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Pienaar PR, Roden LC, Boot CRL, van Mechelen W, Twisk JWR, Lambert EV, Rae DE. Longitudinal associations between self-reported sleep duration and cardiometabolic disease risk in corporate executives. Prev Med 2023; 175:107724. [PMID: 37827208 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the longitudinal associations between self-reported sleep duration and cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risk in corporate executives. METHODS Self-reported sleep duration and lifestyle, occupational, psychological, and anthropometrical, blood pressure and blood marker variables were obtained from 1512 employees at annual health risk assessments in South Africa between 2016 and 2019. Gender-stratified linear mixed models, adjusting for age, lifestyle, occupational and psychological covariates were used to explore these longitudinal associations. RESULTS Among women, shorter sleep duration was associated with higher body mass index (BMI) covarying for age only (ß with 95% confidence intervals: -0.19 [-0.36, -0.03]), age and occupational factors (-0.20 [-0.36, -0.03]) and age and psychological factors (-0.20 [-0.37, -0.03]). Among men, shorter sleep was associated with both BMI and waist circumference (WC) covarying for age only (BMI: -0.15 [-0.22; -0.08]; WC: -0.62 [-0.88; -0.37]); age and lifestyle factors (BMI: -0.12 [-0.21; -0.04]); WC: -0.016 [-0.92; -0.29], age and occupational factors (BMI: -0.20 [-0.22; 0.08]; WC: -0.62 [-0.88; -0.36]), and age and psychological factors (BMI: -0.15 [-0.22; -0.07]; WC: -0.59 [-0.86; -0.33]). Among men, shorter sleep was also longitudinally associated with higher CMD risk scores in models adjusted for age and lifestyle factors (CMD: -0.12 [-0.20; -0.04]) and age and psychological factors (CMD: -0.08 [-0.15; -0.01]). CONCLUSION Corporate executives who report shorter sleep durations may present with poorer CMD risk profiles, independent of age, lifestyle, occupational and psychological factors. Addressing sleep health in workplace health programmes may help mitigate the development of CMD in such employees.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paula R Pienaar
- Health Through Physical Activity Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre & Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081 BT, the Netherlands.
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- Health Through Physical Activity Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre & Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Centre for Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 2DS, United Kingdom
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081 BT, the Netherlands
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- Health Through Physical Activity Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre & Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081 BT, the Netherlands; Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Center of Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Health Through Physical Activity Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre & Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Health Through Physical Activity Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre & Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Borges LDO, Motta GMV, Garcia-Primo GM, Barros SC, Heleno CT. Working Conditions and Mental Health in a Brazilian University. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:1536. [PMID: 36674290 PMCID: PMC9859588 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20021536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The highest prevalence of mental illnesses and mental suffering in contemporary society has raised awareness of the theme and their connection to work. In Brazil, university servants (professors and technical-administrative staff) are a focused occupational group. We developed this research with the objective of exploring the relationship between the perception of working conditions and the mental health of these servants. Structured questionnaires were applied to 285 servants, 33.5% being professors and 66.5% technical-administrative staff. Regarding working conditions, the questionnaires included items that measured 15 primary factors and questions about their contracts and legal conditions. To evaluate mental health, the participants answered a questionnaire about common psychic symptoms, negative and positive affects, self-esteem, and family-work conflict. We composed groups of participants according to their mental health indicator scores (cluster analysis), and after that, we compared the mean scores in working conditions for the groups. Then, we found that the mean scores of 13 from the 15 working condition factors were significantly different between the mental health groups. Our results showed the importance of improving working conditions in universities to prevent mental illnesses. Understanding the content of each working condition factor presents potency to contribute to defining the priorities among different aspects of working conditions.
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- Livia de Oliveira Borges
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal 59200-000, Brazil
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- Faculdade Interdisciplinar em Humanidades, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina 39100-000, Brazil
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Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Soprovich AL, Johnson ST, Duncan MJ, Caperchione CM, Oliffe JL, Rice S, James C, Eurich DT. Men's Physical Activity and Sleep Following a Workplace Health Intervention: Findings from the POWERPLAY STEP Up challenge. Am J Mens Health 2021; 15:1557988320988472. [PMID: 33622063 PMCID: PMC7907949 DOI: 10.1177/1557988320988472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The workplace provides an important delivery point for health promotion, yet many programs fail to engage men. A gender-sensitive 8-week team challenge-based intervention targeting increased physical activity was delivered at a petrochemical worksite. The purpose of this study was to examine men's pre-post physical activity and sleep following the intervention, as well as to explore program acceptability and gather men's recommendations for health promotion. Pre-post surveys assessed physical activity, sleep, program exposure, acceptability, and suggestions for continued support. Overall, 328 men completed baseline surveys and 186 (57%) completed follow-up surveys. Walking increased by 156.5 min/week, 95% confidence interval (61.2, 251.8), p = .001. Men with higher program exposure increased moderate and vigorous activity 49.4 min more than those with low exposure (p = .026). Sleep duration and quality were higher postintervention, though changes were modest. Program acceptability was high as was intention to maintain physical activity. Men's suggestions to enable physical activity involved workplace practices/resources, reducing workload, and leadership support. These findings suggest that a gender-sensitive physical activity workplace intervention showed promise for improving physical activity and sleep among men. The men's suggestions reflected workplace health promotion strategies, reinforcing the need for employers to support ongoing health promotion efforts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cherisse L. Seaton
- Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic
Disease Prevention and School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic
Disease Prevention and School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca
University, Athabasca, AB, Canada
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- School of Medicine & Public Health,
Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW,
Australia
- Priority Research Centre for Physical
Activity and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine,
The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Sport, Exercise and
Rehabilitation, Human Performance Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney,
Moore Park Precinct, Sydney NSW, Australia
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- School of Nursing, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Nursing, The University of
Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Youth Mental Health, The
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Orygen, Parkville, VIC,
Australia
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- Priority Research Centre for Physical
Activity and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine,
The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Public Health, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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