A cross-sectional study to assess job strain of emergency healthcare workers by Karasek questionnaire: The SEEK study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency healthcare workers (eHCWs) are particularly at risk of stress, but data using the gold standard questionnaire of Karasek are scarce. We assessed the level of stress of eHCWs and aimed to compare it with the general population.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional nationwide study in French Emergency Departments (EDs), using the job-content questionnaire of Karasek, compared with the 25,000 answers in the French general population (controls from the SUMER study). The descriptions of job demand, job control, and social support were described as well as the prevalence of job strain and isostrain. Putative factors were searched using mixed-method analysis.

Results

A total of 166 eHCWs (37.9 ± 10.5 years old, 42% men) from five French EDs were included: 5

SUBMITTER: Bouillon-Minois JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9850106 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature