title: Work related stress and blood glucose levels.
abstract: The aim of the study is to evaluate work-related subjective stress in a group of workers on a major Italian company in the field of healthcare through the administration of a valid "questionnaire-tool indicator" (HSE Indicator Tool), and to analyze any correlation between stress levels taken from questionnaire scores and blood glucose values.
  
  
  
  We studied a final sample consisting of 241 subjects with different tasks. The HSE questionnaire - made up of 35 items (divided into 7 organizational dimensions) with 5 possible answers - has been distributed to all the subjects in occasion of the health surveillance examinations provided by law. The questionnaire was then analyzed using its specific software to process the results related to the 7 dimensions. These results were compared using the Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression with the blood glucose values obtained from each subject.
  
  
  
  From the analysis of the data the following areas resulted critical, in other words linked to an intermediate (yellow area) or high (red area) condition of stress: sustain from managers, sustain from colleagues, quality of relationships and professional changes. A significant positive correlation (p <0.05) between the mean values of all critical areas and the concentrations of glucose values have been highlighted with the correlation index of Pearson. Multiple linear regression confirmed these findings, showing that the critical dimensions resulting from the questionnaire were the significant variables that can increase the levels of blood glucose.
  
  
  
  The preliminary results indicate that perceived work stress can be statistically associated with increased levels of blood glucose.
authors.affiliation: Spin off "Sipro", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sancini
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopaedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Department of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopaedics, Specialty School of Occupational Medicine, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Spin off "Sipro", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomei
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopaedics, Specialty School of Occupational Medicine, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopaedics, Specialty School of Occupational Medicine, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pacchiarotti
authors.affiliation: Spin off "Sipro", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nardone
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopaedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopaedics, Specialty School of Occupational Medicine, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suppi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopaedics, Specialty School of Occupational Medicine, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: De Cesare
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of the Scred Heart, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anzelmo
authors.affiliation: Spin off "Sipro", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giubilati
authors.affiliation: Spin off "Sipro", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pimpinella
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology, Medical-Legal and the Orthopaedics, Specialty School of Occupational Medicine, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric and Psychological Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000073397:Occupational Stress / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001786:Blood Glucose
keywords: Blood glucose; Questionnaire-indicating tool; Subjective stress; Work-related stress; Workers