The Portuguese Third Version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire: Preliminary Validation Studies of the Middle Version among Municipal and Healthcare Workers

Cotrim, Teresa; Bem-Haja, Pedro; Pereira, Anabela; Fernandes, Cláudia; Azevedo, Rui; Antunes, Samuel; Pinto, Joaquim Sousa; Kanazawa, Flavio Koiti; Souto, Isabel; Brito, Elisabeth; Silva, Carlos Fernandes da

doi:10.3390/ijerph19031167

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“…Na parte II, foi realizada uma análise descritiva quantitativa das subescalas do COPSOQ III, de modo a analisar a perceção de exposição a fatores psicossociais de risco. A figura 1 apresenta o perfil de risco psicossocial dos colaboradores da administração pública local, através da divisão da pontuação em tercis, que circunscreve o impacto para a saúde que a exposição a determinada dimensão representa (Cotrim et al, 2022). Consideramos como critério de retenção de potencial risco para a saúde todas as subescalas com valor abaixo de 50%, de situação favorável para a saúde (verde).…”

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International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: Proceedings Book of the SHO2023

2023

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This book contains information obtained from authentic sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data information, but the authors, as well as the publisher, cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or physical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the SPOSHO Direction Board.

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“…In line with this, a Canadian population study found support for dimensions in a short version comprising selected COPSOQ II and III items [ 78 ]. For COPSOQ III, similar approaches have provided general support for dimensions in diverse samples from Turkey [ 79 ], the Netherlands [ 80 ] and Portugal [ 81 ].…”

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The Norwegian version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III): Initial validation study using a national sample of registered nurses

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Lohmann-Lafrenz,

Bernstrøm

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Background Employers are legally obligated to ensure the safety and health of employees, including the organizational and psychosocial working environment. The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III) covers multiple dimensions of the work environment. COPSOQ III has three parts: a) work environment b) conflicts and offensive behaviours and c) health and welfare. We translated all three parts into Norwegian and evaluated the statistical properties of the 28 work environment dimensions in part a), using a sample of registered nurses. Methods The original English version was translated into Norwegian and back translated into English; the two versions were compared, and adjustments made. In total, 86 of 99 items from the translated version were included in a survey to which 8804 registered nurses responded. Item response theory models designed for ordinal manifest variables were used to evaluate construct validity and identify potential redundant items. A standard confirmatory factor analysis was performed to verify the latent dimensionality established in the original version, and a more exploratory factor analysis without restrictions is included to determine dependency between items and to identify separable dimensions. Results The measure of sampling adequacy shows that the data are well suited for factor analyses. The latent dimensionality in the original version is confirmed in the Norwegian translated version and the scale reliability is high for all dimensions except ‘Demands for Hiding Emotions’. In this homogenous sample, eight of the 28 dimensions are found not to be separate dimensions as items covering these dimensions loaded onto the same factor. Moreover, little information is provided at the low and high ends of exposure for some dimensions in this sample. Of the 86 items included, 14 are found to be potential candidates for removal to obtain a shorter Norwegian version. Conclusion The established Norwegian translation of COPSOQ III can be used in further research about working environment factors and health and wellbeing in Norway. The extended use of the instrument internationally enables comparative studies, which can increase the knowledge and understanding of similarities and differences between labour markets in different countries. This first validation study shows that the Norwegian version has strong statistical properties like the original, and can be used to assess work environment factors, including relational and emotional risk factors and resources available at the workplace.

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“…The COPSOQ is a highly reliable scale for assessing PRFs in the workplace. It is a powerful tool that gathers international consensus on the adequacy for evaluating an extensive and most important psychosocial dimensions [9,[11][12][13][14]. The COPSOQ differs from other scales, since it systematically approaches the interaction between psychosocial work environment and health, not being based and limited to a specific theoretical model, providing a versatility of uses [9,13].…”

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Healthcare Services and Formal Caregiver’s Psychosocial Risk Factors: An Observational Study

Pereira

Brito

Souto

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The prevention and management of chronic disease primarily requires risk reduction measures, through strategic coordination across various government areas. Recognizing that health workers and the public health workforce are integral to building strong and resilient health, the present study analyses the relation between Psychosocial Risk Factors (PRFs, to which formal caregivers are exposed in the healthcare settings), and the work system related elements of the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS 3.0) framework. An empirical study was carried out, involving 333 formal caregivers of healthcare services. A total of 31 PRFs were assessed (using the COPSOQ III), making it possible to find a relationship between the PRFs analyzed with three elements of the work system, namely Task (5 PRFs), Organizational factors (17 PRFs), and Individual (9 PRFs). The present work contributes not only in terms of outcomes that allow the development of mental illness prevention and mental health promotion actions for healthcare formal caregivers, but also in terms of the relevance that these factors can have on the quality of health services, as well as their users (patients), in line with SEIPS 3.0 model.

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The Portuguese Third Version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire: Preliminary Validation Studies of the Middle Version among Municipal and Healthcare Workers

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International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: Proceedings Book of the SHO2023

International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: Proceedings Book of the SHO2023

The Norwegian version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III): Initial validation study using a national sample of registered nurses

Healthcare Services and Formal Caregiver’s Psychosocial Risk Factors: An Observational Study

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