title: Association of occupational stress and social support with health-related behaviors among chinese offshore oil workers.
abstract: To explore the relationship of occupational stress and social support with health-related behaviors of smoking, alcohol usage and physical inactivity, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 561 offshore oil installation workers of a Chinese state-owned oil company. They were investigated with a self-administered questionnaire about socio-demographic characteristics, occupational stress, social support and health-related behaviors. Logistic regression analysis was used to study the association between occupational stress, social support and health-related behaviors and adjusted for age, educational level, marital status, duration of offshore work and job title. Of 561 workers, 218 (38.9%) were current smokers, 124 (22.1%) current drinkers, and 354 (63.1%) physically inactive in their leisure time. Further multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that: (1) Current smoking was significantly negatively related with perceived stress from "Safety" (OR=0.74; 95% CI=0.58-0.94) and lack of supervisors' instrumental support (OR=0.34; 95% CI=0.18-0.65); (2) Current drinking was significantly positively related to perceived stress from "Interface between job and family/social life" (OR=1.32; 95% CI=1.02-1.70) and "Organizational structure" (OR=1.35; 95% CI=1.06-1.74), but was significantly negatively related to poor emotional support from friends (OR=0.54; 95% CI=0.62-0.96); (3) Physical inactivity after work was significantly positively associated with perceived stress from "Safety" (OR=1.44; 95% CI=1.16-1.79) and lack of instrumental support from both supervisors (OR=1.74; 95% CI=1.16-2.65) and friends (OR=1.68; 95% CI=1.06-2.42). The findings suggest that psychosocial factors of occupational stress and social support at offshore oil work might affect workers' health-related behaviors in different ways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Qing
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tze Wai
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Ignatius Tak-Sun
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D020378:Confined Spaces; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010578:Petroleum; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum