NDLI: Self-rated health amongst male and female employees in Sweden: a nationally representative study

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Author	Taloyan, Marina Leineweber, Constanze Hyde, Martin Westerlund, Hugo
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Self-rated health (SRH) is a well-established measure within social epidemiology. However, most studies on SRH tend to be amongst the general population, where SRH has been found to be lower in women than in men. Few studies have specifically investigated patterns of SRH just within an employed population. The purpose of this study was to (1) investigate whether there are gender differences in reporting suboptimal SRH in an employed Swedish population and (2) study whether these differences could be explained by socio-economic, work-, health- and/or lifestyle-related factors.This study is cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2008 wave of Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health, a nationally representative cohort of the Swedish working population. This study includes the responses of 9,756 employed individuals. Logistic regression analyses were performed.After adjusting for age, income and working hours (full vs. part time), men had significantly higher odds of suboptimal SRH than women OR 1.38 (95 % CI 1.22–1.55). With stepwise inclusion of health factors such as long-standing disease, sleep quality and fatigue, the OR for men increased to 1.65 (95 % CI 1.44–1.89). Gender differences in reporting suboptimal SRH were attenuated to 1.29 (95 % CI 1.11–1.51) with the inclusion of lifestyle factors. However, they remained significant after inclusion of all explanatory variables.In contrast to findings in general population studies, our results show that men in employment have higher odds of suboptimal SRH than their female counterparts. As SRH is an important indicator of health with a strong association with mortality, an excess risk of suboptimal SRH amongst employed men shows that more attention should be paid to men’s health in the workplace.
Starting Page	849
Ending Page	859
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03400131
Journal	International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Volume Number	88
Issue Number	7
e-ISSN	14321246
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-12-21
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Self-rated health Gender Sweden Prospective study Environmental Health Rehabilitation Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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