Association Between Work-Related Factors and Diet: A Review of the Literature

This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module on “The Mental Health of the Organic Farmer: Psychosocial and Contextual Actors” 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.

A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://www.aaohn.org by March 2021; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.

Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:

• Identify workplace factors associated workers’ dietary intake.

• Understand the current state of the literature pertaining to work-related factors and diet quality.

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Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.

1. The purpose of this study was to examine the following factors and their associations with workers’ diet EXCEPT:

2. Work hours

3. Depression

4. Job strain

What was the date range of articles that Tanaka et al. included in their review?

2000 - 2018

1990 - 2018

2000 - 2010

2000 - 2017

All of the following types of studies were included in the review EXCEPT:

Studies from low-income countries

Studies from high-income countries

Studies written in English

Studies available online

Select the number of articles that were included in the final review:

12

16

18

28

Specific workgroups were included in this review EXCEPT:

Nurses

Fire fighters

Airline workers

Construction workers

Among the four studies that examined associations between work hours and diet quality, the following was found EXCEPT:

Three studies reported a positive association between long work hours and diet quality

Three studies reported no association between long work hours and diet quality

One study reported a positive association between long work hours and diet quality in the unadjusted analysis, but not in the adjusted analysis

Overall, more work needs to be done to examine long work hours and diet quality

Regarding work-related physical strain and diet quality, which statement is TRUE:

Four studies reported a positive association between high physical strain and poor diet quality

One study reported a negative association between high physical strain and low vitamin intake

One study reported an association between physical strain and dietary factors, which was specific to oily fish intake

The authors’ conclusions included the following EXCEPT:

There was not enough information to infer a strong relationship between workplace factors and diet quality

A strong association between mental strain and diet quality was established

More work is needed to better understand the relationship between workplace factors and diet quality