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ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2002

Work stress in aging police officers.

Robyn R M Gershon, Susan Lin, Xianbin Li

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Article in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 293 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Depression symptoms and risk of sick leave: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021
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  2. Exposure to traffic pollutants and effects on 17-beta-estradiol (E2) in female workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2006
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robyn R M GershonMailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 600 W. 168th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA. rg405@columbia.edu
Susan Lin
Xianbin Li
Columbia University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Data are sparse regarding the impact of psychosocial work stress on the health and well-being of aging workers, even for employees working in high-stress occupations, such as law enforcement. To improve our understanding of this issue in older workers, we assessed and characterized work stress, coping strategies, and stress-related health outcomes in a sample of police officers aged 50 years and older (n = 105). The most important risk factors associated with officers' perceived work stress were maladaptive coping behaviors (e.g., excessive drinking or problem gambling) (odds ratio [OR], 4.95; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.11 to 11.6) and exposure to critical incidents (e.g., shootings) (OR, 3.84; 95% CI, 1.71 to 8.65). In turn, perceived work stress was significantly associated with anxiety (OR, 6.84; 95% CI, 2.81 to 16.65), depression (OR, 9.27; 95% CI, 3.81 to 22.54), somatization (OR, 5.74; 95% CI, 2.47 to 13.33), posttraumatic stress symptoms (OR, 2.89; 95% CI, 1.29 to 6.47), symptoms of "burnout" (OR, 5.93; 95% CI, 2.54 to 13.86), chronic back pain (OR, = 3.55; 95% CI, 1.57 to 8.06), alcohol abuse (OR, 3.24; 95% CI, 1.45 to 7.22), and inappropriately aggressive behavior (OR, 4.00; 95% CI, 1.34 to 11.88). These data suggest that older workers in high-stress jobs may be at increased risk for work stress-related health problems, especially if they rely on risky health behaviors to cope with stress. Given the size of the rapidly aging US workforce and the likelihood that many are employed in high-stress jobs, interventions are urgently needed to address this emerging public health issue.

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Occupational HealthPoliceStress, PsychologicalAdaptation, PsychologicalAgedAgingBurnout, ProfessionalFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsStress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

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PMID11851217
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