting health outcomes. It was concluded that lifestyle behaviors deserve increased attention from occupational health researchers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Firefighter Fire-fighters Fire-fighting Health Outcomes Job-analysis Job-stress Job Satisfaction Lifestyle Occupational-health Occupational Stressors Psychological-stress Questionnaires Risk-factors Stress Work-environment

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• ISSN:
  1072-5245
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  311-327
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024339
• Citation:
  Int J Stress Manag 2002 Oct; 9(4):311-327
• Contact Point Address:
  Shirley Murphy, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, Box 357263, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7263
• Email:
  samurphy@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Washington University, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980930
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Stress Management
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f56e7c2dbcbdaaa14611c43f08e7982894ca9f3cd4d0b85d11a94d2eb3e602ac1882f2786bf73fa3fbe80940f29095c1aef948ad45f1a8171b24435a26fd3d9a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196189/cdc_196189_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.23 MB ]