Exploring exposure to multiple psychosocial work factors: prospective associations with depression and sickness absence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies on the psychosocial working environment have focused on evaluating the isolated effect of individual psychosocial work factors or looked at effects through a lens of theories such as job strain or effort-reward imbalance. However, to fathom the intricate nature of workers' experience of occupational strain, there is a need to investigate the combined and cumulative effects of multiple exposures to psychosocial work factors on workers' health.

Methods

In this prospective cohort study, we created an additive index (range 0-4) on number of baseline exposures to quantitative demands, emotional demands, role conflicts, and workplace bullying. Via logistic regression and Cox regression, we estimated the association between the additive index of psychosocial

SUBMITTER: Lunen JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10567252 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature