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- Brännström, Jonas, et al.
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Occupational stress among Swedish audiologists in clinical practice : Reasons for being stressed
- 2016
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In: International Journal of Audiology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1499-2027 .- 1708-8186. ; 55:8, s. 447-453
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Objective: The present study reports on the application of a Swedish translation of the audiologist occupational stress questionnaire (AOSQ) on audiologists working in Sweden. The relations between AOSQ scores and perceived effort, perceived rewards, coping strategies at work, demographic variables such as salary, education length, practise length, and practice type were tested. Design: A cross-sectional e-mail survey using the AOSQ, effort-reward imbalance questionnaire, and demographic questions. Study sample: Four-hundred and four Swedish licensed audiologists working with clients. Results: The Swedish AOSQ translation demonstrated high inter-item correlations and high internal consistency. Several stress factors were identified: time spent at work, accountability, leadership at the workplace, paperwork and practice demands, equipment and clinical protocols, own health concerns, and job control. The outcome on the complete AOSQ questionnaire was related to perceived effort, perceived rewards, coping strategies at work, and age. Conclusions: The Swedish AOSQ translation seems to provide a valid measure of occupational stress among audiologists.
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- Brännström, Jonas, et al.
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Psychosocial work environment among Swedish audiologists
- 2013
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In: International Journal of Audiology. - : Informa Healthcare. - 1499-2027 .- 1708-8186. ; 52:3, s. 151-161
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Objective: The study examined the self-reported psychosocial work environment for audiologists working in three practice types (public, completely private, and private but publicly funded).Design: A cross-sectional e-mail survey using the demand-control-support questionnaire, a short version of the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) questionnaire, and descriptive data.Study sample: Five-hundred Swedish licensed audiologists.Results: Overall, the results indicate differences in psychosocial work environment pertaining to the practice types. These differences are small and the type explains few percent of the variability accounted in the measures of psychosocial work environment. Social support seems important for the psychosocial work environment and is considered a reward in itself. Using the demand-control model, 29% of the audiologists reported working in a high-stress psychosocial work environment. Using the ERI-ratio to estimate the imbalance between effort and reward it was shown that that 86% of the participants experienced an unfavorable work situation where the rewards do not correspond to the efforts made.Conclusions: The organizational framework has minor effect on self-reported psychosocial work environment for Swedish licensed audiologists. The percentage of unfavorable ERI-ratios seen in Swedish audiologists seems conspicuously high compared to other working populations in general, but also compared to other health service workers.
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- Ertürk Bergdahl, Gizem, et al.
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In Vivo Detection and Absolute Quantification of a Secreted Bacterial Factor from Skin Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in a Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for Improved Diagnostic Abilities
- 2019
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In: ACS Sensors. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 2379-3694. ; 4:3, s. 717-725
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this study, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor was developed for the detection and quantification of a secreted bacterial factor (RoxP) from skin. A molecular imprinting method was used for the preparation of sensor chips and five different monomer-cross-linker compositions were evaluated for sensitivity, selectivity, affinity, and kinetic measurements. The most promising molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was characterized by using scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. Limit of detection (LOD) value was calculated as 0.23 nM with an affinity constant of 3.3 × 10-9 M for the promising MIP. Besides being highly sensitive, the developed system was also very selective for the template protein RoxP, proven by the calculated selectivity coefficients. Finally, absolute concentrations of RoxP in several skin swabs were analyzed by using the developed MIP-SPR biosensor and compared to a competitive ELISA. Consequently, the developed system offers a very efficient tool for the detection and quantification of RoxP as an early indicator for some oxidative skin diseases especially when they are present in low-abundance levels (e.g., skin samples).
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