Reliability and validity of the French version of the 18-item Karasek job content questionnaire

Brisson, Chantal; Blanchette, Caty; Guímont, Chantal; Dion, Guylaine; Moisan, Jocelyne; Vézina, Michel; Dagenais, Gilles R.; Mǎsse, Lousie

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“…Job strain is a combination of psychological demands and decision latitude and was measured with the French version of Karasek's questionnaire (21), for which good psychometric qualities have been demonstrated (22,23). Psychological demands reflect the quantity of work, time constraints, and level of intellectual effort required (nine items, score range 9-36).…”

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Interaction between postural risk factors and job strain on self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among users of video display units: a three-year prospective study

Lapointe¹,

Dionne²,

Brisson³

et al. 2009

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Section: Job Strainmentioning

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Interaction between postural risk factors and job strain on self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among users of video display units: a three-year prospective study

Lapointe¹,

Dionne²,

Brisson³

et al. 2009

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…Psychological demands and decision latitude at work were measured with the Karasek's Job Content Questionnaire [11,48]. The cut-off scores used, 9 for psychological demands and 70 for decision latitude, correspond to the medians among all study subjects and among all workers of the Province of Quebec [23].…”

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Determinants of “return to work in good health” among workers with back pain who consult in primary care settings: a 2-year prospective study

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Many factors have been linked to return to work after a back pain episode, but our understanding of this phenomenon is limited and cross-sectional dichotomous indices of return to work are not valid measures of this construct. To describe the course of ''return to work in good health'' (RWGH-a composite index of back pain outcome) among workers who consulted in primary care settings for back pain and identify its determinants, a 2-year prospective study was conducted. Subjects (n = 1,007, 68.4%) were workers who consulted in primary care settings of the Quebec City area for a nonspecific back pain. They completed five telephone interviews over 2 years (follow-up = 86%). Analyses linking baseline variables with 2-year outcome were conducted with polytomous logistic regression. The proportion of ''success'' in RWGH increased from 18% at 6 weeks to 57% at 2 years. In women, persistent pain, pain radiating to extremities, increasing job seniority, not having a unionized job, feeling that the physician did listen carefully and increasing fear-avoidance beliefs towards work and activity were determinants of ''failure'' in RWGH. In men, decreasing age, cigarette smoking, poor self-reported health status, pain in the thoracic area, previous back surgeries, a non-compensated injury, high pain levels, belief that job is below qualifications, likelihood of losing job, job status, satisfaction with health services and fear-avoidance beliefs towards work were all significant. RWGH among workers with back pain receives multiple influences, especially among men. In both genders, however, fear-avoidance beliefs about work are associated with failure and high self-efficacy is associated with success.

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“…From a methodological point of view, psychosocial work risk factors seem to have long-term stability 28) , especially for a steady state population. Moreover, a time reference is not specified in the JCQ questions, which makes it easy for past working conditions to be reflected in the actual driver's responses thus causing bus drivers to report not only the current psychosocial work environment, but also previous working conditions.…”

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External Validation of Psychological Job Demands in a Bus Driver Sample

Gimeno

Benavides

Mira

et al. 2004

Journal of Occupational Health

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External Validation of Psychological Job Demands in a Bus Driver Sample: David Gimeno, et al. Occupational Health Research Unit. Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain—Psychosocial risk factors have been considered as characteristics of the work environment rather than an individual issue, but their presence in the workplace is usually measured by self‐reported questionnaires, based on worker attitudes. The objective of the study was to compare a self‐reported measure of psychological job demands in a bus driver sample with selected indicators of bus company activity, as external ‘objective’ indicators, in order to assess its external validity. The final sample included 713 drivers in 41 routes. Self‐reported measures of psychosocial work risk factors were obtained by the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). Four external indicators were available for each route: passengers, break times, bus incidents, and regulating actions. Spearman's correlation coefficient was estimated to assess the validity. Correlation coefficients showed that self‐reported psychological demands were statistically significant correlated (p<0.05) with two external indicators: bus incidents (rho=0.397), and regulating actions (rho=0.475). Self‐reported psychosocial risk factors have been compared with independent external indicators of the psychosocial work environment, trying to avoid any subject's perception. According to our results, psychological demands measured by the JCQ seem to reflect the actual psychosocial work environment. Other studies are necessary to confirm these results and to assess job control and job social support. This would be another step in improving our knowledge of the quality of measurement of psychosocial risk factors.

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Reliability and validity of the French version of the 18-item Karasek job content questionnaire

Cited by 155 publications

References 33 publications

Interaction between postural risk factors and job strain on self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among users of video display units: a three-year prospective study

Interaction between postural risk factors and job strain on self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among users of video display units: a three-year prospective study

Determinants of “return to work in good health” among workers with back pain who consult in primary care settings: a 2-year prospective study

External Validation of Psychological Job Demands in a Bus Driver Sample

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