S. A. Stansfeld

Publication List Details

Period

1997 - 2006

Number

30

Co-Authors

Building health: an epidemiological study of "sick building syndrome" in the Whitehall II study (2006)

Marmot, A.F., Eley, J., Stafford, M., Stansfeld, S.A., Warwick, E., Marmot, M.G.

Objectives: Sick building syndrome (SBS) is described as a group of symptoms attributed to the physical environment of specific buildings. Isolating particular environmental features responsible for...

Variations in associations of health risk behaviors among ethnic minority early adolescents (2006)

Viner, R.M., Haines, M.M., Head, J.A., Bhui, K., Taylor, S., Stansfeld, S.A., ...

Purpose: To investigate patterns of vulnerability and protection factors associated with risk behaviors and the co-occurrence of risk behaviors in minority ethnicity early adolescents. Methods:...

The psychosocial work environment and alcohol dependence: a prospective study (2004)

Head, J., Stansfeld, S.A., Siegrist, J.

Aims: To examine whether a stressful psychosocial work environment predicts alcohol dependence. Methods: Alcohol dependence of participants in the Whitehall II occupational cohort of London based...

Association between organizational inequity and incidence of psychiatric disorders in female employees (2003)

Kivimäki, M., Elovainio, M., Vahtera, J., Virtanen, M., Stansfeld, S.A.

Background: Prior research on work-related factors in the aetiology of psychiatric disorders has been concentrated on job control, job demands and social support. To broaden the view to managerial...

Social inequalities in depressive symptoms and physical functioning in the Whitehall II study: exploring a common cause explanation (2003)

Stansfeld, S.A., Head, J., Fuhrer, R., Wardle, J., Cattell, V.

Study objective: This study investigated which risk factors might explain social inequalities in both depressive symptoms and physical functioning and whether a common set of risk factors might...

Adrenocortical, autonomic, and inflammatory causes of the Metabolic Syndrome: nested case-control study (2002)

Brunner, E.J., Hemingway, H., Walker, B.R., Page, M., Clarke, P., Juneja, M., ...

Background: The causes of metabolic syndrome (MS), which may be a precursor of coronary disease, are uncertain. We hypothesize that disturbances in neuroendocrine and cardiac autonomic activity (CAA)...

Socioeconomic position, health, and possible explanations: a tale of two cohorts. (2002)

Fuhrer, R., Shipley, M.J., Chastang, J.F., Schmaus, A., Niedhammer, I., Stansfeld, S.A., ...

Objectives: We examined whether the social gradient for measures of morbidity is comparable in English and French public employees and investigated risk factors that may explain this gradient....

Employment status and health after privatisation in white collar civil servants: prospective cohort study (2001)

Ferrie, J.E., Martikainen, P., Shipley, M.J., Marmot, M.G., Stansfeld, S.A., Smith, G.D.

Objectives: To determine whether employment status after job loss due to privatisation influences health and use of health services and whether financial strain, psychosocial measures, or health...

Low job control and risk of coronary heart disease in Whitehall II (prospective cohort) study (1997)

Bosma, H., Marmot, M.G., Hemingway, H., Nicholson, A.C., Brunner, E., Stansfeld, S.A.

Objective: To determine the association between adverse psychosocial characteristics at work and risk of coronary heart disease among male and female civil servants. Design: Prospective cohort study...

Adrenocortical, autonomic, and inflammatory causes of the metabolic syndrome - nested case-control study

Brunner, E.J., Hemingway, H., Walker, B.R., Page, M., Clarke, P., Juneja, M., ...

Background-The causes of metabolic syndrome (MS), which may be a precursor of coronary disease, are uncertain. We hypothesize that disturbances in neuroendocrine and cardiac autonomic activity (CAA)...

Attitudes to community psychiatry among urban and rural general practitioners.

Stansfeld, S A, Leek, C A, Travers, W, Turner, T

General practitioners' requirements for community psychiatric services may differ according to the area in which they practise. A questionnaire survey of general practitioners' attitudes to community...

Socioeconomic Position, Health, and Possible Explanations: A Tale of Two Cohorts

Fuhrer, R., Shipley, M. J., Chastang, J. F., Schmaus, A., Niedhammer, I., Stansfeld, S. A., ...

Objectives. We examined whether the social gradient for measures of morbidity is comparable in English and French public employees and investigated risk factors that may explain this gradient.

An uncertain future: the health effects of threats to employment security in white-collar men and women.

Ferrie, J E, Shipley, M J, Marmot, M G, Stansfeld, S A, Smith, G D

OBJECTIVES: This study examined changes in the health status of civil servants whose employment security was threatened. METHODS: Data were derived from a longitudinal cohort of 10,308 men and women,...

Psychological distress, physical illness, and risk of coronary heart disease

Rasul, F., Stansfeld, S.A., Hart, C.L., Davey Smith, G.

Study objective: The aims of this study are to confirm the association between psychological distress and coronary heart disease (CHD) using an epidemiological community study with hospital...

Psychological distress and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) study

Pembroke, T.P.I., Rasul, F., Hart, C.L., Davey Smith, G., Stansfeld, S.A.

Background: This study examined whether psychological distress might be a predictor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Method: The relation between psychological distress at baseline,...

Attitudes to community psychiatry among urban and rural general practitioners.

Stansfeld, S A, Leek, C A, Travers, W, Turner, T

General practitioners' requirements for community psychiatric services may differ according to the area in which they practise. A questionnaire survey of general practitioners' attitudes to community...

Socioeconomic Position, Health, and Possible Explanations: A Tale of Two Cohorts

Fuhrer, R., Shipley, M. J., Chastang, J. F., Schmaus, A., Niedhammer, I., Stansfeld, S. A., ...

Objectives. We examined whether the social gradient for measures of morbidity is comparable in English and French public employees and investigated risk factors that may explain this gradient.

An uncertain future: the health effects of threats to employment security in white-collar men and women.

Ferrie, J E, Shipley, M J, Marmot, M G, Stansfeld, S A, Smith, G D

OBJECTIVES: This study examined changes in the health status of civil servants whose employment security was threatened. METHODS: Data were derived from a longitudinal cohort of 10,308 men and women,...

Adrenocortical, autonomic, and inflammatory causes of the metabolic syndrome - nested case-control study

Brunner, E.J., Hemingway, H., Walker, B.R., Page, M., Clarke, P., Juneja, M., ...

Background-The causes of metabolic syndrome (MS), which may be a precursor of coronary disease, are uncertain. We hypothesize that disturbances in neuroendocrine and cardiac autonomic activity (CAA)...

Psychological distress, physical illness, and risk of coronary heart disease

Rasul, F., Stansfeld, S.A., Hart, C.L., Davey Smith, G.

Study objective: The aims of this study are to confirm the association between psychological distress and coronary heart disease (CHD) using an epidemiological community study with hospital...

Psychological distress and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Renfrew and Paisley (MIDSPAN) study

Pembroke, T.P.I., Rasul, F., Hart, C.L., Davey Smith, G., Stansfeld, S.A.

Background: This study examined whether psychological distress might be a predictor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Method: The relation between psychological distress at baseline,...

Low job control and risk of coronary heart disease in Whitehall II (prospective cohort) study.

Bosma, H., Marmot, M. G., Hemingway, H., Nicholson, A. C., Brunner, E., Stansfeld, S. A.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between adverse psychosocial characteristics at work and risk of coronary heart disease among male and female civil servants. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study...

Work characteristics predict psychiatric disorder: prospective results from the Whitehall II Study

Stansfeld, S. A., Fuhrer, R., Shipley, M. J., Marmot, M. G.

OBJECTIVES: The impact of work on the risk of future psychiatric disorder has been examined in few longitudinal studies. This was examined prospectively in a large epidemiological study of civil...

Work characteristics and psychiatric disorder in civil servants in London.

Stansfeld, S A, North, F M, White, I, Marmot, M G

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To describe the association between self reported and externally assessed work characteristics and psychiatric disorder. DESIGN--Analysis of questionnaire data collected from the...

Sickness absence in the Whitehall II study, London: the role of social support and material problems.

Rael, E G, Stansfeld, S A, Shipley, M, Head, J, Feeney, A, Marmot, M

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To investigate the role of social supports, social networks, and chronic stressors: (i) as predictors of sickness absence; and (ii) as potential explanations for the socioeconomic...

Behavioural and biological correlates of physical functioning in middle aged office workers: the UK whitehall II study

Stafford, M., Hemingway, H., Stansfeld, S. A., Brunner, E., Marmot, M.

STUDY OBJECTIVES: (1) To identify behavioural and biological correlates of poor physical functioning and (2) to determine whether such associations are independent of disease. DESIGN: Potential...