Auer, Alisa; Semmer, Norbert K; von Känel, Roland; Thomas, Livia; Zuccarella-Hackl, Claudia; Wiest, Roland; Wirtz, Petra H (2024). Taking appreciation to heart: appreciation at work and cardiovascular risk in male employees. Frontiers in Public Health, 12 Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1284431
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INTRODUCTION
While perceived appreciation at work has been associated with self-reported health and wellbeing, studies considering biological health markers are lacking. In this study, we investigated whether appreciation at work would relate to coronary heart disease (CHD) risk as well as the specificity of this proposed association.
METHODS
Our study comprised a total of 103 male participants, including apparently healthy, medication-free, non-smoking men in the normotensive to hypertensive range (n = 70) as well as medicated hypertensive and CHD patients (n = 33). CHD risk was assessed by blood pressure [mean arterial pressure (MAP)], the diabetes marker glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), blood lipids [total cholesterol (TC)/high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio], coagulation activity (D-dimer and fibrinogen), and inflammation [interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and C-reactive protein (CRP)]. Perceived appreciation at work, as well as potentially confounding psychological factors (social support, self-esteem, and work strain due to a lack of appreciation), were measured by self-report questionnaires.
RESULTS
We found higher appreciation at work to relate to lower overall composite CHD risk (p's ≤ 0.011) and, in particular, to lower MAP (p's ≤ 0.007) and lower blood lipids (p's ≤ 0.031) in medication-free participants as well as all participants. This overall association was independent of confounding factors, including related psychological factors (p's ≤ 0.049).
DISCUSSION
Our findings indicate that appreciation at work might be an independent health-promoting resource in terms of CHD risk. Implications include that encouraging appreciation at work may help reduce the development and progression of CHD.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Work and Organisational Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Semmer, Norbert Karl, Wiest, Roland Gerhard Rudi |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
2296-2565 |
Publisher: |
Frontiers Research Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
21 Mar 2024 15:09 |
Last Modified: |
21 Mar 2024 15:15 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3389/fpubh.2024.1284431 |
PubMed ID: |
38500730 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
HbA1c appreciation at work blood lipids blood pressure coagulation coronary heart disease inflammation positive cardiovascular health |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/194515 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/194515 |
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