ArticleInternational journal of emergency mental health2011
Associations between police officer stress and the metabolic syndrome.
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- Shift Work Adaptation Among Police Officers: The BCOPS Study.Chronobiology international · 2021Article
- Exercise capacity, cardiovascular and metabolic risk of the sample of German police officers in a descriptive international comparison.International journal of medical sciences · 2021Observational
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- Metabolic Syndrome in Female Police Officers and Female Office Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Occupations with Different Physical Activities.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2020Article
- Does Cardiorespiratory Fitness Moderate the Association between Occupational Stress, Cardiovascular Risk, and Mental Health in Police Officers?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- A systematic review on occupational hazards, injuries and diseases among police officers worldwide: Policy implications for the South African Police Service.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2019Review
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the association of police officer stress with metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) and its individual components. Participants included 288 men and 102 women from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) Study. Police stress was measured using the Spielberger police stress survey. MetSyn was defined using 2005 guidelines. Results were stratified by gender ANCOVA was used to describe differences in number of MetSyn components across police stress categories after adjusting for age and smoking status. Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios for having each MetSyn component by increased police stress levels. The multivariate-adjusted number of MetSyn components increased significantly in women across tertiles of the three perceived stress subscales, and administrative and organizational pressure and lack of support indices for the previous month. No association was found among male officers. Abdominal obesity and reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were consistently associated with police stress in women. Police stress, particularly organizational pressure and lack of support, was associated with MetSyn among female but not male police officers. Given the stress of policing and the adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors prevalent among police officers, exploring the association between specific types of police stress and subclinical CVD is important.
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