Job stress, social support, and prevalence of insomnia in a population of Japanese daytime workers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1719-1730

  Nakata, Akinori ^a   Haratani, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^b   Arito, Heihachiro ^a   Kobayashi, Fumio ^c   Araki, Shunichi ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Japan; Job stress; Sleep; Social support; White collar worker

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKER;

EID: 3242782410     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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