Work stress, family stress and asthma: a cross-sectional study among women in China

Loerbroks, Adrian; Ding, Hui; Han, Wei; Wang, Hong; Wu, Jiangping; Yang, Liu; Angerer, Peter; Li, Jian

doi:10.1007/s00420-017-1201-7

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“…We did not collect information on factors such as maternal smoking or maternal asthma. However, the prevalence of smoking and asthma among Chinese women is quite low, only 3.4% for smoking in 2010 [38] and 2.6% for asthma in 2015 [38,39], and adjusting for several demographic factors did not change our results appreciably. Thirdly, the CBCL is not a diagnostic tool for allergy or asthma; in preschool children, correct diagnosis of such disorders remains difficult.…”

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confidence: 64%

Periconceptional folic acid supplementation and risk of parent-reported asthma in children at 4–6 years of age

Jufen

et al. 2020

ERJ Open Res

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BackgroundFolic acid supplementation is universally recommended for women of child-bearing age to prevent fetal neural tube defects (NTDs). Concerns have arisen over the potential risk for childhood allergy and asthma due to folic acid supplementation. We examined whether periconceptional supplementation with low-dose folic acid only was associated with an increased risk for allergy symptoms or asthma in offspring at 4–6 years of age.MethodsOut of 247 831 participating women enrolled in 1993–1996, 9090 were randomly selected and their children were followed up in 2000–2001. Information on mothers' demographic characteristics, folic acid supplementation and allergic diseases among children was collected. We used logistic regression to evaluate the association between folic acid intake and risk for allergic disease while adjusting for potential confounding factors.ResultsThe rate of allergy symptoms was 1.54% among children whose mothers had taken folic acid compared with 2.04% among those whose mothers had not taken folic acid, and the rate of asthma was 0.92% and 0.88%, respectively. Maternal folic acid supplementation was not associated with risk for allergy symptoms or asthma, with odds ratios (95% CI) of 0.80 (0.58–1.11) and 1.04 (0.67–1.61), respectively. No differences in the occurrence of allergy symptoms or asthma were observed when data were analysed by timing of supplementation or compliance with folic acid supplementation.ConclusionsSupplementation with low-dose folic acid only during the periconceptional period did not increase risk for allergy symptoms or asthma in children at 4–6 years of age in a population without staple fortification with folic acid.

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Periconceptional folic acid supplementation and risk of parent-reported asthma in children at 4–6 years of age

Jufen

et al. 2020

ERJ Open Res

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“…Sun et al, 2017; Tong et al, 2018), patients’ medical outcomes (Schroder et al, 2016; Sigsbee & Bernat, 2014), and precision in medication administration (Salam et al, 2019). Stress is a risk factor for cardio-metabolic diseases and is associated with altered metabolic profile and increased systemic inflammation (Loerbroks et al, 2017). Besides the impact on physical health, stress is also proven to be related to the risk of decreased work performance and reduced work ability (Schroder et al, 2016).…”

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Sources and Impact of Work-Related Stress Among HIV/AIDS Health Care Providers in Guangxi, China: A Qualitative Research

Tong

Qiao

et al. 2019

Workplace Health Saf

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Work-related stress can negatively impact health care providers’ (HCPs) ability to provide care. We examined the sources of work-related stress experienced by HCPs who provided medical care for people living with HIV/AIDS and the impact of the stress on HCPs’ well-being and work performance. We conducted in-depth interviews with 46 HIV/AIDS HCPs in Guangxi, China. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and imported into NVivo V.11 for data management and data analysis using a thematic approach. We found that the key sources of stress at work included general work-related sources and HIV/AIDS-related sources. All stress was seen to have a substantial impact on the HCPs’ individual well-being, family and social life, and quality of care they provided. We recommended that government and health care facilities should take measures to improve institutional culture and professional development for HIV/AIDS HCPs. More professional training schemes should be provided to strengthen HCPs’ competence, improve universal protection from occupational exposure, and reduce the stigma toward HIV/AIDS patients and their care providers.

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“…Due to the cross-sectional design, the directions of associations should be interpreted carefully; whereas, we conformed to the same direction of causality as many previous studies (Theorell et al 2015). We did not have socioeconomic and educational data which might distort our results (Loerbroks et al 2017), but the subjects were in a homogenous setting because of the same type of industry in culturally and economically similar areas. Finally, potential confounders, such as age, sex, job category, and salary satisfaction, were considered in the data analysis; in addition, our results remained unchanged even when health anxiety that might reflect depressed mode was excluded from explanatory variables.…”

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Precarious Employment Is Not Associated with Increased Depressive Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study in Care Service Workers of Japan

Tanaka

Maeda

Fushimi

et al. 2017

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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Some epidemiological studies with a large number of subjects, like a national health study, reported that precarious employment was associated with increased depressive symptoms, but this hypothesis may not be applicable to precarious workers of all industry types. We examined the association between precarious employment and depressive symptoms in light of work-related stress in care work environments. The selfadministered questionnaire, composed of the Job Content Questionnaire based on the demand-controlsupport model and the Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), was distributed, and a total of 1,338 permanent and 531 precarious employees responded to it with complete forms. In the precarious employees, scores of CES-D, job demand and job control were lower and supervisor support score was higher compared with the permanent employees, though there was no significant difference in the proportion of CES-D score ≥16 between the two groups. Multivariate analysis with adjustment for possible confounders revealed that increased depressive symptoms were associated with low coworker support in the precarious employees and with high demand and low control at work, low support from supervisors and coworkers in the permanent employees. However, precarious employment was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms in the male or female employees. In conclusion, our results do not support the above hypothesis at least in care service workers. Such a hypothesis should be verified in employees of each industry separately. Instead, coworker support within each workplace appears to be important for the preventive strategy of depression in workers including precarious employees.

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Work stress, family stress and asthma: a cross-sectional study among women in China

Cited by 21 publications

References 38 publications

Periconceptional folic acid supplementation and risk of parent-reported asthma in children at 4–6 years of age

Periconceptional folic acid supplementation and risk of parent-reported asthma in children at 4–6 years of age

Sources and Impact of Work-Related Stress Among HIV/AIDS Health Care Providers in Guangxi, China: A Qualitative Research

Precarious Employment Is Not Associated with Increased Depressive Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study in Care Service Workers of Japan

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