Relationship between physical activity and job stress among public office workers.
Young-Sook Yook
PMID 33362356WHAT IT FOUND
Physical activity levels showed no significant difference in overall job stress among 448 male public office workers.
Only one subcategory, organizational system, had a weak positive correlation. This suggests no clear link between exercise habits and job stress in this group.
Key findings
01Total job stress scores did not differ significantly across low, moderate, and high physical activity groups.
02Physical activity showed a significant positive correlation only with the organizational system subcategory of job stress.
03The authors concluded there is no apparent link between physical activity and job stress among office workers.
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What it does not show
The study is cross-sectional, so it cannot prove that physical activity causes changes in job stress or vice versa. Physical activity and job stress were measured using self-reported questionnaires, which may be inaccurate. The sample was limited to male public office workers in Seoul, so results cannot be generalized to women or other occupations. The participants had relatively low overall job stress scores, which may limit the ability to detect differences.
Declared interests
The work was supported by a university research grant. The author declared no competing interests.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that exercise has no benefit for stress management. This study only found no link in a specific group of male office workers with low baseline stress levels, using self-reported data.