Relationship Between All-Cause Mortality and Cumulative Working Life Course Psychosocial and Physical Exposures in the United States Labor Market From 1968 to 1992

Amick, Benjamin C.; McDonough, Peggy; Chang, Hong; Rogers, William H.; Pieper, Carl F.; Duncan, Greg J.

doi:10.1097/00006842-200205000-00002

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“…Work overload and social climate were associated with it, whereas job control was related to the illness-based health indicators. Stress symptoms have been shown also earlier to be associated with work overload (43), whereas job control has predicted health and mortality (10,11). The magnitude of the associations between stressors and stress outcomes has displayed replicable patterns in research results in that stressors have correlated moderately with symptom checklists reflecting dysphoria and poorly with somatic symptoms (9).…”

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Validity of a single-item measure of stress symptoms

Elo¹,

Leppänen²,

Jahkola³

2003

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Objectives The objective of the study was to investigate the content, criterion, and construct validity of a singleitem measure of stress symptoms. Such a concise measure would be useful in monitoring stress at work. The criteria for validity were convergence with conceptionally close measures, the plausibility of associations with health and work characteristics, and the power to discriminate between groups.Methods Four sets of independent cross-sectional data were used. The first data set, from Finland Post, comprised symptoms of ill health and mental resources (N=1014). The second, from four Nordic countries, included well-known validated scales on exhaustion, mental health, sleep, vitality, and optimism, and therefore the convergence between the measures could be studied (N=1015). The third, from a metal factory, included three indicators of health and four work characteristics (N=773). The fourth, representing the Finnish working population, described group differences in stress symptoms (N=2156) and allowed comparison with a study on emotional exhaustion in the working population. Distributions, correlations, and factor analysis were used for the study. ResultsThe stress-symptoms item converged with items on psychological symptoms and sleep disturbances and with validated measures of well-being. It had theoretically grounded associations with indicators of health and psychosocial work characteristics, and it discriminated between gender and age groups and industrial branches in accordance with the validated emotional exhaustion scale. ConclusionsThe stress-symptoms item showed satisfactory content, criterion, and construct validity for grouplevel analysis. It is suggested that the longer scales used to measure psychological stress can be replaced with it in survey research.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Validity of a single-item measure of stress symptoms

Elo¹,

Leppänen²,

Jahkola³

2003

Scand J Work Environ Health

652

502

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“…Possible work strain and discomfort experienced during the work career tends to be reflected in work ability (37) and other health-related outcomes (1)(2) in the long run. Work ability declines as employees age (21, 38) especially among women.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Baseline characteristics, work ability, and work strain (percentages unless stated otherwise). [Superscripts (1,2,3) (eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma), and metabolic diseases (eg, diabetes and obesity). Lifestyle factors such as smoking (never smoked or ever smoked), alcohol consumption (never, twice a month at most, or at least once a week), and physical activity during previous year (inactive, moderate activity once a week at most, or vigorous activity at least once a week) were also raised in the questionnaires.…”

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Work strain in midlife and 28-year work ability trajectories

Bonsdorff¹,

Kokko²,

Seitsamo³

et al. 2011

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…Work and health research has considered the independent contributions of exposures and transitions. Although some research has sought to accumulate exposures to define health outcome/disease risk (10,34), research on cumulative labor market and health advantage over the working life course is sparse (14).…”

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Labor markets and health: an integrated life course perspective

Amick¹,

McLeod²,

Bültmann³

2016

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Integrating a life course perspective into work and health research leads to a new approach to conceptualizing research questions that: (1) account for prior non-work and health states and significant life transitions; (2) offer a new work and health nomenclature reflecting transitions, experiences, trajectories, and context; and, (3) place a primary research focus on labor markets and health trajectories.Affiliation:

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Relationship Between All-Cause Mortality and Cumulative Working Life Course Psychosocial and Physical Exposures in the United States Labor Market From 1968 to 1992

Cited by 147 publications

References 33 publications

Validity of a single-item measure of stress symptoms

Validity of a single-item measure of stress symptoms

Work strain in midlife and 28-year work ability trajectories

Labor markets and health: an integrated life course perspective

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