scholarly journals Marginalised Medical Officers; Do We Care?

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

Validation of the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire to Measure Job Strain in Vietnam

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Giang Hoang ◽  
Marc Corbière ◽  
Alessia Negrini ◽  
Minh Khuê Pham ◽  
Daniel Reinharz
Keyword(s):  
Health Personnel ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Work Absence ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Job Content Questionnaire ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Job Content ◽  
Support At Work ◽  
Skill Discretion ◽  
Psychological Demands

The objective of this study was to validate the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire in Vietnamese. A translation/back-translation of the questionnaire was performed prior to its administration to 344 health personnel in Vietnam. Several psychometric properties of the Vietnamese version of the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire were assessed. A valid Vietnamese version of the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire was produced, composed of five subscales based on the original theoretical model: Psychological demands, Social support at work, Decision latitude-Autonomy, Decision latitude—Authority, and Skill discretion. Internal consistency and reliability coefficients for each subscale of the questionnaire were satisfactory. The correlations with depression and work absence indicators were weak but statistically significant, as expected. The Vietnamese version of the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire will help Vietnamese researchers and clinicians appropriately evaluate and document the job strain of workers in Vietnamese workplaces.

scholarly journals Moderating Role of Social Support on the Relationship Between Job Demand and Presenteeism

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Helen Shimabuku ◽  
Helenides Mendonça
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Job Content Questionnaire ◽  
The Face ◽  
Job Content ◽  
Psychological Demands

Abstract The pressures of contemporaneity and the increase of unemployment cause employees to attend work when sick, becoming presenteeist. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of psychological demands on presenteeism, considering the support of the bosses and the control of work as moderators of this relationship. A quantitative cross-sectional study was developed at a Public Institution of Higher Education. 204 technical-administrative servants who responded to the Stanford Presenteeism Scale - SPS6 and the Job Content Questionnaire - JCQ participated in the study. The results indicate that the greater the support of the boss and the control that the employee has of his/her work the less the presenteeism, even in the face of high psychological demands of the work. This study contributes to the investigation of organizational antecedents (demands of work and social support) and personal (control) of presenteeism.

Job Strain and its Associated Factors among Lecturers in the School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.Z. Huda ◽  
B.N. Rusli ◽  
L. Naing ◽  
T. Winn ◽  
M.A. Tengku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Stressors ◽  
Medical Faculties ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Job Content

A cross-sectional study to assess job strain and its associated factors among lecturers of the School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) was undertaken between August 2001 and May 2002. The original English version of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) version 1.7 (revised 1997) by Robert Karasek based on the Job Strain Model was self-administered to 73 (response rate 58.4%) and 80 (response rate 41.7%) lecturers in the medical faculties of USM and UKM respectively. The prevalence of job strain (defined by low decision latitude and high psychological demand) in USM and UKM was 23.3% and 17.5%, respectively; the difference was not significant ( p ≥ 0.05). Analysis showed that the associated factors of job strain in USM lecturers were psychological stressors (adjusted OR 1.2, 95% CI: 1.0, 1.4), created skill (adjusted OR 0.4, 95% CI: 0.2, 0.8), working in clinical-based departments (adjusted OR 18.9, 95% CI:1.6, 22.7). The risk factors of job strain in UKM lecturers were created skill (adjusted OR 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1, 0.9), psychological stressors (adjusted OR 1.2, 95% CI: 1.0,1.5) and co-worker support (adjusted OR 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1, 0.9). We conclude psychological stressors and created skill were non-protective and protective, respectively, against job strain in both USM and UKM lecturers. Asia Pac JPublic Health 2004; 16(1): 32- 40.

scholarly journals Sources and Reactions to Stress in Brazilian Lawyers

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (57) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria de Fátima Antunes Alves Costa ◽  
Maria Cristina Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Job Content Questionnaire ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Psychosomatic Problems ◽  
Work Social Support ◽  
Job Content ◽  
Psychological Demands

Job stress can negatively affect the health of employees. As such, the investigation of its characteristics in different professional categories is relevant. The aim in this study was to analyze the predictive power of seven stressors (decision latitude, psychological demands at work, physical demands at work, social support from colleagues, ergonomic stressors, relationships with clients, job insecurity) for job dissatisfaction, depression and psychosomatic problems in a sample of 702 Brazilian lawyers. The data were collected using a Brazilian version of the Job Content Questionnaire(JCQ). The results showed that decision latitude and social support were the main negative predictors of stress, while psychological demands and job insecurity were its main positive predictors. These results are discussed in the light of the demand-support-control model, which was used as a framework for the research.

scholarly journals Job strain and supervisor support in primary care health centres and glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. e002297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Koponen ◽  
Jussi Vahtera ◽  
Janne Pitkäniemi ◽  
Marianna Virtanen ◽  
Jaana Pentti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Care Health ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Care Health

scholarly journals Effects of Psychosocial Strain on Back Symptoms in Tehran General Hospital Nursing Personnel

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Golabadi ◽  
Mirsaeed Attarchi ◽  
Saeed Raeisi ◽  
Mohamad Namvar
Keyword(s):  
High Strain ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Nursing Personnel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hospital Nursing ◽  
Job Content ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
Passive Group

Abstract Nursing is a stressful and highly demanding job. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between psychosocial job strain and the prevalence of back symptoms in nursing personnel using the demand-control model. In a cross-sectional study, 545 nursing professionals answered to a self-administered questionnaire on demography, job content, and lower and upper back symptoms (LBS and UBS, respectively). Based on their answers, the participants were grouped as follows: low strain, high strain, active job, and passive job. The groups were compared in regard to the prevalence of LBS and UBS (totalling 58.5 % and 47.9 %, respectively) over the past 12 months. We found no association between job control and back symptoms, but participants with high psychosocial job demands showed greater risk of LBS (OR=1.57 and p=0.014) and UBS (OR=1.73 and p=0.005) than those with low job demands. LBS in the low strain, high strain, and active job groups was more prevalent than in the passive group (OR=1.64, OR=2.49 and OR=1.90, respectively; p≤0.05). In addition, the high strain group showed greater prevalence of UBS than the passive group (OR=1.82 and p=0.019). Our study suggests that psychosocial job strain, high psychosocial demands in particular, may be associated with greater prevalence of back symptoms in nursing personnel. Our findings may help to design preventive measures that would lower the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in this profession.

scholarly journals Perceived stress is related to lower blood pressure in a Swedish cohort

2021 ◽  
pp. 140349482110303
Author(s):  
Maud Miguet ◽  
Gaia Olivo ◽  
Diana-Maria Ciuculete ◽  
Sölve Elmståhl ◽  
Lars Lind ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Psychosocial Stress ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Job Demand ◽  
General Stress

Aims: General psychosocial stress and job strain have been related to blood pressure (BP) with conflicting results. This study sought to explore the contribution of several lifestyle factors in the relation between general psychosocial stress, job strain and BP. Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated the association of general stress and job strain with systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP in a sample of 9441 employed individuals from the EpiHealth cohort. General stress was measured by the Perceived Stress Scale. Job strain was assessed with the Job Content Questionnaire, assessing two dimensions of job strain: psychological job demand and decision latitude. Linear regression and sensitivity analysis were performed. Results: At the uncorrected model, general stress, job demand and decision latitude were all inversely associated with SBP. After further adjustment for lifestyle and health parameters, only general stress was associated with SPB (β coefficient: −0.103; 95% confidence interval −0.182 to 0.023). Conclusions: General stress is associated with lower SBP independently of lifestyle in middle-aged adults. Our findings point towards a major contribution for job-unrelated stressors in determining SBP and support the pivotal role of lifestyle behaviours and health status in modulating the effect of stress on BP, calling for a careful selection of confounders.

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