Long working hours and cognitive function: the Whitehall II Study

Autor: Marianna Virtanen, Archana Singh-Manoux, Marko Elovainio, David Gimeno, Jussi Vahtera, Markus Jokela, Michael Marmot, Mika Kivimäki, Jane E. Ferrie
Přispěvatelé: Unit of Excellence for Psychosocial Factors, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College of London [London] (UCL), Santé publique et épidémiologie des déterminants professionnels et sociaux de la santé, Epidémiologie, sciences sociales, santé publique (IFR 69), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Centre de Gérontologie, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Sainte Perine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), National research and developement centre for welfare and health, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Kaniewski, Nadine
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Male
Gerontology
Epidemiology
Original Contributions
MESH: Cognition
MESH: Psychological Tests
Cognition
0302 clinical medicine
MESH: England
Risk Factors
MESH: Risk Factors
030212 general & internal medicine
MESH: Workload
MESH: Aged
MESH: Middle Aged
MESH: Employment
Confounding Factors
Epidemiologic

MESH: Follow-Up Studies
Middle Aged
Cognitive test
England
Government
Marital status
Female
Psychology
Psychosocial
Cohort study
Adult
Employment
MESH: Government
Workload
03 medical and health sciences
MESH: Analysis of Variance
Humans
Psychological testing
Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Psychological Tests
MESH: Humans
MESH: Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
MESH: Adult
Middle age
MESH: Male
MESH: Cognition Disorders
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Cognition Disorders
MESH: Female
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Follow-Up Studies
Zdroj: American Journal of Epidemiology
American Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2009, 169 (5), pp.596-605. ⟨10.1093/aje/kwn382⟩
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2009, 169 (5), pp.596-605. ⟨10.1093/aje/kwn382⟩
ISSN: 0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn382⟩
Popis: International audience; This study examined the association between long working hours and cognitive function in middle age. Data were collected in 1997-1999 (baseline) and 2002-2004 (follow-up) from a prospective study of 2,214 British civil servants who were in full-time employment at baseline and had data on cognitive tests and covariates. A battery of cognitive tests (short-term memory, Alice Heim 4-I, Mill Hill vocabulary, phonemic fluency, and semantic fluency) were measured at baseline and at follow-up. Compared with working 40 hours per week at most, working more than 55 hours per week was associated with lower scores in the vocabulary test at both baseline and follow-up. Long working hours also predicted decline in performance on the reasoning test (Alice Heim 4-I). Similar results were obtained by using working hours as a continuous variable; the associations between working hours and cognitive function were robust to adjustments for several potential confounding factors including age, sex, marital status, education, occupation, income, physical diseases, psychosocial factors, sleep disturbances, and health risk behaviors. This study shows that long working hours may have a negative effect on cognitive performance in middle age.
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