NDLI: Stress and cardiovascular disease risk in female law enforcement officers

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Author	Yoo, Hyelim Franke, Warren D.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	To assess the levels of stress and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in female law enforcement officers (LEOs).Self-reported data including job-related stress and CVD risk factors were obtained from 65 female LEOs. Stress scores were compared with 429 males LEOs and CVD risk factors were compared with 1,213 demographically similar female respondents to the CDC BRFSS survey. All subjects resided in Iowa.Female LEOs had more stress (perceived stress, p < 0.01), more job-related stress (job strain, vital exhaustion and effort–reward imbalance, p < 0.01 for all), but similar social support (social provision scale, p = 0.412) than male LEOs. Female LEOs had a significantly higher prevalence of hypercholesterolemia than the general Iowa female population (46.2 vs. 29.3%, p < 0.01). There was a trend towards a higher prevalence of diabetes in female LEOs (9.2 vs. 4.5%, p = 0.084). The most commonly cited contributor to their perceived CVD risk was stress (77%). Female LEOs who felt that being either a LEO (67.7%) or a female LEO (41.5%) contributed to their risk for chronic diseases had more stress and a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity than female LEOs who felt differently.Female LEOs have higher stress than male LEOs. The prevalences of hypercholesterolemia and diabetes are higher in female LEOs than that of the general female population. Thus, female LEOs may be at a greater risk for CVD than their male counterparts.
Starting Page	279
Ending Page	286
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03400131
Journal	International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Volume Number	84
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14321246
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2010-05-28
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Gender Job perception Police work Health risk factors Perceived stress Rehabilitation Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine Environmental Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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