Relationship between stress-related psychosocial work factors and suboptimal health among Chinese medical staff: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aimed to develop and validate a model to measure psychosocial factors at work among medical staff in China based on confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The second aim of the current study was to clarify the association between stress-related psychosocial work factors and suboptimal health status.

Design

The cross-sectional study was conducted using clustered sampling method.

Setting

Xuanwu Hospital, a 3A grade hospital in Beijing.

Participants

Nine hundred and fourteen medical staff aged over 40 years were sampled. Seven hundred and ninety-seven valid questionnaires were collected and used for further analyses. The sample included 94% of the Han population.

Main outcome measures

The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) and

SUBMITTER: Liang YZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855386 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature