期刊
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 65, 期 -, 页码 138-148出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.12.015
关键词
Autoimmune disease; Psychoneuroimmunology; Inflammatory markers; Occupational balance; Occupational science; Measure; Immunology; Biomarker
资金
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P21912-B09]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P21912] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Growing evidence shows interrelations of psychological factors, neurological and immunological processes. Therefore, constructs like a balance of activities, the so called occupational balance, could also have biological correlates. The aim of this study was to investigate potential associations between occupational balance, functioning, cytokines and C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients suffering from a chronic inflammatory disease like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy people. Moreover, we wanted to explore potential differences in gender and employment status. A descriptive study in patients with RA and healthy people was conducted using the Occupational Balance-Questionnaire (OB-Quest) and the Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36). Serum levels of cytokines, such as interleukin 6 (IL-6) and 8 (IL-8), interferon alpha (INF alpha), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), rheumatoid factor (RF) and of CRP were measured. Descriptive statistics, as well as Mann-Whitney U tests and Spearmen's rank correlation coefficients (r(s)) were calculated. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. One-hundred-thirty-two patients with RA and 76 healthy people participated. Occupational balance was associated with functioning, cytokines and CRP. The strongest associations were identified in the unemployed healthy-people sample with cytokines and CRP being within the normal range. For example, the OB-Quest item challenging activities was associated with IL-8 (r(s) = 0.63, p = 0.04) and the SF-36 sub-scale bodily pain was associated with IFN alpha (r(s) = 0.69, p = 0.02). The items rest and sleep (r(s) = 0.71, p = 0.01) and variety of different activities (r(s) = 0.74, p < 0.01) correlated with the SF-36 sub-scale social functioning. Employed and unemployed people differed in their age and CRP levels. Additionally, gender differences were found in two OB-Quest items in that fewer women were able to adapt their activities to changing living conditions and fewer men were overstressed. In conclusion, we found preliminary biological evidence for the link between occupation and health in that the concepts encompassed in the construct of occupational balance were associated with functioning, cytokines and CRP. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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