Causes and Consequences of Occupational Fatigue

Techera, Ulises; Hallowell, Matthew R.; Stambaugh, Nathan; Littlejohn, Ray

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“…We tested whether participants' work characteristics changed throughout the intervention period, since work-related fatigue is closely related to work (4). No significant change in work characteristics was observed.…”

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“…Its more extreme manifestation, "burnout" is, at least partly, the result of prolonged work-related stress, resulting from excessive workload, time pressure, or organizational change (3,4). Negative consequences for employees include impaired cognitive functioning, reduced productivity at work, and health problems such as depression and cardiovascular diseases (4)(5)(6).…”

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Exercise to reduce work-related fatigue among employees: a randomized controlled trial

Vries

Hooff²,

Geurts³

et al. 2017

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Exercise to reduce work-related fatigue among employees: a randomized controlled trial by de Vries JD, van Hooff MLM, Geurts SAE, Kompier MAJ This study shows that exercise has the potential to serve as a relatively simple and inexpensive secondary prevention strategy to improve (long-term) well-being among employees experiencing high work-related fatigue. The extent to which the exercise intervention under study caused beneficial effects in work-related fatigue depended on participants' compliance, underlining the challenge of implementing exercise interventions in practice among fatigued employees. Affiliation 337Original article Scand J Work Environ Health. 2017;43(4):337-349. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3634 Exercise to reduce work-related fatigue among employees: a randomized controlled trial Objectives The present study evaluated the efficacy of an exercise intervention to reduce work-related fatigue (emotional exhaustion, overall fatigue, and need for recovery). The effects of exercise on self-efficacy, sleep, work ability, cognitive functioning and aerobic fitness (secondary outcomes) were also investigated.Methods Employees with high levels of work-related fatigue were randomly assigned to either a 6-week exercise intervention (EI; N=49) or a wait-list control group (WLC; N=47). All participants were measured pre-(T0) and post-intervention (T1). EI participants were also measured 6 (T2) and 12 weeks (T3) after the end of the intervention. Analyses were based on intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP). PP analyses only included EI participants (N=31) who completed the intervention and WLC participants (N= 35) who did not increase their exercise level during the wait period.Results Analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed that, at T1, the EI group reported lower emotional exhaustion and overall fatigue than the WLC group, however, only according to PP analyses. Both according to ITT and PP analyses, EI participants showed higher sleep quality, work ability, and self-reported cognitive functioning at T1 compared to WLC participants. Intervention effects were maintained at T2 and T3. ConclusionsThe exercise intervention had enduring effects on work-related fatigue and broader indicators of employee well-being. This study demonstrates that, in case of work-related fatigue, exercise does constitute a powerful medicine for those who comply with the treatment.

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Exercise to reduce work-related fatigue among employees: a randomized controlled trial

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Hooff²,

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Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…As expected, lower job demands and higher job control were associated with higher subjective sleep satisfaction, while sleep satisfaction again attenuated the relation between job demands, job control and fatigue suggesting that a potential effect of these factors on fatigue is partly mediated by sleep quality. Associations between sleep deprivation/poor sleep quality and higher levels of fatigue have been recognised in other types of seafaring than ferry shipping [11,21] and in other occupational branches [3,24]. In a prospective study examining the causal direction of longitudinal relations between job demands, job control, sleep quality and fatigue among blue-and white-collar workers, higher demands over time were related to increased sleep complaints, while higher levels of job control led to fewer complaints [23].…”

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“…In contrast, the role of specific work tasks and working conditions, including the physical and psychosocial working environment has been investigated by too few studies to provide any conclusive evidence [21]. However, these factors have been consistently linked to fatigue in onshore working populations [18,[23][24][25].…”

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Is physical and psychological work stress associated with fatigue in Danish ferry ship employees?

Dohrmann

Herttua

Leppin

2020

International Maritime Health

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Background: Fatigue is a recognised risk factor for safety in seafaring. While always dangerous, fatigue in ferry shipping is especially hazardous as it may jeopardise passengers' safety. To counteract fatigue, knowledge on its determinants is important. Little, however, is known on the influence from physical and psychosocial work environment factors within ferry shipping. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between work stress in terms of physical stressors, perceived job demands and job control and different dimensions of fatigue among ferry ship employees and to test whether a potential effect of work stress was mediated by sleep satisfaction. Materials and methods: The design was cross-sectional. 193 respondents answered to a self-administered questionnaire including standardised scales, i.e. the Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory and the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire for job demands and control. The association of risk factors with fatigue was determined using hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses. Results: Physical work stressors were positively associated with only one of five fatigue subscales: lack of energy. Higher levels of demands were related to more lack of energy, lack of motivation, physical exertion and sleepiness, while more control was related to lesser lack of energy, lack of motivation and sleepiness. No demand-control interaction was found. Effects of demand and control were partly mediated by sleep satisfaction. Conclusions: Although limited by its cross-sectional design this study provides support for the independent relevance of demands and control for employee fatigue in ferry shipping and for a mediating role of sleep satisfaction. (Int Marit Health 2020; 71, 1: 46-55)

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“…Not-for-profit human service employees working under these circumstances are prevented from (re)arranging job-related activities and/or engaging in timely at-work respites that could limit or prevent the exhaustion of reserve cognitive resources (Park, Jacob, Wagner, & Baiden, 2014). Fewer cognitive surpluses increase perceptions of work-related fatigue, which has been found to impede the effective processing of complex information (Techera, Hallowell, Stambaugh, & Littlejohn, 2016). Impaired information processing, due to greater perceived fatigue at work, is predicted to reduce not-for-profit human service employees' self-belief that larger workloads and tighter time pressures can be successfully managed (Meijman & Mulder, 1998).…”

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Job control's strain‐buffering effects in not‐for‐profit human service agencies: A test of the nonlinear demand‐linear control model

Preston

2018

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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In comparison to their public and for‐profit counterparts, not‐for‐profit employees report experiencing higher work demands. Despite the harmful effects attributed to this important sector difference, few, if any, empirical studies in the not‐for‐profit literature have investigated how job‐related resources, such as control over one's job, help buffer work demands' strain‐inducing impact. The present study fills this important gap in the extant not‐for‐profit literature by testing a recently introduced nonlinear stressor‐strain model on a sample of 363 employees from two different types of not‐for‐profit human service agencies located in the city of New York. As hypothesized, the nonlinear demand by linear control interaction term was statistically and significantly associated with job strain in the predicted direction. Study data not only challenge the linear nature of Karasek's seminal demand‐control model, but are also the first to uncover this unique finding in a sample of not‐for‐profit human service employees. Implications for practice and theory are also discussed.

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Causes and Consequences of Occupational Fatigue

Abstract: Although there is a great deal of occupational fatigue literature, there is a dearth of replication and validations studies. Researchers are also encouraged to address knowledge gaps like the relationship between worker relationships and fatigue.

Cited by 101 publications

References 95 publications

Exercise to reduce work-related fatigue among employees: a randomized controlled trial

Exercise to reduce work-related fatigue among employees: a randomized controlled trial

Is physical and psychological work stress associated with fatigue in Danish ferry ship employees?

Job control's strain‐buffering effects in not‐for‐profit human service agencies: A test of the nonlinear demand‐linear control model

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