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2019. Volume 8. Issue 1. Article CID e0109 DOI: 10.15275/rusomj.2019.0109_
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Original article
Do occupational stress and cigarette smoking abet each other: survey of a steel industry in Iran
Fatemeh Fasih-Ramandi 1, Farshad Nadri 2, Khaula Atif 3, Gholamheidar Teimori Boghsani 4, Hamed Nadri 5
1 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
3 National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
4 Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran 5 Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Received 17 April 2018, Revised 16 July 2018, Accepted 8 September 2018
© 2018, Fasih-Ramandi F., Nadri F., Atif K., Boghsani G.T., Nadri H. © 2018, Russian Open Medical Journal
Abstract: Background — Occupational stress antagonizes human health directly as well as by instigating behavioral adversities like smoking; though it's relation with latter is yet unveiled. This study aimed at ascertaining the relation between occupational stresses and smoking status among workers of a steel industry in Iran.
Material and Methods — This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 105 workers of steel industry in Iran. Standardized Health and Safety Executive Management Standards Indicator Tool (HSE-MS IT) along with subjects' demographic features were used to assess occupational stress; while smoking status was measured by standardized methods of Otten et al (1999). Results — Response rate was 86.7% as 91 completed questionnaires were received back. Mean age of smoking and non-smoking workers 39.5±10.2 & 38.4±5.5 respectively (data presented as mean with standard deviation - M±SD), work experience of smokers and non-smokers 13±6.1 & 12.9±5.9 years respectively, while 90.4% were married. Total occupational stress scored 2.96±0.35; 13.5% staff were at high stress risk. Outcome scores were significantly different between smokers and non-smokers in stress dimensions including role, relationships, managers' support and peer support.
Conclusion — Although smoking workers revealed better situation in role dimension, yet smoking employees depicted higher stress in relationships, managers' support and peer support dimensions. Inferences qualify for imperative measures to implicate smoking cessation programs, as well as regime to attenuate occupational stress at workplaces.
Keywords: occupational stress, HSE-MS IT, tobacco, mental health.
Cite as Fasih-Ramandi F, Nadri F, Atif K, Boghsani GT, Nadri H. Do occupational stress and cigarette smoking abet each other: survey of a steel industry in Iran. Russian Open Medical Journal 2019; 8: e0109.
Correspondence to Hamed Nadri. Email: nadri_h@yahoo.com. Phone: +989120849864.
Introduction
Employees are the nucleus of every industry. Their work earns them bread and butter, but with an association of a multitude of job related stressors. Occupational stress is defined as experiencing negative emotional states like frustration, apprehension, anxiety and depression at workplaces [1]. Disparities between work demand/pressures and employees' capabilities/knowledge generates such scenarios [2]. It breeds psychosomatic symptoms like job dissatisfaction, hypertension, musculoskeletal or neuro-cardiologicals signs and behavioral deterioration as social withdrawal, precluded collegial harmony or substance abuse [3, 4]. This forecasts costly aftermaths for the individuals as well as organizations. Apropos, role of occupational stress at workplaces cannot be overemphasized.
Health and Safety Executive report [1] documented prevalence of work related stress in Great Britain as 1510 per 100,000 personnel. The average stress-induced lost days per head were 23.9 days in 2015/16. Stress causes 37% of all work
related ailments and loss of 45% working days. Work pressures, scares managerial support, violence and prevailing uncertainty are the major accomplices of professional strain [1].
Smoking like other behavioral changes as produced by job constraints is a sheer health hazard [5, 6], although association between the two is persistently under-investigated and undiagnosed [7]. Cigarette smoking is a vital public health dilemma [8, 9]. It may lead to accidents preceded by distractions or inattention which it fetched [10]. In Iran, 13.9% of general population smoke [8], 75 thousand succumb to death annually because of tobacco and nicotine smoking [11].
Kouvonen et al. established an association between work stress and smoking; people with high effort-reward imbalance or lower rewards had a high probability of smoking, necessitating implementation of smoking cessation programs at workplaces [7]. Other literature defied such relation [12, 13].
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Figure 1. Comparison of mean score of total occupational stress and HSE-MS IT dimensions with desirability level in steel industry workers.
A multitude of inventories have been developed to evaluate occupational stress. One of the most important instrument being the Health and Safety Executive Management Standards Indicator Tool (HSE-MS IT) [1], having an acceptable validity and reliability [14], and has been frequently used [15-17]. It was validated in Iran by Marzabadi et al [18]. It provides with mean score for each of the 7 dimensions; organization's performance in each dimension can be gauged by comparing with reference data [19-21]. This study probed into occupational stress and smoking status among workers of one of the steel industries in Iran.
Material and Methods
Study design and participants
This cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was conducted under the kind supervision of student research committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, in
2017, in a steel industry of Southern Iran. All 105 male workers in this industry were enrolled. Data collected via HSE-MS IT [1].
Occupational stress assessment
Standardized HSE-MS IT questionnaire has 35-items and seven dimensions; demands (8 items), control (6 items), managers' support (5 items), peer support (4 items), relationships (4 items), role (5 items) and change (3 items). First four indicate job-content, rest specify the job context. Responses are scored on a five-point Likert scale, from 1-5(very undesirable to very desirable). Two alternative response formats were used: a frequency response (always to never) and an agreement format (strongly disagree to strongly agree). According to HSE-MS IT, higher scores indicated a lower stress risk [19]; scores below 20th percentile reflected high stress risk, 20-50th percentile meant undesirable category, 50-80th percentile showed desirable category and 80th percentile and above were the very desirable category, as this classification is also called benchmark data [4, 19]. Reliability and validity of this questionnaire in Iran was approved by Marzabadi et al. with Cronbach's alpha=0.78 [18].
Demographic and smoking assessment
Demographic variables including age, marital status, education level, work experience and smoking habit were also gathered to rule out their possible relation with outcome variable. To enhance trust and comfort, the purpose of study was elucidated to every worker, there was no pressure of any type and informed consent was taken from every respondent. Smoking was measured using standardized methods presented by Otten et al. [13]; which divide smoking intensity into 3 categories; light smoker (1-9 cigarettes), medium smoker (10-19 cigarettes) and heavy smoker (20 or more cigarettes) [7, 13]. All subjects who had smoked three or more cigarettes per day over the previous month were labeled as smokers by self-reporting data. Only adult male aging less than 60 years served in the subject industry, therefore, senior citizen males and females from any age-group could not be enrolled in this survey.
Statistical analysis
Data analyzed via IBM-SPSS 22. Normality was determined by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Relationships between demographic characteristics (marital status and smoking habit) and education level with mean score of occupational stress were examined by independent sample T-test and Kruskal Wallis test respectively. p<0.05 was considered the level of significance. Quantitative data presented as mean with standard deviation - M±SD.
Results
Response rate was 86.7% as 91 completed questionnaires were received back. Mean age of smoking and non-smoking workers 39.5±10.2 & 38.4±5.5 respectively, work experience of smokers and non-smokers 13±6.1 & 12.9±5.9 years respectively, while 90.4% were married. Education levels of 26.9%, 13.5%, 42.3% and 17.3% subjects were Diploma, Associate degree, Bachelor and Master of science respectively. All smokers were medium smokers as stated, so our parameters were confined to non-smokers and medium smokers only; latter being 48.1%.
Figure 2. Comparison of percentage distribution of HSE-MS IT dimensions with benchmark data in the steel industry workers.
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Table 1. The relationship between occupational stress score with workers change), it remained insignificant. Compared to the benchmark demographic characteristics_ data, the average scores of managers' support, control and
Variables Occupational p-level demands dimensions among non-smokers and smokers, as well as
stress score
-:-:-:- change dimension in smokers were above the 50th percentile,
Smoking habit Smoking 2.62±0.12 0.001* while all other scales were between the 20th and the 50th
Non-smoking 3.27±0.11 .. ,,_ , , „.
" Mari"tais"tatus......"single.................YiiiaM.......P ' ''
Married 2.97±0.35
Educational level Diploma 3.01±0.39 Discussion
Associate degree 2.79±0.28 0.670** Job stress is a well-recognized yet sparsely reconnoitered
Bachelor of science 3.00±0.33
workplace menace. Its ability to cast detrimental effects on
Master of science 2.91±0.38
--_----:............W....................v;;;;-;;................ workers menta and pnvsica heath remains underestimated ti
Experience <6 2.85±0.37 ^ '
6_12 3 oi+o 30 today. HSE-MS IT instrument was used in this project as it assesses
12-18 2 97±0 34 °.706 ** professional strains in seven relatively independent dimensions
>18 2.96±0.42 rather than a total stress score [21]. The response rate was almost
" Age.............."26-34"................."2.82+031................................100%, which was heartening once compared with similar surveys
34-42 3.07±0.30 [22-24]; it also augmented reliability of the results.
0.001**
42-50 3.17±0.38 Cigarette smoking may get catastrophic in terms of physical or
_>50_2.56±0.04__biological disasters like fires/explosions, health hazards and
Data presented as mean with standard deviation - M±SD. toxicities or mental diversions with resultant accidents [10].
* - T test; ** - Kruskal Wallis test. „ .... . .. , . „ .
Preventive measures are highly deemed in current era of its high
prevalence of 48.1 %.
Table 2. The relationship between different dimensions of occupational The average occupational stress scores remained between
stress and smoking habit_ 20th-50th percentile; creating alarms and necessitating imperative
Dimensions Non- Benchmark Smoking Benchmark p- constructive regimes. The stress scores of 13.5%, 36.5%, 21.5% _smoking_comparison_comparison_level_ and 28.8% employees were respectively found as high risk,
Role 3.95±0.46 <50th perc. 4.48±0.29 <50th perc. 0.001 undesirable, desirable and very desirable categories. Among all
Relationships 3.96±0.24 <50th perc. 1.98±0.36 <50th perc. 0.001
dimensions about 50% subjects depicted high and undesired su;nTs 4.02±0.31 <80th perc. 2.01±0.33 <80th perc. 0.001 stress. Similar inferences are documented by Modarresi et al [25] Peer support 3.97±0.39 <50th perc. 2.04±0.43 <50th perc. 0.001 and Gharibi et al [26].
Control 2.02±0.22 <80th perc. 2.04±0.26 <80th perc. 0.819 There was no significant relationship between independent
Demands 3.15±0.32 <80th perc. 3.17±0.15 <80th perc. 0.861 variable and work experience; confirming results of Daniali et al.
Change_1.90±0.37 <50th perc. 1.86±0.40 <80th perc. 0.753 [27] and Lotfizadeh et al. [28]; while contradicting those of Gharibi
Data preyed as mean with standard deviation - M±SD. perc., percentMe. et al. [26], Modarresi et al. [25] and Nadri et al. [29]. No significant
relationship was found between the outcome and marital status
which is in line with Modarresi et al. [25] and contrasts Aghilinejad
.-. „ ,. ,.,.. i i ... * nrrnr it et al. [30]. Similarly, there was no significant relationship between
Figure 1 compares disability level with scores of HSE-MS IT L ' " ° ^
stress and educational level, supporting Modarresi et al. [25] and dimensions. The occupational stress scored 2.96±0.35. Highest and ' ^ ° L '
lowest scores were related to the role (4.21±0.47) and change Gharibi et al. [26]. Regarding age group, workers aging 26-34 and
(1.88±0.39) dimensions respectively. Average control dimension greater than 50 years' had lower scores; indicating higher stress
score was 2.03±0.24. Other dimensions including relationships, risk This finding defied data of Nadri et al. [29], while agreed with
managers' support, peer support and demands scored 3.01±1.05, Kayastha et al. [31].
3.06±1.06, 3.04±1.06 and 3.16±0.26 respectively (Figure 1). Smoking had a strong positive relationship with job stress
levels. A significant difference was also reported between
The desirability levels of HSE-MS IT dimensions in comparison
with benchmark data are presented in Figure 2. Among HSE-MS IT dimensions of occupational stress including relationships,
managers' support and peer support with smoking habit; smokers
dimensions including role, relationships, managers' support, peer
„ n I. g e . k 3ng0 3nu^P3-,,had lower score (higher stress) than non-smokers.
support, control, demand and change, 23.1, 30.8, 30.8, 23.1, 11.5,
32.7 and 11.5 percent of workers were placed in the high stress Therefore, because of the financial burden of occupational
risk category respectively. High risk category workers were 13.5% stress (prevalence and incidence rate and lost work days due to it), (Figure 2). preventive measures smoking cessation programs may beneficial
as a modification measures to reduced occupational stress and
There was a significant link between dependent variable and smoking status (p=0.001) or age group (p=0.001); non-smokers productivity gains [1, 32]. It should be noted that strong smoking and middle aged people depicted more scores and lesser stress; prevention strategies, may result in blaming the victim [7]. whereas marital status (p=0.440), experience groups (p=0.706) and Relationship dimensions at work have been defined as
educational level (p=0.670) could not cast significant impacts avoiding conflict and unacceptable behavior with colleagues. Also, (Table 1). managerial and peer support dimensions included encouragement
and provision of resources by them. Apparently there was no
The independent T-test showed that average scores of
outcome in dimensions of role, relationships, managers' support proper relationship between colleagues in this work environment
with smokers. Additionally, smokers lagged support from
and peer support among smokers and non-smokers were
and peer support among smokers and non-smokers were managers as compared to non-smokers. Role dimension has been
statistically significant; regarding others (control, demands and
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defined as clarity and lack of conflict in the worker's roles in workplaces. The reported significant difference between role dimension and smoking habit showed that smoking workers have higher score (lower stress) than non-smoking workers; which meant former had a better understanding of their role. These results were in agreement with Kouvonen et al [7], which established a relationship between high effort-reward imbalance and being a smoker. Intensity of smoking has also been associated with higher job strain, higher effort-reward imbalance and other dimensions (low job controls and rewards). Some literature had denied any association between job stress and smoking [12, 13, 33]. Few researchers proclaimed smoking as a way to cope with stress or adverse circumstances [34, 35].
Role, relationships and peer support dimensions among both non-smoking or smoking workers and change dimension among non-smoking workers compared to the benchmark data unambiguously need amendments [4, 36]. Dimensions of demands (workload, work pace and work environment), control (workers control on their work) and change (manage and notify change within the organization) have no significant impact on smoking habit. Job stress in these dimensions requires improvement once compared with benchmark data [4, 36, 37].
This research carried some limitations. Firstly, this is a cross-sectional study which describes associations between variables, not causal or across-time relationships. Secondly, these results were self-reporting, so data could be less objective than that obtained via medical files or examination. The selection and interview bias cannot be over-ruled. Nevertheless, it is the first and pioneer study of its type to be carried out in subject workplace, utilizing standardized and validates inventories. In future, it can give way forward to scientists to conduct similar surveys with bigger sample size, better variables and more vast results.
Conclusion
Occupational stress casts imminent effects on physical, mental and behavioral health of every individual of any organization. Smoking being a candid abettor further maligns the situation, ensuing a vicious cycle. Modifiable factors like smoking and non-modifiable aggravators such as age must be promptly addressed to break this detrimental play of cause and effects. It is opined to hold managerial training and smoking cessation programs at all tiers.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Ethical approval
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the student research committee of the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran), and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Acknowledgments
This study was related to the project NO. 1395/74139 from Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The authors appreciate the "student research committee" and "research and technology chancellor"' in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran) for their financial support of this study.
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Authors:
Fatemeh Fasih-Ramandi - MSc, Student of Occupational Health Engineering, Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5003-7846. Farshad Nadri - PhD, Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-2981.
Khaula Atif - MBBS, MCPS, DPH, Health Care Administrator, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4977-4459.
Gholamheidar Teimori Boghsani - MSc, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4908-4324.
Hamed Nadri - PhD Student, Department of Occupational Health, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5221-7098.
