Effects of job strain on fatigue: cross-sectional and prospective views of the job content questionnaire and effort–reward imbalance in the GAZEL cohort

Esta investigación identificó la prevalencia de factores psicosociales laborales (FPL), medidos con el JCQ (Job Content Questionnaire) y el ERI (Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire), en profesores escolares de colegios privados en Bogotá; se evaluó la relación entre estos FPL con salud mental y presión arterial. El estudio fue transversal y correlacional. 252 maestros contestaron los cuestionarios JCQ y ERI y el Cuestionario General de Salud de Goldberg. La presión arterial se midió usando monitores digitales de muñeca. La participación fue voluntaria y anónima. Los resultados mostraron relaciones significativas entre la tensión laboral y el desbalance esfuerzo-recompensa con la salud mental pero no con la presión arterial en el grupo completo. Los análisis separados entre hombres y mujeres señalaron algunas relaciones significativas. Los resultados confirman una asociación entre FPL negativos en el contexto laboral de los maestros y su salud mental.

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Marginalised Medical Officers; Do We Care?

International Journal of Human and Health Sciences (IJHHS) ◽

10.31344/ijhhs.v0i0.168 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 50

Author(s):

Ahmad Zulfahmi Mohd Kamaruzaman ◽

Mohd Ismail Ibrahim ◽

Anees Abdul Hamid

Keyword(s):

Job Strain ◽

Supervisor Support ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Decision Latitude ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Job Content Questionnaire ◽

Health Clinics ◽

Job Content ◽

Psychological Demands

Introduction: Medical officers are responsible to give health services to population. Ironically, they also suffer from unhealthy consequences in the mould of job strain.Objective: Thus, the main aim of this study is to determine the job strain among medical officers in health clinics (HCs), Kelantan and its associated factors.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of the prevalence and risk factors of job strain among medical officers in HCs. The study was conducted between January and April 2019 using simple random sampling involving a total number of 232 medical officers. The selected medical officers were given the Malay version of validated Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) in order to investigate job strain. There were three components investigated and two of them; decision latitude and psychological demands were applied to define job strain. The median score was utilized as the cut-off point to separate high and low result of the data. High psychological demand with concurrent low decision latitude resulted in high job strain. The last component investigated was social support (co-worker and supervisor support). The data were presented descriptively and logistic regression was used to find the association for the job strain.Results: The prevalence of high job strain among medical officers serving in HCs, Kelantan was 22.4 percent. Supervisor support was significantly associated with job strain.Conclusion: A high proportion of medical officers in HCs suffered high job strain. Supervisor support proved to be substantial in relieving job strain.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Supplementary Issue: 2019 Page: 50

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Work stress on rise? Comparative analysis of trends in work stressors using the European working conditions survey

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health ◽

10.1007/s00420-020-01593-8 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

M. Rigó ◽

N. Dragano ◽

M. Wahrendorf ◽

J. Siegrist ◽

T. Lunau

Keyword(s):

Work Stress ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Job Strain ◽

Work Stressors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

European Working ◽

Effort Reward Imbalance ◽

European Working Conditions Survey ◽

Reward Imbalance ◽

Stress At Work

Abstract Objective The rapid transformation of labor markets has been accompanied by the belief of rising stress at work. However, empirical evidence on such trends based on reliable survey data is scarce. This study analyzes long-term trends in well-established measures of work stressors across Europe, as well as potential occupational differences. Methods We use repeated cross-sectional data of 15 European countries from waves 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015 of the European Working Conditions Surveys. We apply three-way multilevel regressions (with employees nested in country-years, which are in turn nested in countries) to analyze trends in work stressors measured according to the demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models. Trends by occupational groups are also assessed. Results Our findings suggest that work stress generally increased from 1995 to 2015, and that the increase was mostly driven by psychological demands. People working in lower-skilled occupations had generally higher levels of job strain and effort-reward imbalance, as well as they tend to have a steeper increase in job strain than people working in higher-skilled occupations. Most of the change occurred from 1995 to 2005. Conclusion Our results indicate that work stress has been on rise since 1995, specifically for people working in disadvantageous occupations. This directs the attention to the vulnerable position of the least skilled and also to the use of preventive measures to counteract some of the disadvantages experienced by this occupational group.

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Insatisfação com o trabalho, aspectos psicossociais, satisfação pessoal e saúde mental de trabalhadores e trabalhadoras da saúde

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/0102-311x00246320 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 37 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Camila Carvalho de Sousa ◽

Tânia Maria de Araújo ◽

Iracema Lua ◽

Mariana Rabelo Gomes ◽

Kátia Santana Freitas

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

World Health ◽

World Health Organization Quality ◽

Job Content Questionnaire ◽

Effort Reward Imbalance ◽

Reward Imbalance ◽

Organization Quality ◽

Health Organization ◽

Job Content

Resumo: O objetivo foi avaliar a relação da insatisfação no trabalho e ocorrência de transtornos mentais comuns (TMC), considerando os aspectos psicossociais do trabalho e a satisfação pessoal (SAP). Estudo transversal, em amostra de 3.084 trabalhadores/as de saúde de cinco municípios baianos. Empregou-se análise de modelagem de equações estruturais, estratificada por gênero. A insatisfação com o trabalho foi a variável de exposição principal. Os TMC, variável desfecho, foram avaliados pelo Self-Reporting Questionaire (SRQ-20). Satisfação pessoal, avaliada por questões do World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL), e os aspectos psicossociais estressores (AE) e protetores (AP), mensurados pelo Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) e pela escala Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI), foram tratadas como variáveis latentes. A insatisfação com o trabalho associou-se positivamente aos TMC, entre homens (0,160; IC95%: 0,024; 0,295) e mulheres (0,198; IC95%: 0,135; 0,260). Os AE associaram-se positivamente à insatisfação com o trabalho e aos TMC, enquanto os AP associaram-se negativamente a esses dois eventos, entre homens e mulheres. A insatisfação com o trabalho mediou o efeito dos aspectos psicossociais e da SAP na ocorrência de TMC. O modelo final apresentou bom ajuste nos grupos analisados. Elevada insatisfação, presença de aspectos psicossociais estressores, carência de aspectos protetores e insatisfação pessoal associaram-se aos TMC direta ou indiretamente. Os resultados reforçam a necessidade de ações voltadas à proteção da saúde mental no trabalho em saúde com o redesenho dos aspectos nocivos identificados e fortalecimento dos aspectos associados à menor ocorrência de TMC.

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