Predicting Circulatory Diseases from Psychosocial Safety Climate

A Prospective Cohort Study from Australia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15463516
AutoresHarry Becher (University of South Australia), Maureen Dollard (0000-0002-3128-8727, University of South Australia, autor de correspondencia), Peter M Smith (0000-0001-8286-4563, Public Health Ontario), Peter A Smith (0000-0002-4487-0441, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada), Jian Li (0009-0001-8947-8064, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Año2018
Volumen15
Número3
Páginas415-415
Fecha de publicación2018-02-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph15030415
PMID29495533
OpenAlexW2789789663
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas40

Circulatory diseases (CDs) (including myocardial infarction, angina, stroke or hypertension) are among the leading causes of death in the world. In this paper, we explore for the first time the impact of a specific aspect of organizational climate, Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC), on CDs. We used two waves of interview data from Australia, with an average lag of 5 years (excluding baseline CDs, final n = 1223). Logistic regression was conducted to estimate the prospective associations between PSC at baseline on incident CDs at follow-up. It was found that participants in low PSC environments were 59% more likely to develop new CD than those in high PSC environments. Logistic regression showed that PSC at baseline predicts lower CD risk at follow-up (OR = 0.98, 95% CI 0.96-1.00) and this risk remained unchanged even after additional adjustment for known job design risk factors (effort reward imbalance and job strain). These results suggest that PSC is an independent risk factor for CDs in Australia. Beyond job design this study implicates organizational climate and prevailing management values regarding worker psychological health as the genesis of CDs

Cohort · Cohort study · Environmental health · Prospective cohort study · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Systems and Public Health · Medicine · Workplace Health and Well-being · Internal Medicine