The Gutenberg health study: associations between occupational and private stress factors and work-privacy conflict

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Matthias Nübling¹  Falk Liebers²  Ute Latza²  Andreas Seidler³  Janice Hegewald³  Susan Garthus-Niegel⁴  Stephan Letzel⁵  Christine Espinola-Klein⁶  Philipp S. Wild⁷ 

[1] FFAW, Freiburg Research Centre for Occupational Sciences, Bertoldstr. 27, D-79098, Freiburg, Germany;Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Nöldnerstr. 40-42, D-10317, Berlin, Germany;Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, D-01307, Dresden, Germany;Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, D-01307, Dresden, Germany;Department of Psychosomatics and Health Behaviour, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway;Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Straße 67, D-55131, Mainz, Germany;Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55131, Mainz, Germany;Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55131, Mainz, Germany;Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55131, Mainz, Germany;German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site RhineMain, Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55131, Mainz, Germany;

关键词: Work-privacy conflict;    Private life characteristics;    Occupational characteristics;    Psychosocial working conditions;    Gender differences;    Gutenberg Health Study;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-016-2881-8

 received in 2015-09-15, accepted in 2016-02-17,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWork-privacy conflict (WPC) is no longer a rarity but constitutes a societal problem. The objectives of the present study were (1) to investigate the distribution and prevalence of WPC among the employed participants in the Gutenberg Health Study at baseline and (2) to study the dependence of WPC on a broad range of private life and occupational characteristics as well as on psychosocial working conditions.MethodsThis analysis is based on a representative, population-based sample of 3,709 employees participating in the Gutenberg Health Study. Descriptive and bivariable analyses were carried out separately for women and men. Distribution and prevalence of WPC were examined according to socio-demographic and occupational characteristics as well as psychosocial working conditions. Further, stepwise selection of Poisson log-linear regression models were performed to determine which socio-demographic and occupational characteristics were most associated with the outcome variable WPC and to obtain adjusted prevalence ratios from the final model. The multivariable analyses were conducted both separately for women and men and with all subjects together in one analysis.ResultsThere was a high prevalence of WPC in the present study (27.4 % of the men and 23.0 % of the women reported a high or very high WPC). A variety of factors was associated with WPC, e.g. full-time employment, depression and many of the psychosocial risk factors at work. Also, the multivariable results showed that women were of higher risk for a WPC.ConclusionsBy affecting the individual work life, home life, and the general well-being and health, WPC may lead to detrimental effects in employees, their families, employers, and society as a whole. Therefore, the high prevalence of WPC in our sample should be of concern. Among women, the risk for suffering from WPC was even higher, most likely due to multiple burdens.

【 授权许可】

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