A Comparison Between Job Stress and Insulin Resistance Among the Hospital Medical Staff

Background]one of the important risk factors for insulin resistance is stress and a major source of stress is job stress.[objectives]the current study aimed to determine the relationship between job stress score and insulin resistance among medical staff of the imam reza hospital, tehran, iran[methods]the current descriptive crosssectional study was performed on 97 medical staff of imam reza hospital, tehran, iran. the osipow questionnaire was used to assess the level of occupational stress. insulin resistance was calculated according to the formula: fasting insulin (microu/l) × fasting glucose.[results]there was no significant difference in insulin resistance among the hospital staff. job stress was significantly higher in the intensive care unit staff than the staff of other departments (p lt; 0.01). there was a significant positive correlation between insulin resistance and age, but there was no significant correlation between insulin resistance with body mass index (bmi) and stress score.[conclusions]the intensive care unit (icu) staff was exposed to more stress than the staff of other departments. but there was no relationship between job stress and insulin resistance among hospital staff. further studies are needed to evaluate the relationship between job stress and insulin resistance.