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- Karlson, Björn, et al.
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Long-term stability of return to work after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on sick leave for burnout.
- 2014
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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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- Karlson, Björn, et al.
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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
- 2012
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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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- Karlson, Björn, et al.
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Return to work after work after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on sick-leave for burnout - a prospective controlled study
- 2010
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Ingår i: BMC Public Health. - : BioMed Central. - 1471-2458. ; 10
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: In the present study the effect of a workplace-oriented intervention for persons on long-term sick leave for clinical burnout, aimed at facilitating return to work (RTW) by job-person match through patient-supervisor communication, was evaluated. We hypothesised that the intervention group would show a more successful RTW than a control group. Methods: In a prospective controlled study, subjects were identified by the regional social insurance office 2-6 months after the first day on sick leave. The intervention group (n = 74) was compared to a control group who had declined participation, being matched by length of sick leave (n = 74). The RTW was followed up, using sick-listing register data, until 1.5 years after the time of intervention. Results: There was a linear increase of RTW in the intervention group during the 1.5-year follow-up period, and 89% of subjects had returned to work to some extent at the end of the follow-up period. The increase in RTW in the control group came to a halt after six months, and only 73% had returned to work to some extent at the end of the 1.5-year follow-up. Conclusions: We conclude that the present study demonstrated an improvement of long-term RTW after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on long-term sick leave due to burnout. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials NCT01039168.
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- Karlson, Björn, et al.
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Stress management in men with solvent-induced chronic toxic encephalopathy
- 2000
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Ingår i: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. - 1536-5948. ; 42:6, s. 670-675
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Stress management was studied in male patients with solvent-induced chronic toxic encephalopathy (TE) of types 2A (TE 2A, n = 31) and 2B (TE 2B, n = 26). The patients were compared with a healthy reference group (n = 57). Self-reported symptoms (90-item Symptoms Checklist [SCL-90]), sense of coherence, coping strategies, and level of mastery were measured. As expected, both TE groups reported highly deviating symptoms on most SCL-90 scales. The TE 2B patients, who had objectified cognitive dysfunction, reported more use of passive, less situationally adequate coping strategies; a weaker sense of coherence; and a lower degree of mastery. In contrast, the TE 2A cases showed only minor deviations from the reference group in these respects. The results suggest that having a strong sense of coherence, a sense of mastery, and flexible resources for stress management could be dependent on intact brain functions.
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- Lindgren, Magnus, et al.
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Solvent-induced toxic encephalopathy : Electrophysiological data in relation to neuropsychological findings
- 1997
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Ingår i: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1380-3395 .- 1744-411X. ; 19:5, s. 772-783
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Male subjects with type 2A (n = 12) and 2B (n = 12) solvent-induced toxic encephalopathy and a reference group of healthy men (n = 12) without previous solvent exposure were studied using quantitative EEG and event- related potentials from an odd-ball and a dual-task paradigm. Subjects with toxic encephalopathy of types 2A and 2B showed markedly lower P300 amplitudes than did controls in both paradigms. In the relatively complex dual-task setting, subjects with 2A and 2B showed lower signal detection than did controls.
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