Psychosocial work environment of hospital workers: Validation of a comprehensive assessment scale

Aust, Birgit; Rugulies, Reiner; Skakon, Janne; Scherzer, Teresa; Jensen, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.01.008

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“…The scales on quality of leadership and on social support from supervisors had substantially more missing values than the other scales, because they could only be answered by employees with superiors. A detailed description of the COPSOQ I and COPSOQ II scales and their psychometric properties have been published elsewhere [1,2,14,15], including the article by Pejtersen et al in this special issue [1].…”

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Do psychosocial work environment factors measured with scales from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire predict register-based sickness absence of 3 weeks or more in Denmark?

Rugulies

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Pejtersen

2009

Scand J Public Health

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Aims: To analyse the predictive validity of 18 psychosocial work environment scales from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire version II (COPSOQ II) with regard to risk of sickness absence. Methods: The study population consisted of 3188 wage earners (52% women) from a representative sample of Danish residents. Participants received the long version of the COPSOQ II in autumn and winter [2004][2005], including 18 psychosocial work environment scales from the domains ''Demands at work'', ''Work organization and job contents'', and ''Interpersonal relations and leadership''. The study endpoint was register-based sickness absence of 3 weeks or more in the 1-year period following completion of the COPSOQ II. Associations between COPSOQ scales at baseline and sickness absence at follow-up were analysed with Cox proportional hazards models, adjusted for age, gender, prevalence of a health problem at baseline, and occupational grade. Results: Sickness absence during follow-up was predicted by a one standard deviation increase on the scales of cognitive demands (hazard ratio (HR) 1.17, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00-1.37), emotional demands (HR 1.28, 95% CI 1.10-1.50), and role conflicts (HR 1.32, 95% CI 1.15-1.52). After applying adjustment for multiple testing, the effect of emotional demands and of role conflict remained statistically significant, but not the effect of cognitive demands. Conclusions: Selected psychosocial work environment factors from the COPSOQ predict register-based sickness absence in the Danish workforce.

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Do psychosocial work environment factors measured with scales from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire predict register-based sickness absence of 3 weeks or more in Denmark?

Rugulies

Aust

Pejtersen

2009

Scand J Public Health

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“…For example, the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire contains additional constructs, such as demand for hiding emotions and meaningfulness of work, which may offer a more comprehensive measurement of the psychosocial work environment of hospital workers Aust et al, 2006]. Others as well have argued that job demands, as defined in the original model, may not fully capture the complexities of working with patients or clients in health care settings [de Jonge et al, 1999;Polanyi and Tompa, 2004].…”

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The association of socioeconomic status and psychosocial and physical workplace factors with musculoskeletal injury in hospital workers

Gillen

Yen

Trupin

et al. 2007

American J Industrial Med

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“…Current studies on the work situation in nursing are based on the dominant work-related psychosocial models, and on a wide range of interpersonal relationships and the interaction between physical and psychosocial working conditions and MSDs [3,11,14,15]. Nursing is considered as physically and psychologically demanding, and as a risk factor for MSDs [7,8,16].…”

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Musculoskeletal Disorders and Working Conditions Among Iranian Nursing Personnel

Arsalani

Fallahi-Khoshknab

Josephson

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International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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Psychosocial work environment of hospital workers: Validation of a comprehensive assessment scale

Abstract: The Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire is a suitable instrument to measure the psychosocial work environment of hospital workers. The comprehensive assessment of the psychosocial work environment helps tailoring interventions to the specific needs of different occupational groups.

Cited by 55 publications

References 49 publications

Do psychosocial work environment factors measured with scales from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire predict register-based sickness absence of 3 weeks or more in Denmark?

Do psychosocial work environment factors measured with scales from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire predict register-based sickness absence of 3 weeks or more in Denmark?

The association of socioeconomic status and psychosocial and physical workplace factors with musculoskeletal injury in hospital workers

Musculoskeletal Disorders and Working Conditions Among Iranian Nursing Personnel

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