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ArticleAnnals of work exposures and health2022

Low Social Support at Work and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a Repeated Cross-sectional Study of White-Collar Workers.

Xavier Trudel, Edwige Tiwa Diffo, Mahée Gilbert-Ouimet, Miceline Mésidor, Denis Talbot, Alain Milot, Chantal Brisson

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Article in Annals of work exposures and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Social Support: The Effect on Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xavier TrudelPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec-Laval University, 2400 Av. D'Estimauville, Québec, QC G1E 6W2, Canada.
Edwige Tiwa DiffoPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec-Laval University, 2400 Av. D'Estimauville, Québec, QC G1E 6W2, Canada.
Mahée Gilbert-OuimetPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec-Laval University, 2400 Av. D'Estimauville, Québec, QC G1E 6W2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8141-9011
Miceline MésidorPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec-Laval University, 2400 Av. D'Estimauville, Québec, QC G1E 6W2, Canada.
Denis TalbotPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec-Laval University, 2400 Av. D'Estimauville, Québec, QC G1E 6W2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0431-3314
Alain MilotPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec-Laval University, 2400 Av. D'Estimauville, Québec, QC G1E 6W2, Canada.
Chantal BrissonPopulation Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, CHU de Québec-Laval University, 2400 Av. D'Estimauville, Québec, QC G1E 6W2, Canada.
Université Laval · CAUniversité du Québec à Rimouski · CA

Funding

CIHR 57750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesPrevious studies on the effect of low social support at work on blood pressure showed mixed results. Few previous studies have used ambulatory blood pressure and examined whether the effect of low social support at work vary among men and women. The aim of this study was to examine the association between low social support at work, ambulatory blood pressure means and hypertension prevalence, in a sample of white-collar workers men and women.

methodsA repeated cross-sectional design was used. Data were collected three times during a 5-year period, among 3919 white-collar women and men. At each time, coworker and supervisor social support at work were measured using validated scales. Ambulatory blood pressure was measured every 15 min during a working day. General estimating equations were used.

resultsIn adjusted models, women exposed to low coworker (+0.6 mmHg) and low supervisor social support at work (+0.7 mmHg) had slightly higher diastolic blood pressure means when compared to unexposed women. In men, those with low coworker social support at work had higher diastolic (+0.7 mmHg) blood pressure while those with low supervisor social support had a higher prevalence of hypertension (prevalence ratio = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.04-1.24).

conclusionsMen with low supervisor social support at work had a higher prevalence of hypertension. Low social support at work was associated with modest increases in diastolic blood pressure among men and women. Workplace prevention strategies aiming to increase social support at work could lead to beneficial effects on worker's cardiovascular health.

Indexed as

HypertensionOccupational ExposureBlood PressureBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleSocial SupportStress, Psychologicalambulatory blood pressureprimary preventionpsychosocial stressors at worksocial supportwork environment

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PMID34761261
PMCPMC8922192
OpenAlexW3213583346

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