Desta Fekedulegn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4314029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Desta Fekedulegn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Desta |
| FAMILY NAME | Fekedulegn |
| SIGNATURE | FEKEDULEGN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1820-4373 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Prevalence of workplace discrimination and mistreatment in a national sample of older U.S. workers: The REGARDS cohort study
Although workplace discrimination and mistreatment (WDM) has recently drawn widespread media attention, our understanding of the prevalence of these phenomena remains limited. In the current study, we generated national prevalence estimates of WDM from a community-based cohort of employed black and white men and women aged ≥48 years. Measures of WDM in the current job were obtained by computer-assisted telephone interview (2011-2013) involving di…
Association of occupational stress with waking, diurnal, and bedtime cortisol response in police officers
Higher stress ratings were related to blunted diurnal decline in cortisol, suggesting conventional and unexpected police stressors may result in HPA axis dysfunction. Future studies investigating possible associations between elevated cortisol and subclinical CVD are needed
Police stressors and health: A state-of-the-art review
PURPOSE –: The purpose of this paper is to provide a state-of-the-art review on the topic of police stressors and associated health outcomes. Recent empirical research is reviewed in the areas of workplace stress, shift work, traumatic stress, and health. The authors provide a comprehensive table outlining occupational exposures and related health effects in police officers. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH –: A review of recent empirical research on …
Police work stressors and cardiac vagal control
OBJECTIVES: This study examines relationships between the frequency and intensity of police work stressors and cardiac vagal control, estimated using the high frequency component of heart rate variability (HRV). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of 360 officers from the Buffalo New York Police Department. Police stress was measured using the Spielberger police stress survey, which includes exposure indices created as the product of the sel…
Correlates of hopelessness in the high suicide risk police occupation
Police officers are chronically exposed to work stress. We examined specific stressors that may be associated with hopelessness, a possible risk factor for suicide in this high suicide risk population. The study included 378 officers (276 men and 102 women) with complete data. Analysis of variance was used to estimate mean levels of hopelessness scores as associated with stress, adjusted for age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Posttraumatic symptoms…
High‐protein meal challenge reveals the association between the salivary cortisol response and metabolic syndrome in police officers
Reduced cortisol response to a high-protein meal challenge may be associated with MetSyn. Future longitudinal studies could provide useful evidence for planning intervention studies on cardiovascular risk among police officers
Leptin, adiponectin, and heart rate variability among police officers
Leptin levels were inversely associated with LF HRV, especially among officers with increased adiposity. Increased leptin levels may be associated with CVD-related health problems
The cortisol response in policemen: Intraindividual variation, not concentration level, predicts truncal obesity
Results support inferences that LMIt measures visceral adiposity and W-S cortisol variability appears to be an appropriate construct to measure in association with visceral adiposity. The "hockey stick" character of the association is consistent with other investigations suggesting obesity is associated with less W-S cortisol variation; however, the monotonic increase and flattening of association at increasing W-ScortisolSD values suggests a mor…
Adiposity, muscle, and physical activity: Predictors of perturbations in heart rate variability
Higher levels of physical activity, lower levels of markers for central adiposity and higher lean mass in the extremities predict higher levels of HRV in this population of police officers. This association between modifiable risk factors and markers for autonomic function suggest possible interventions that may improve health and performance
Area Under the Curve and Other Summary Indicators of Repeated Waking Cortisol Measurements
OBJECTIVE: To derive the area under the curve and related summary measures of stress from saliva samples collected over time and to provide insight into the interpretation of the derived parameters. In research designed to assess the health consequences of stress these samples are often used as a physiologic indicator of the responsiveness of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. To make these repeated measurements of salivary cortisol m…
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Area Under the Curve and Other Summary Indicators of Repeated Waking Cortisol Measurements
OBJECTIVE: To derive the area under the curve and related summary measures of stress from saliva samples collected over time and to provide insight into the interpretation of the derived parameters. In research designed to assess the health consequences of stress these samples are often used as a physiologic indicator of the responsiveness of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. To make these repeated measurements of salivary cortisol m…
The cortisol response in policemen: Intraindividual variation, not concentration level, predicts truncal obesity
Results support inferences that LMIt measures visceral adiposity and W-S cortisol variability appears to be an appropriate construct to measure in association with visceral adiposity. The "hockey stick" character of the association is consistent with other investigations suggesting obesity is associated with less W-S cortisol variation; however, the monotonic increase and flattening of association at increasing W-ScortisolSD values suggests a mor…
Adiposity, muscle, and physical activity: Predictors of perturbations in heart rate variability
Higher levels of physical activity, lower levels of markers for central adiposity and higher lean mass in the extremities predict higher levels of HRV in this population of police officers. This association between modifiable risk factors and markers for autonomic function suggest possible interventions that may improve health and performance
Leptin, adiponectin, and heart rate variability among police officers
Leptin levels were inversely associated with LF HRV, especially among officers with increased adiposity. Increased leptin levels may be associated with CVD-related health problems
High‐protein meal challenge reveals the association between the salivary cortisol response and metabolic syndrome in police officers
Reduced cortisol response to a high-protein meal challenge may be associated with MetSyn. Future longitudinal studies could provide useful evidence for planning intervention studies on cardiovascular risk among police officers
Correlates of hopelessness in the high suicide risk police occupation
Police officers are chronically exposed to work stress. We examined specific stressors that may be associated with hopelessness, a possible risk factor for suicide in this high suicide risk population. The study included 378 officers (276 men and 102 women) with complete data. Analysis of variance was used to estimate mean levels of hopelessness scores as associated with stress, adjusted for age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Posttraumatic symptoms…
Police stressors and health: A state-of-the-art review
PURPOSE –: The purpose of this paper is to provide a state-of-the-art review on the topic of police stressors and associated health outcomes. Recent empirical research is reviewed in the areas of workplace stress, shift work, traumatic stress, and health. The authors provide a comprehensive table outlining occupational exposures and related health effects in police officers. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH –: A review of recent empirical research on …
Police work stressors and cardiac vagal control
OBJECTIVES: This study examines relationships between the frequency and intensity of police work stressors and cardiac vagal control, estimated using the high frequency component of heart rate variability (HRV). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of 360 officers from the Buffalo New York Police Department. Police stress was measured using the Spielberger police stress survey, which includes exposure indices created as the product of the sel…
Prevalence of workplace discrimination and mistreatment in a national sample of older U.S. workers: The REGARDS cohort study
Although workplace discrimination and mistreatment (WDM) has recently drawn widespread media attention, our understanding of the prevalence of these phenomena remains limited. In the current study, we generated national prevalence estimates of WDM from a community-based cohort of employed black and white men and women aged ≥48 years. Measures of WDM in the current job were obtained by computer-assisted telephone interview (2011-2013) involving di…
Association of occupational stress with waking, diurnal, and bedtime cortisol response in police officers
Higher stress ratings were related to blunted diurnal decline in cortisol, suggesting conventional and unexpected police stressors may result in HPA axis dysfunction. Future studies investigating possible associations between elevated cortisol and subclinical CVD are needed
Medicine (9 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Endocrinology (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Stress Responses and Cortisol (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Blood pressure (3 works) · Body mass index (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)