Short Questionnaire for Workplace Analysis (KFZA): factorial validation in physicians and nurses working in hospital settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in psychosocial workplace risk assessments in Germany. One of the questionnaires commonly employed for this purpose is the Short Questionnaire for Workplace Analysis (KFZA). Originally, the KFZA was developed and validated for office workers. The aim of the present study was to examine the factorial validity of the KFZA when applied to hospital settings. Therefore, we examined the factorial structure of a questionnaire that contained all the original items plus an extension adding 11 questions specific to hospital workplaces and analyzed both, the original version and the extended version.

Methods

We analyzed questionnaire data of a total of 1731 physicians and nurses obtained over a 10-year period. Listwise e

SUBMITTER: Appel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5429530 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature