Associations of Work-Family Conflict with Changes in Metabolic Risk Factors: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study

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• Personal Author:
  Li J ; Macey PM ; Nakata A ; Robbins W ; Saiki M ; Tolentino DA
• Description:
  Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is becoming prevalent among younger people who have dual roles at both work and home. A possible contributor to CVD is conflict between work and home life. Thus, this study investigated the impact of work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC) on metabolic risk factors. We used longitudinal data with a 4-yr interval from the Midlife in Japan study. 152 participants who were employed at baseline without missing variables of interest were included. We assessed the associations of baseline WFC and FWC with changes in metabolic risk factors between baseline and follow-up using Generalized Estimating Equations. After adjusting for baseline sociodemographic, work and family-related, and lifestyle factors, the fully adjusted model showed WFC was significantly associated with changes in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and Total cholesterol (TC)/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio. However, FWC was not significantly associated with changes in any metabolic risk factors. Our findings indicated a significant impact of WFC on LDL-C and TC/HDL-C ratio but no significant impact of FWC on metabolic health. Since these metabolic risk factors cause CVD, understanding the physiological responses to occupational psychosocial stress could help create primary prevention interventions and assess their effects on workers' metabolic health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Longitudinal Study Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Cardiovascular Disease Cholesterol Job Stress Longitudinal Study Metabolic Disorders Occupational Stress Work-family Conflict
• ISSN:
  0019-8366
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; San Francisco Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  367-376
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070537
• Citation:
  Ind Health 2024 Nov; 62(6):367-376
• Contact Point Address:
  Jian Li, School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, USA
• Email:
  jianli2019@ucla.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Industrial Health
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ff2b4ca52ab5e63ce2ec25fc07ec0aeb2ea9bc787d5d7af84c8026a01efe882292eb14016637be96e757a273308b3b8f6c40fe469c78621793e277addad031c4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208722/cdc_208722_DS1.pdf
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