Job strain and health-related quality of life of hospital employees: Case of a medical center in Tai-Chung

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-120

  Lin, Yea Wen ^a   Chang, Ya Wen ^a   Tsai, Chia Chen ^a  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Hospital employee; Job stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; WELLBEING;

EID: 2942700094     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (26)

1. Anonymous. Stress: It Is Deadly? Holistie online.com 2002. Available from: URL: http://holisticonline.com/stress/stress_introduction.htm
2. Cahill J, Landsbergis PA, Schnall PL. Reducing occupational stress: An introductory guide for managers, supervisors and union members. In: The Work Stress and Health '95 Conference. Washington DC, 1995.
3. Lu L. Work Motivation, Job Stress and Employees' Well-being. J Appl Management Studies 1999;8:61-72.
4. Hurrell JJ, Nelson DL, Simmons BL. Measuring job stressors and strains: Where we have been, where we are, and where we need to go. J Occup Health Psychol 1998;3:368-89.
5. US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010-Understanding and Improving Health. 2nd ed., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 2000.
6. Sargent LD, Terry DJ. The moderating role of social support in Karasek's job strain model. Work Stress 2000;14:245-61.
7. Karasek RA, Theorell T. Healthy Work, Stress, Productivity, and the Reconstruction of Working Life. New York: Basic Books, 1990.
8. Cheng Y, Luh WM, Guo YL. Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Job Content Questionnaire (C-JCQ) in Taiwanese Workers. IJBM 2003;10:15-30.
9. Calnan M, Wainwright D, Almond S. Job Strain, Effort-Reward Imbalance and Mental Distress: a study of occupations in general medical practice. Work Sress 2000;14:297-311.
10. O'Connor DB, O'Connor RC, White B, Bundred PE. The effect of job strain on British general practitioners' mental health. J Mental Health 2000;9:637-54.
11. Karasek RA, Theorell T, Schwartz JE, Schnall PL, Pieper CF, Michela JL. Job characteristics in relation to the prevalence of myocardial infarction in the US Health Examination Study (HES) and the Health and Nutrition Examination Study (HANES). Am J Public Health 1988;78:910-8.
12. Schnall PL, Peiper C, Schwartz JE, et al. The relationship between "job strain," workplace diastolic blood pressure, and left ventricular mass index. Results of a case-control study. JAMA 1990;263:1929-35.
13. Albright CL, Winkleby MA, Ragland DR, et al. Job strain and prevalence of hypertension in a biracial population or urban bus drivers. Am J Public Health 1992;82:984-9.
14. Karasek RA, Brisson C, Kawakami N, Houtman I, Bongers P, Amick B. The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): an instrument for internationally comparative assessments of psychosocial job characteristics. J Occup Health Psychol 1998;3:322-55.
15. Lemer DJ, Levine S, Malspeis S, D'Agostino RB. Job strain and health-related quality of life in a national sample. Am J Public Health 1994;84:1580-5.
16. Sousa KH, Holzemer WL, Henry SB, Slaughter R. Dimensions of health-related quality of life in person living with HIV disease. J Adv Nurs 1999;29:178-87.
17. McHorney CA. Health status assessment methods for adults: past accomplishments and future challenges. Annual Rev Public Health 1999;20:309-35.
18. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Measuring Healthy Days: Population Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000.
19. Theorell T, Kaeasek RA. Current Issues Relating to Psychosocial Job Strain and Cardiovascular Disease Research. J Occup Psychol 1996;1:9-26.
20. Karasek RA. Job demands, job decision latitude, and mental strain: Implications for job redesign. Adm Sci Q 1979;24:285-308.
21. Karasek RA, Schwartz J, Pieper C. Validation of a Survey Instrument for Job-Related Cardiovascular Illness, the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Ten Year Framingham Offspring Study 1983;38-40.
22. Lin MR, Yao KP, Hwang JS, Wang JD. Scale Descriptor Selection for Taiwan-version of Questionnaire of World Health Organization Quality of Life. Taiwan J Public Health 1999; 18:262-70.
23. World Health Organization. WHOQOL-BREF: Introduction, Administration, Scoring and Generic Version of the Assessment-Field Trial Version. Geneva: WHO, 1996.
24. Anonymous. Response rates, bias & validity. Press Ganey Associates, 2003. Available from: URL: http://www.pressganey.org/about_us/FAQs/ FAQ_response_rate.php
25. Burton J. The Leadership Factor: Management practices can make employees sick. The National Quality Institute, 2002. Available from: URL: http://www.nqi.ca/articles/article_details.aspx?ID=8926
26. Callaghan P. Social support and local of control as correlates of UK nurses' health-related behaviors. J Adv Nurs 1998;28:1127-33.