TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-rated health and allostatic load in women working in two occupational sectors
AU - Hasson, Dan
AU - Von Thiele Schwarz, Ulrica
AU - Lindfors, Petra
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - This study set out to investigate how biological dysregulation, in terms of allostatic load (AL), relates to self-rated health (SRH) in women. Data on SRH and 12 biomarkers used to assess AL were available for 241 employees from the health care sector and 98 employees from the IT/media sector. In line with the hypothesis, results showed that a poor SRH, along with occupational sector, age and education, were significantly associated with a high AL, particularly for those working within the health care sector. This association between a poor SRH and AL, suggests a link between SRH and biological dysregulation.
AB - This study set out to investigate how biological dysregulation, in terms of allostatic load (AL), relates to self-rated health (SRH) in women. Data on SRH and 12 biomarkers used to assess AL were available for 241 employees from the health care sector and 98 employees from the IT/media sector. In line with the hypothesis, results showed that a poor SRH, along with occupational sector, age and education, were significantly associated with a high AL, particularly for those working within the health care sector. This association between a poor SRH and AL, suggests a link between SRH and biological dysregulation.
KW - Biological dysregulation
KW - Biomarkers
KW - Subjective health
KW - Work
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=65349116513&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1359105309103576
DO - 10.1177/1359105309103576
M3 - Article
C2 - 19383657
AN - SCOPUS:65349116513
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 14
SP - 568
EP - 577
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 4
ER -