ArticleAnnals of occupational and environmental medicine2016
Factors related to heart rate variability among firefighters.
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- Effects of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Musculoskeletal Health, and Physical Fitness on Occupational Performance in Firefighters-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Monitoring stress and allostatic load in first responders and tactical operators using heart rate variability: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Health outcomes of psychosocial stress within firefighters: A systematic review of the research landscape.Journal of occupational health · 2021Pooled it
- Relationships Between Heart Rate Variability, Occupational Performance, and Fitness for Tactical Personnel: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2020Pooled it
- When Chronic Risk Meets Acute Strain: Sudden Cardiac Death and Cardiovascular Vulnerability in Firefighters.Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology · 2026Review
- Impact of firefighters' work schedule on cardiovascular disease risk, wellbeing and safety in firefighters: protocol for the SWIFT study, a multidisciplinary prospective and cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Ultra-short-term versus short-term measures of heart rate variability in specialist police units: A pilot reliability study.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the relationship between occupational-specific task performance and measures of physical fitness, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in firefighters.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Heart Rate Variability Assessment of Land Navigation and Load Carriage Activities in Specialist Police Selection.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Musculoskeletal Health, Physical Fitness, and Occupational Performance in Firefighters: A Narrative Review.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Review
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- Heart Rate Responses during Simulated Fire Ground Scenarios among Full-Time Firefighters.International journal of exercise science · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with heart rate variability in firefighters working in a metropolitan city in South Korea.
methodsSelf-administered questionnaires including Korean Occupational Stress Scale (KOSS) as well as surveys collecting socio-demographic characteristics and work-related factors were given to 962 firefighters. After exclusion for missing data, 645 firefighters were included, and analysis of covaiance adjusted for the general risk factors and job characteristics were used to assess the relationship between heart rate variability and associated factors.
resultsSDNN and RMSSD and were decreased in the area of occupational climate of the group with high job stress (p = 0.027, p = 0.036). HF(ln) was decreased in the area of organizational system and occupational climate of the group with high stress that statistically significant level (p = 0.034, p = 0.043).
conclusionsOccupational climate and organizational system are associated with reduction of heart rate variability. Preventive medical care plans for cardiovascular disease of firefighters through the analysis and evaluation of job stress factors are needed.
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