Occupational stress, or job strain, resulting from a lack of balance between job demands and
job control, is considered one of the frequent factors in the etiology of hypertension in …

Over the past 20 years, an extensive body of research evidence has documented that
psychosocial work stressors are risk factors for hypertension and cardiovascular disease …

Job strain results from a combination of high workload and few decision-making
opportunities in the workplace. There is inconsistent evidence regarding the association …

Aims: To examine, in a working population of men and women, the relation between
organisational job constraints (job strain, passive and active jobs) and incident hypertension …

We designed this study to clarify the role of work stress on long-term blood pressure control
and in particular to investigate whether perceived work stress directly affected resting blood …

Objective To review the evidence that human essential hypertension is at least in part the
result of the influence of psychosocial factors, with special reference to occupational stress …

Objective This study was conducted to investigate the hypothesis that exposure to" job
strain" is related to increased ambulatory blood pressure (ABP). Method Participants were …

There is extensive evidence that the prevalence of human hypertension is related to
psychosocial factors, possibly including chronic exposure to stress. A tripartite model …

Background Job strain (high demands and low decision latitude) has been associated with
hypertension and cardiovascular disease, especially in men. Most studies on job strain and …

OBJECTIVES To explore the association between the prevalence of hypertension in a
Japanese working population and job strain (a combination of low control over work and …