title: Daily commuting to work is not associated with variables of health
creator: Mauss, Daniel
creator: Jarczok, Marc N.
creator: Fischer, Joachim E.
subject: ddc-610
subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine
description: Background: Commuting to work is thought to have a negative impact on employee health. We tested the association of work commute and different variables of health in German industrial employees.   Methods: Self-rated variables of an industrial cohort (n = 3805; 78.9 % male) including absenteeism, presenteeism and indices reflecting stress and well-being were assessed by a questionnaire. Fasting blood samples, heart-rate variability and anthropometric data were collected. Commuting was grouped into one of four categories: 0–19.9, 20–44.9, 45–59.9, ≥60 min travelling one way to work. Bivariate associations between commuting and all variables under study were calculated. Linear regression models tested this association further, controlling for potential confounders.   Results: Commuting was positively correlated with waist circumference and inversely with triglycerides. These associations did not remain statistically significant in linear regression models controlling for age, gender, marital status, and shiftwork. No other association with variables of physical, psychological, or mental health and well-being could be found.   Conclusions: The results indicate that commuting to work has no significant impact on well-being and health of German industrial employees.
publisher: BioMed Central
date: 2016
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
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identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-204904
identifier:   Mauss, Daniel ; Jarczok, Marc N. ; Fischer, Joachim E.  (2016) Daily commuting to work is not associated with variables of health.  Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 11 (12).  pp. 1-5.  ISSN 1745-6673     
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language: eng