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Effects on sleep-related problems and self-reported health after a change of shift schedule.
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Ingår i: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. - : American Psychological Association (APA). - 1076-8998 .- 1939-1307. ; 14:2, s. 97-109
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- This study prospectively examined the effects of a change of shift schedule from a fast forward-rotating schedule to a slowly backward-rotating one. The initial schedule had a forward rotation from mornings to afternoons to nights over 6 consecutive days, with 2 days on each shift followed by 4 days off before the next iteration of the cycle, whereas the new schedule had a slower backward rotation from mornings to nights to afternoons, with 3 days on a given shift followed by 3 days off before the next shift. Shift workers (n = 118) were compared with a reference group of daytime workers (n = 67) from the same manufacturing plant by means of questionnaires covering subjective health, sleep and fatigue, recovery ability, satisfaction with work hours, work-family interface, and job demands, control, and support. Data were collected 6 months before implementing the new schedule and at a follow-up 15 months later. As predicted, on most dimensions measured the shift workers displayed clear improvements from initially poorer scores than daytime workers, and the daytime workers displayed no improvements. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
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Euroquest: the validity of a new symptom questionnaire
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Ingår i: NeuroToxicology. - 1872-9711. ; 21:5, s. 783-790
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- The new questionnaire Euroquest was designed to study effects from exposure to organic solvents, and it covers the most commonly reported symptoms associated with long-term solvent exposure. Its convergence and criterion validity were evaluated by means of comparison with the two well-established generic symptom questionnaires Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30). Men with long-term exposure to organic solvents and symptoms common in toxic encephalopathy (TE) classified as TE type 2A (n=29) or 2B (n=28) according to their neuropsychological test performance, and a comparable group of non-exposed healthy referents (N=57), were included. The six Euroquest factors obtained by a factor analysis were labeled: 'emotional lability' 'cognitive disturbances' 'peripheral neurology' 'sleepiness' 'fatigue' and 'sleep disturbances'. These factors correlated well with most SCL-90 scales and with the GHQ-30 total score in the combined TE groups. The combined TE groups were correctly classified to a similar degree by the Euroquest factors 'cognitive disturbances' and 'peripheral neurology' (TE 82.5% and referents 93%) and the SCL-90 scales 'somatization, 'interpersonal sensitivity', 'obsessive-compulsive symptoms' and 'hostility' (TE 84.2% and referents 93.0%), but not as well by GHQ-30 (TE 61.4% and referents 79%). In comparison with the separate TE groups most referents, and a considerably higher percentage of 2B than 2A subjects, could be correctly classified with both Euroquest and SCL-90. With GHQ-30, only a few 2A cases and fewer than half of the 2B cases were correctly classified. In conclusion, the Euroquest factors converged with both SCL-90 scales and GHQ-30 score. With both the Euroquest and SCL-90 questionnaires a similar percentage of the TE subjects were discriminated from the referents, most conspicuously regarding TE 2B subjects, who had an objectified cognitive dysfunction. In a choice between Euroquest and SCL-90, the Euroquest may have the advantage of higher face validity, for TE subjects.
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Long-term stability of return to work after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on sick leave for burnout.
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Ingår i: BMC Public Health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2458. ; 14:Aug 9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The period from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s saw a rapid increase in long-term sick leave in Sweden, primarily due to mental illness and often related to job burnout. This led to an urge for effective treatment programs that could prevent the often long sick leaves. In 2010 we presented a newly developed work-place intervention method, showing that 89% of the intervention group had returned to work at a 1.5 year follow-up, compared to 73% of the control group. The main aim of this study was to assess the long-term stability of these promising results.
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Psychosocial work dimensions, exposure to violence, and burnout in relation to attitudes towards the use of force among Swedish patrolling police officers
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: Police work involves stressors specific to police workand to general organizational aspects of work. Some of the latterhas previously been identified as risk factors for burnout, particularly to increased degree of the burnout sub-dimension cynicism.Cynicism has in turn been related to a positive attitude to the use offorce to solve problems. In the present study the relationshipsbetween psychosocial work dimensions, exposure to threat andviolence, burnout, and attitudes towards the use of force to solveproblems were studied.Methods: 509 patrolling policemen having worked as police officers 0-41 (Md04) years, participated in the study (50% responserate). They responded to a questionnaire measuring demographicvariables, general psychosocial work dimensions (work load, control, community, reward, justice, and value conflicts) by Areas ofWork Life Survey, exposure to threat or violence the last year,burnout by Maslach Burnout Inventory, and attitudes towards theuse of force. Attitude was analysed as dependent variable with theother were block-wise entered into a regression analysis as predictor variables.Results: In relation to an external reference group from the generalpopulation the police group reported lower degree of emotionalexhaustion and cynicism and a higher sense of professional efficacy. They scored somewhat poorer than the reference group on thework dimensions of control, organizational justice and value conflict. In the regression analysis 17.2% of the variance (adjusted R2)in the attitude variable was explained. All blocks of variablescontributed significantly to R2 change. The variables particularlycontributing in the final model were: short tenure as police officer,a high work load, having been exposed to violence the last year,and higher degree of cynicism.Conclusions: In spite of an overall favourably reported psychosocialwork environment, and good well-being, high work load as well ascynicism was related to positive attitudes towards the use of force,which is in line with previous studies from other countries. In addition, exposure to violence and a relative short experience as policeofficer contributed to positive attitudes towards the use of force.Keywords: attitudes, stress, risk factors
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