How older workers with coronary heart disease perceive the health effects of work

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• Personal Author:
  Dickson VV
• Description:
  More than 3.4 million workers have coronary heart disease (CHD) with significant work limitations and disability. Although the cohort of aging workers with CHD is growing, little is known about how older workers with CHD perceive the relationship between the work environment, including job stress, and their health. The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive study was to explore the perceptions of the health effects of work among older workers with CHD and describe how they cope with work stress. The sample was 47% female and 33% African American. Their mean age was 59.21 (+/- 5.4) years, and most (55%) worked in professional or managerial jobs. Themes emerged about perceptions of the health effects of work and coping strategies. Because older employees are a vulnerable work group, understanding the perceived health effects of work may guide future workplace program development and policy. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Behavior Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Men Occupational Health Race Factors Respiratory System Safety Women Workload Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Cardiac-function Cardiopulmonary-function Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular-function Cardiovascular-system-disease Cardiovascular-system-disorders Humans Racial-factors Sociological-factors Stress Work-capability Work-capacity Work-environment Work-organization Work-performance Workers

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• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  486-494
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046363
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2013 Nov; 61(11):486-494
• Contact Point Address:
  Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, CRNP, FAHA, FAAN Assistant Professor, New York University, College of Nursing, 433 First Ave, #742, New York, NY 10010
• Email:
  vdickson@nyu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  New York University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20141231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:286e521235e35e678f325ac4e8aa0c945c0aef7e8fffa5a9761700d74059264f527acee9f9b472f50d8c36782e9f6e0fbea8701cabbad5b2f0dd3f248f65da8c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201444/cdc_201444_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 236.68 KB ]