Metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of visceral obesity and symptoms such as hypertension, hyperglycemia, and abnormal blood lipids, is known to lead to the onset of cardiovascular disease and has a high prevalence worldwide.On the other hand, unfavorable workplace psychosocial factors such as heavy work load in the workplace, low discretion, low support from superiors and colleagues, shift work and long working hours are the metabolic syndrome. It is also known to affect the onset of hypertension, obesity, etc.However, no studies have covered the psychosocial factors that are risk factors and clarified the degree of their association.
In order to clarify the relationship between the two, research groups such as Kitasato University systematically collected high-quality research that adopted a positive research design from among the research papers that examined these, and conducted a meta-analysis.As a result, it was estimated that the risk of developing metabolic syndrome in workers exposed to unfavorable psychosocial factors in the workplace was 1.4 times higher than that in workers who did not.Among the psychosocial factors, work strain and shift work, which are a combination of high quantitative burden and low discretionary power, have been studied relatively often, and are related to the onset of metabolic syndrome. Also turned out to be robust.
This study comprehensively investigated the relationship between various psychosocial factors that have been individually investigated and the onset of metabolic syndrome for the first time in the world, and found that psychosocial factors in a wide range of workplaces are risk factors. It was clarified.The results of this research are expected to advance research on the biological mechanisms by which psychosocial factors in the workplace cause the development of cardiovascular disease in workers.
Paper information:[Obesity Reviews] Work-related psychosocial factors and metabolic syndrome onset among workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
