Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University, 3 Shinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon 400-700, Republic of Korea.
Occup Med (Lond). 2011 Jan;61(1):53-6. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqq141. Epub 2010 Sep 10.
Psychological stress is a risk factor for infectious diseases. Although psychological stress at work is considered an important problem for many workers, there is little evidence for the effect of work-related stress on infectious diseases.
To investigate whether work-related stress affected the occurrence of the common cold in South Korean workers in small- to medium-sized manufacturing companies.
We conducted a prospective study, involving 1241 workers. At the outset, we collected information regarding sociodemographic and work characteristics. At follow-up after 6 months, we asked subjects whether they had experienced common cold symptoms during the preceding 4 months.
Male subjects experiencing stress at the outset were more likely to report having experienced the common cold at follow-up (odds ratios: high job demand group 1.74; 95% CI: 1.28-2.36; insufficient job control 1.42; 95% CI: 1.05-1.93; inadequate social support 1.40; 95% CI: 1.03-1.91). For females, no significant association between work stress and occurrence of the common cold was detected.
Males experiencing work stress in job demand, job control and social support reported an increased occurrence of the common cold at follow-up but this association was not seen in females.
心理压力是传染病的一个风险因素。尽管工作中的心理压力被认为是许多工人的一个重要问题，但几乎没有证据表明与工作相关的压力会对传染病产生影响。
调查工作相关压力是否会影响韩国中小企业制造公司员工普通感冒的发生。
我们进行了一项前瞻性研究，涉及 1241 名工人。在开始时，我们收集了有关社会人口统计学和工作特征的信息。在 6 个月后的随访中，我们询问了研究对象在过去 4 个月中是否出现过普通感冒症状。
在开始时经历压力的男性研究对象更有可能在随访时报告出现过普通感冒（比值比：高工作需求组 1.74；95%置信区间：1.28-2.36；工作控制不足 1.42；95%置信区间：1.05-1.93；社会支持不足 1.40；95%置信区间：1.03-1.91）。对于女性，工作压力与普通感冒的发生之间没有显著关联。
经历工作压力（在工作需求、工作控制和社会支持方面）的男性在随访时报告普通感冒的发生率增加，但这种关联在女性中并未出现。
