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  • Occupational Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Metabolic Health

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  • Headaches are a common complaint among workers, impacting productivity and well-being.
  • Understanding the multifactorial nature of headaches is crucial for effective workplace interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between headaches and lifestyle, metabolic, and work-related factors in a cohort of service industry employees.
  • To identify key risk factors contributing to headache prevalence in the workplace.

Main Methods:

  • A case-control study involving 446 workers with headaches (cases) and 446 matched controls without headaches.
  • Data collection included lifestyle, metabolic parameters (body weight, cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, blood pressure), and work-related factors (workplace violence, distress, mental health, sleep quality).

Main Results:

  • Workers with headaches exhibited significantly higher body weight, blood cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, and blood pressure.
  • Increased frequency of workplace violence (physical aggression, threat, harassment) and psychological distress (effort/reward imbalance) were strongly associated with headaches.
  • Cases reported higher anxiety and depression scores, lower happiness levels, and poorer sleep quality compared to controls.

Conclusions:

  • Headaches in the workplace are associated with adverse metabolic profiles, increased exposure to workplace violence and distress, and poorer mental health and sleep quality.
  • Monitoring headaches can serve as an indicator for identifying workers at risk of broader health impairments.
  • These findings underscore the importance of comprehensive health and safety programs in the workplace.