Relationship of Occupational and Non-Occupational Stress with Smoking in Automotive Industry Workers

Hassani, Somayeh; Yazdanparast, Taraneh; Seyedmehdi, Seyed Mohammad; Ghaffar, Mostafa; Attarchi, Mirsaeed; Bahadori, Baharak

Relationship of Occupational and Non-Occupational Stress with Smoking in Automotive Industry Workers

Authors

Somayeh Hassani ¹

Taraneh Yazdanparast ²

Seyed Mohammad Seyedmehdi ³

Mostafa Ghaffar ⁴^{, 5}

Mirsaeed Attarchi ⁴^{, 6}

Baharak Bahadori ⁴^{, 7}

¹ Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

² Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,

³ Telemedicine Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,

⁴ Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

⁵ Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (BASIR), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

⁶ Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (BASIR), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

⁷ 5 Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (BASIR), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Background: Tobacco use is the second cause of death and first cause of preventable mortality worldwide. Smoking in the workplace is particularly concerning. Smoking-free workplaces decrease the risk of exposure of nonsmoking personnel to cigarette smoke. Recent studies have mostly focused on the effect of daily or non-occupational stressors (in comparison with occupational stress) on prevalence of smoking. Occupational stress is often evaluated in workplaces for smoking cessation or control programs, but the role of non-occupational stressors is often disregarded in this respect. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in an automobile manufacturing company. The response of automotive industry workers to parts of the validated, reliable, Farsi version of Musculoskeletal Intervention Center (MUSIC)-Norrtalje questionnaire was evaluated. A total of 3,536 factory workers participated in this study. Data were analyzed using SPSS and p

Keywords

Cigarette

Workplace

Occupational stress

Nonoccupational stress