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ArticleBrain and behavior2020

Cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress associated with sickness absence among Japanese men and women: A prospective study.

Kumi Hirokawa, Tetsuya Ohira, Mitsugu Kajiura, Hironori Imano, Akihiko Kitamura, Masahiko Kiyama, Takeo Okada, Hiroyasu Iso

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Kumi HirokawaDepartment of Nursing, Baika Women's University (Hirokawa), Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5603-3739
Tetsuya OhiraPublic Health, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4532-7165
Mitsugu KajiuraOsaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan.
Hironori ImanoPublic Health, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Akihiko KitamuraOsaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan.
Masahiko KiyamaOsaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan.
Takeo OkadaOsaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1041-8692
Hiroyasu IsoPublic Health, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9241-7289

Funding

KAKENHI grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 15H04775KAKENHI grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 22390123KAKENHI grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 26670334the Japan Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Welfare Foundation
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Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to investigate associations between cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress and sickness absence among Japanese male and female workers, in a prospective study.

methodsAmong healthy employed Japanese workers who underwent mental health checks between 2006 and 2009, data of 111 participants were analyzed. Changes in blood pressure, pulse rate, peripheral blood flow (PBF), and heart rate variability (HRV) (high frequency [HF] and low frequency [LF]) were calculated using differences between the two tasks, mirror drawing stress [MDS] and a maze task, and the postperiod value. Sickness absence through March 2010 was followed up by mail survey (average follow-up 2.3 years). Logistic regression analysis was used, adjusting for lifestyle factors.

resultsAmong 12 participants who took sickness absences, eight were owing to mental problems. Changes in the LF during the MDS and maze tasks and LF-to-HF ratio during the MDS task were positively associated with all sickness absences (odds ratio [OR], 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.09, 1.03-4.22; 2.04, 1.09-3.82; and 3.10, 1.46-6.58, respectively). Changes in PBF during the MDS task were also associated with increased risk of sickness absence (OR, 95% CI: 2.53, 1.10-5.81).

conclusionCardiovascular reactivity to acute stress should be considered at workers' health checks.

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Sick LeaveAdultBlood PressureFemaleHeart RateHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesStress, Psychologicalautonomic reactivity to stressheart rate variabilityJapanese workersmental problemsprospective studysickness absence

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PMCPMC7177567

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