Effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment in employees in a Norwegian municipality: a cross sectional study

Lau, Bjørn

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“…Among them, two studies examined back and neck pain separately and showed that the association with effort-reward imbalance was stronger for neck pain than for back pain 17,21) . Other studies showed an association of effort-reward imbalance with shoulder pain 8) , upper extremity pain 9) , neck/upper-extremity injury 17) , low back and neck injury 21) and musculoskeletal symptoms (nonspecified) 19,23) . Our results among men are in agreement with these studies, except for upper extremity symptoms that did not display any association with effortreward imbalance in our study.…”

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“…Studies exploring the association between this conceptual model and musculoskeletal disorders are still lacking. Some studies have suggested that effort-reward imbalance and/or overcommitment may be associated with musculoskeletal pain in various working groups, including hotel room cleaners 8) , hospital workers 17) , nurses 18) , call center computer operators 9) , transport employees [19][20][21] , dental technicians 22) and public sector employees 23) . The objectives of this study were to explore the associations between biomechanical and psychosocial work factors and musculoskeletal symptoms in a sample of vineyard workers using a validated instrument for measuring effort-reward imbalance model and biomechanical factors relevant to this population.…”

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“…In our study, an association of overcommitment was observed with back pain for both genders and with upper extremity pain for men. Two previous studies showed that overcommitment was associated with neck, hip and lower extremity pain 20) and musculoskeletal symptoms (nonspecified) 23) . In our study, we found no significant interaction between effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment in association with back pain among men, suggesting that the effect of effortreward imbalance may not be different between workers with high and low overcommitment.…”

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Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Vineyard Workers

Bernard

Courouve

Bouée

et al. 2011

Journal of Occupational Health

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Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms amongVineyard Workers: Christophe Bernard, et al. CCMSA, France-Objectives: This study explored the associations between biomechanical and psychosocial work factors and musculoskeletal symptoms in vineyard workers. Methods: This crosssectional study was based on a random sample of 2,824 male and 1,123 female vineyard workers in France. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Neck/shoulder, back and upper and lower extremity symptoms were evaluated using the Nordic questionnaire. Biomechanical exposures included 15 tasks related to vineyard activities. Psychosocial work factors included effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment, measured using the effort-reward imbalance model, and low job control and insufficient material means. Statistical analysis was performed using logistic regression analysis, and the results were adjusted for age, body mass index, educational level, work status and years in vineyard. Results: Pruning-related factors increased the risk of upper extremity pain for both genders, of back pain for men and of neck/shoulder and lower extremity pain for women. Driving increased the risk of neck/shoulder and back pain among men. Psychosocial work factors, which were insufficient material means, overcommitment (both genders), effort-reward imbalance (men) and low j o b c o n t r o l ( w o m e n ) , w e r e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h musculoskeletal symptoms, back and upper extremity pain for both genders and neck/shoulder and lower extremity pain for men. Conclusions: These results underlined that both biomechanical and psychosocial work factors may play a role in musculoskeletal pain among vineyard workers. Prevention policies focusing on both biomechanical and psychosocial work exposures may be useful to prevent musculoskeletal symptoms. (J Occup Health 2011; 53: 297-311) Key words: Biomechanical exposures, Musculoskeletal symptoms, Psychosocial work factors, Vineyard workers Musculoskeletal symptoms are considered to be a major occupational health issue especially among blue collar and service workers. The prevalence of these symptoms may be high, as the prevalence of back or neck/shoulder pain may be up to 40% 1) and often more in some sectors of work. These disorders lead to high human, social and economic costs (health care, disability, sickness absence, early retirement, etc.) [2][3][4] . In addition, musculoskeletal disorders are one of the leading occupational diseases in France and in many other industrialized countries. The etiology of these disorders is probably multifactorial and involves both biomechanical and psychosocial work exposures. However, whereas biomechanical factors are recognized as well-known risk factors, the etiological role of psychosocial work factors may be more controversial, as showed in literature reviews that provided little evidence for this role [5][6][7] . These reviews also underlined the lack of adjustment for biomechanical factors in the published s...

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Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Vineyard Workers

Bernard

Courouve

Bouée

et al. 2011

Journal of Occupational Health

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“…En terminant, notons que certaines études empiriques confirment la contribution de ce modèle vis-à-vis de la détresse psychologique (Calnan et al, 2004;Dragano et al, 2008;Lau, 2008;Li et al, 2006 (Stansfeld et al, 1999;Van Vegchel et al, 2001). Par ailleurs, le fait que ce modèle soit relativement récent explique le peu d'étude ayant été en mesure de le supporter.…”

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Une étude sur le rôle modérateur des traits de personnalité sur la relation entre les conditions de l’organisation du travail et la détresse psychologique

Parent-Lamarche

Marchand

2010

Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations

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“…This tracking instrument, designed by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the United States, aim to identify depressive mood in population studies. It measures the presence of current depressive symptoms, with an emphasis on the affective component and depressive mood 17 . The CES-D scale was validated in different populations 21,22 and used in several countries such as Germany 8 , Japan 9 , Holland 23 , Luxemburg 24 and Brazil…”

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Depressão em trabalhadores de linhas elétricas de alta tensão

Souza

Carvalho

Araújo

et al. 2012

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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Objective: To investigate the association between effort-reward imbalance and depressive symptoms among workers in high voltage power lines. Methods: A crosssectional study among 158 workers from an electric power company in Northeast Brazil. The main independent variables were the Effort-Reward Imbalance Model (ERI) dimensions and the main dependent variable was the prevalence of depression, as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. Data were analyzed by multiple logistic regression techniques. Results: The group of low reward workers presented a depression prevalence rate 6.2 times greater than those in the high reward group. The depression prevalence rate was 3.3 greater in workers in the situation of imbalanced effort-reward than in those in effort-reward equilibrium. Conclusions: The prevalence of depression was strongly associated with psychosocial factors present in the work of electricity workers.

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Effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment in employees in a Norwegian municipality: a cross sectional study

Abstract: Background: The aim of this study was to validate a Norwegian version of the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERI-Q).

Cited by 66 publications

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Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Vineyard Workers

Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Vineyard Workers

Une étude sur le rôle modérateur des traits de personnalité sur la relation entre les conditions de l’organisation du travail et la détresse psychologique

Depressão em trabalhadores de linhas elétricas de alta tensão

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