Heart Disease and Occupational Risk Factors in the Canadian Population: An Exploratory Study Using the Canadian Community Health Survey.
10.1016/j.shaw.2017.07.008
- Author:
Behdin NOWROUZI-KIA
1
;
Anson K C LI
;
Christine NGUYEN
;
Jennifer CASOLE
Author Information
1. Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada. behdin@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
occupational health;
occupation type;
physical exertion;
self-reported cardiovascular disease
- MeSH:
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Health Surveys*;
Heart Diseases*;
Heart*;
Occupational Health;
Occupations;
Physical Exertion;
Risk Factors*
- From:Safety and Health at Work
2018;9(2):144-148
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study is to find temporal trends in the associations between cardiovascular disease and occupational risk factors in the context of the Canadian population. METHODS: Population data were analyzed from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) collected between 2001 and 2014 for trends over time between heart disease and various occupational risk factors: hours worked, physical exertion at work, and occupation type (management/arts/education, business/finance, sales/services, trades/transportations, and primary industry/processing). RESULTS: We found no significant difference in the average number of hours worked/wk between individuals who report having heart disease in all years of data except in 2011 (F 1,96 = 7.02, p = 0.009) and 2012 (F 1,96 = 8.86, p = 0.004). We also found a significant difference in the degree of physical exertion at work in 2001 (F 1,79 = 7.45, p = 0.008). There were statistically significant results of occupation type on self-reported heart disease from 2003 to 2014. CONCLUSION: Canadian data from the CCHS do not exhibit a trend toward an association between heart disease and the number of hours worked/wk. There is an association between heart disease and physical exertion at work, but the trend is inconsistent. The data indicate a trend toward an association between heart disease and occupation type, but further analysis is required to determine which occupation type may be associated with heart disease.
