Effort/reward imbalance and sedentary lifestyle: an observational study in a large occupational cohort

• Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2006-06, Vol.63 (6), p.422-427
• Main Authors: Kouvonen, A, Kivimäki, M, Elovainio, M, Pentti, J, Linna, A, Virtanen, M, Vahtera, J
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Behavior; Biological and medical sciences; Body mass index; Cross-Sectional Studies; effort reward imbalance; ERI; Exercise; Exercise - physiology; Female; Finland; Humans; Lack of exercise; Legislation. Organization; Leisure; Leisure Activities; Leisure time; Life Style; Lifestyles; Male; Medical sciences; Men; MET; Metabolic equivalent; metabolic equivalent task; Middle Aged; Modeling; Observational studies; Occupational health; Occupational Health - statistics & numerical data; Occupational medicine; Occupational stress; Original; physical activity; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Public sector; Questionnaires; Regression Analysis; Reward; Scope of employment; Sedentary behavior; sedentary lifestyle; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; work stress; Working conditions; Working women
• ISSN: 1351-0711; 1470-7926
• DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.020974

Objectives: To investigate the association between effort/reward imbalance (ERI) at work and sedentary lifestyle. Methods: Cross sectional data from the ongoing Finnish Public Sector Study related to 30 433 women and 7718 men aged 17–64 were used (n = 35 918 after exclusion of participants with missing values in covariates). From the responses to a questionnaire, an aggregated mean score for ERI in a work unit was assigned to each participant. The outcome was sedentary lifestyle defined as