ASSOCIATION OF DIETARY PATTERN WITH JOB STRAIN IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Background and Aim: Health staff spends much of their time at work place and faces many treats including unsuitable ‎lifestyle and job strain. Job stress affects staff’s health. It decreases organizational efficiency ‎and results in physical and mental disorders. With the aim to decline chronic diseases risk, this ‎study assesses whether dietary pattern has any association with job stress.‎Methods: 1‎21 women working in public health centers (PHCs) entered the study. Weight, ‎height and waist circumference (WC) were reported by subjects. Self-administered food ‎questionnaires were ranked based on Food ‎Guide Pyramid and Karasek model was utilized to determine job strain.Results: The mean age of participants was 35.7 years and mean job stress was 16.4. ‎Results showed that 54.4% of subjects had a high level of stress. WC and BMI were not ‎associated with stress, but age (p=‎ 0.03 ‎, r=-0.‎ 20 ‎) and work experience (p=0.0‎ 2 ‎, r=-0.23‎ ( had inverse associations with total score. According to Food Pyramid, less than half ‎of health professionals consumed acceptable amount of dairy (35.6%), vegetables (26.5%), and ‎cereals (18.1%). The intake of fruits (69.5%) and meat and alternatives (52.1%) were also ‎relatively appropriate. There was an inverse link between WC and dairy (r= -‎‎0.031), fruits (r= -0.064), and meat (r= -0.084), also, BMI inversely was correlated with dairy ‎‎(r= -0.072) and cereals (r= -0.019) consumption (p> 0.05).‎Conclusion: Job strain demonstrated no direct association with food guide pyramid recommendations and ‎BMI. However, evaluation of other mediating factors can be a step forward to design and ‎implement preventive health-based programs for health promotion among health professionals ‎and decrease treatment expenditures.‎

کلیدواژه ها:

job strain ، Job stress ، Dietary pattern ، Food pyramid ، Public health professionals.‎