scholarly journals The Psychosocial Work Environment and Perceived Stress among Seniors with Physically Demanding Jobs: The SeniorWorkingLife Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7437
Author(s):  
Jonas Vinstrup ◽  
Annette Meng ◽  
Emil Sundstrup ◽  
Lars L. Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Collegial Support ◽  
Increased Risk

Background: Poor psychosocial work conditions are known to foster negative health consequences. While the existing literature on this topic focus mainly on white-collar workers, the influence of different aspects of the psychosocial work environment in physically demanding jobs remain understudied. Likewise, senior workers represent a population of the workforce at increased risk of adverse health outcomes and premature exit from the labour market. This study investigates the association between psychosocial work factors and perceived stress among the senior work force. Methods: Utilizing cross-sectional findings, this study reports associations between psychosocial factors (organizational justice, cooperation and collegial support, decision latitude, clarity of tasks, and quality of leadership) and the outcome of perceived stress quantified by Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS). Currently employed senior workers with physically demanding jobs were included in the analyses (n = 3386). Associations were modeled using general linear models with weights to make the estimates representative. Results: For all individually adjusted psychosocial variables, the category of “good” was consistently associated with lower stress scores compared to the categories of both “moderate” and “poor” (all p < 0.0001). Likewise, in the mutually adjusted analysis, the category of “good” was statistically different from “poor” for all included variables, while the category of “moderate” remained different from “poor” for “clarity of tasks”, “cooperation and collegial support”, and “decision latitude”. Conclusions: Among senior workers with physically demanding jobs, poor ratings of organizational factors related to the psychosocial work environment are consistently associated with high stress scores. Blue-collar occupations focusing primarily on physical risk factors are recommended to increase awareness on psychosocial aspects that may be relevant to the local work environment.

scholarly journals Measurement of the Psychosocial Work Environment in Spanish: Validation of the Psychosocial Factors Questionnaire 75 (PSF-Q75) to Capture Demands and Resources at Different Levels of Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hector P. Madrid ◽  
Cristian A. Vasquez ◽  
Malcolm Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Spanish Validation ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Different Levels

The psychological work environment is composed of both stressful and motivational work conditions at different levels of analysis. However, most relevant theory and research lack an integrative conceptualization and appropriate instrumentation to account for this work context structure. These limitations are particularly present in non-mainstream populations, such as the Spanish community of researchers and practitioners. In this study, based on the job demands–resources model, we present an updated conceptualization in which stressful and motivational psychosocial factors are integrated and defined at the job, the group, and the organizational level of analysis into a single conceptualization. Furthermore, derived from this conceptualization, we present a study of the development and validation of a questionnaire to account for the psychosocial work environment in Spanish, labeled Psychosocial Factors Questionnaire 75 (PSF-Q75), which provides measures for 23 different psychosocial factors. The results of this study supported the questionnaire’s construct, convergent, divergent, and predictive validity, together with its reliability. Thus, this conceptualization and questionnaire provides researchers and partitioners with a more comprehensive approach to the assessment of the psychosocial work environment and promises benefits for interventions in the workplace.

scholarly journals O6C.4 The relationship between the demand-control model and incident cardiovascular disease in ontario canada. A linked analysis of 12,358 workers

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A56.3-A57
Author(s):  
Peter Smith
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Control Model ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
High Control ◽  
Demand Control ◽  
The Relationship

Dimensions of the demand-control psychosocial work environment model have previously been linked increased incidence of both diabetes and hypertension in Canada. However, few investigations in Canada have examined the relationship between the demand-control model and cardiovascular disease.We linked Ontario respondents to the 2000, 2002 and 2003 cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey, to administrative health care and hospitalisation databases to identify incident cases of cardiovascular disease over a 15 years follow-up period. Our sample included employed labour market respondents, aged 35 and older, working 15 or more hours per week, with information on the psychosocial work environment, and who were free of heart disease at baseline (n=12,358). The demand-control model was defined based on median splits (active, passive, low strain and high strain), although models using the mid-population approach and the ratio of control to demands were also examined.Over the study period 507 incident cardiovascular events occurred. The incidence was higher among men (5.5%) compared to women (2.6%). No statistically significant differences were observed across the four different demand-control categories in the full sample. In stratified analysis, passive work environments (low control and low demands) and low-strain environments (high control and low demands) were associated with increased risk of heart disease (HR=1.94, 95% CI 0.99–3.81; HR=2.06, 95% CI 1.01–4.17), compared to active work (high demands and high control) among women. No similar relationship was observed among men.Among a representative sample of Ontario workers, high strain work environments were not associated with increased risk of heart disease. Passive and low strain environments (both characterised by low psychological demands) were associated with increased risk of heart disease among women, but not men. Implications of these findings for assessment of the psychosocial work environment in Canada will be discussed.

For better or for worse? Psychosocial work environment and direct participation practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 78-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Llorens ◽  
Albert Navarro ◽  
Sergio Salas ◽  
Mireia Utzet ◽  
Salvador Moncada
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Direct Participation

Improving the psychosocial work environment

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 655-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Lavoie-Tremblay ◽  
Renee Bourbonnais ◽  
Chantal Viens ◽  
Michel Vezina ◽  
Pierre J. Durand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work

scholarly journals Mid-life psychosocial work environment as a predictor of work exit by age 50

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. e0195495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Stansfeld ◽  
Ewan Carr ◽  
Melanie Smuk ◽  
Charlotte Clark ◽  
Emily Murray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document