2002
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291701005098
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Abstract: Background. Prolonged fatigue has recently attracted attention in occupational (mental) health research since it may lead to sickness absenteeism and work disability. To date, little is known about the role of psychosocial work characteristics in the aetiology of fatigue. In this study we examined prospectively a wide range of psychosocial work characteristics as possible risk factors for the onset of fatigue and psychological distress in the working population.Methods. This study is based on 8833 employees, p… Show more

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“…Previous studies, consistent with our results, have indicated that job insecurity represents an important risk factor for poor health (Bultmann et al 2002;Sverke et al 2002;Rugulies et al 2006). Rugulies et al (2008) investigated whether job insecurity and a poor market for labor could predict a health decline in the Danish workforce.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…Previous studies, consistent with our results, have indicated that job insecurity represents an important risk factor for poor health (Bultmann et al 2002;Sverke et al 2002;Rugulies et al 2006). Rugulies et al (2008) investigated whether job insecurity and a poor market for labor could predict a health decline in the Danish workforce.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…Job demands, inadequate social support, and lack of rewards were related to mental health problems among men, whereas women were more aVected by organizational injustice. Many studies exploring associations between psychological factors at work and health issues have suggested that lower levels of decision-making authority (Stansfeld et al 1999;Wang and Patten 2001), lower levels of decision-making latitude (Niedhammer et al 1998), inadequate social support (Niedhammer et al 1998;Bultmann et al 2002), higher psychological demands (Niedhammer et al 1998;Stansfeld et al 1999;Wang and Patten 2001), eVort-reward imbalances (Stansfeld et al 1998;Pikhart et al 2004;Niedhammer et al 2006), and overcommitment (Li et al 2006) were signiWcantly associated with health problems and diVered with gender (Li et al 2006;Peter et al 2006). A cohort study conducted in a Danish work environment (Rugulies et al 2006), and a study of Japanese employees (Tsutsumi et al 2001) found that job stress was diVerentially related to the occurrence of mental health problems in both men and women.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, results have been inconsistent across studies, especially for the job strain model. Some studies have found effects of job strain on mental health (34), others have not (33,35), and, for some, associations have only been found for specific subscales such as skill discretion (36), job demands, and social support (22). We believe that these inconsistencies could be resolved, and the causal direction could be clarified by a metaanalysis of high-quality prospective studies of workers' perceptions of their work environment and mental health over the last decade.…”
Section: Criticisms Of the Psychosocial Modelmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…High social support (social integration, low isolation) may buffer this effect. In a general population panel study (42) and 3 workplace cohort studies (43)(44)(45) involving a total of more than 30 000 participants, jobs with low autonomy (skill discretion) and those with high demands increased the psychiatric risk by 24% to 63%. Two of these studies used middle-aged respondents from specific industries (the civil service and the gas and electricity sector) (43,44).…”
Section: Social Epidemiologymentioning
confidence: 99%