@Article{Hjollund1998, author = "Hjollund, N. H. I. and Kold Jensen, T. and Bonde, Jens Peter Ellekilde and Henriksen, T. B. and Kolstad, Henrik Albert and Andersson, A.-M. and Ernst, E. and Giwercman, A. and Skakkebæk, Niels Erik and Olsen, Jørn", title = "Job strain and time to pregnancy", journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health", year = "1998", month = "Oct", day = "24", number = "5", pages = "344--350", keywords = "fecundability; fertility; occupation; prospective data; reproduction; stress", abstract = "'
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OBJECTIVES ': 'The association between fertility and job strain defined as high job demands and low job control has not previously been studied. A follow-up study was conducted with prospective collection of information on job strain among women, achievement of pregnancy, and potential confounding variables.'
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METHODS ': 'A total of 297 Danish couples without previous reproductive experience was followed for a maximum of 6 menstrual cycles from termination of birth control until pregnancy. Job demand and job control were measured by a questionnaire developed by Karasek and his co-workers.'
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RESULTS ': 'The odds ratio and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) for conception per menstrual cycle for women with high job strain was 0.9 (95% CI 0.5-1.5) when compared with that of women in low-strain jobs. Only in secondary analyses restricted to couples with no suspected competitive causes of reduced fertility was a statistically significant reduced odds found for women with high-strain jobs compared with all other jobs.'
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CONCLUSION ': 'The main finding of this study did not corroborate a hypothesis of a substantial detrimental effect of job strain on fecundability.
", issn = "0355-3140", doi = "10.5271/sjweh.354", url = "https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=354", url = "https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.354" }