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Greenness and job-related chronic stress in young adults: A prospective cohort study in Germany.
BMJ Open 8:e021599 (2018)
Objectives We aimed to prospectively study the association between normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) as a measure of greenness around homes and occupational stress. Setting A population-based cohort in Munich and Dresden cities was followed from age 16-18 years to age 20-23 years (n=1632). Participants At baseline, all participants attended high-school while at follow-up some had started working and others studying at university. At baseline and in each follow-up, we assigned NDVI based on participants' residential geocoded addresses and categorised it by quartiles. Outcome measures School-related, university-related or job-related self-reported chronic stress was assessed at the two follow-ups by the Trier Scale for Assessment of Chronic Stress using work discontent and work overload as outcomes. We modelled the association employing ordinal generalised estimating equations model accounting for changes in sociodemographics, non-job-related stress, job history and environmental covariates. Stratified analysis by each city was performed. Results NVDI at baseline was higher for participants from Dresden (median=0.36; IQR 0.31-0.41) than Munich (0.31; 0.26-0.34). At follow-up, it decreased only for participants in Dresden (0.34; 0.30-0.40). Higher greenness (quartile 4 vs quartile 1) was associated with less work discontent (OR 0.89; 95% CI 0.80 to 0.99) and less work overload (OR 0.87; 95% CI 0.78 to 0.96). In stratified analyses, results were more consistent for Munich than for Dresden. Conclusions Our results suggest that residential green spaces, using the vegetation index as a proxy for exposure, are inversely associated with two types of job-related chronic stress in German young adults transitioning from school to university or working life.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Generalized Estimation Equations ; Greenness ; Job Stress ; Multiple Imputation ; Ndvi ; Prospective Study; Mental-health; Urban Environments; Blue Spaces; Workplace; Giniplus; Lisaplus; Benefits; Models; Work; Schoolchildren
ISSN (print) / ISBN
2044-6055
e-ISSN
2044-6055
Journal
BMJ Open
Quellenangaben
Volume: 8,
Issue: 6,
Article Number: e021599
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Publishing Place
British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London Wc1h 9jr, England
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Peer reviewed
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Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)