Mental health effects of changes in psychosocial work characteristics: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 890-899

  De Raeve, Lore ^a   Vasse, Rineke M ^a   Jansen, Nicole W H ^a   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Kant, Ijmert ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34547913501     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31811eadd3     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Peter R, Siegrist J. Psychosocial work environment and the risk of coronary heart disease. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2000;73(Suppl):S41-S45.
2. Schnall PL, Landsbergis PA, Baker D. Job strain and cardiovascular- disease. Annu Rev Public Health. 1994;15:381-411.
3. Guimont C, Brisson C, Dagenais GR, et al. Effects of job strain on blood pressure: a prospective study of male and female white-collar workers. Am J Public Health. 2006;96:1436-1443.
4. Buckle P. Upper limb disorders and work: the importance of physical and psychosocial factors. J Psychosom Res. 1997;43:17-25.
5. Davis KG, Heaney CA. The relationship between psychosocial work characteristics and low back pain: underlying methodological issues. Clin Biomech. 2000;15:389-406.
6. Clays E, De Bacquer D, Leynen F, Kornitzer M, Kittel F, De Backer G. The impact of psychosocial factors on low back pain: longitudinal results from the Belstress study. Spine. 2007;32:262-268.
7. Niedhammer I, Goldberg M, Leclerc A, Bugel I, David S. Psychosocial factors at work and subsequent depressive symptoms in the Gazel cohort. Scand J Work Environ Health. 1998;24:197-205.
8. Stansfeld SA, Fuhrer R, Shipley MJ, Marmot MG. Work characteristics predict psychiatric disorder: prospective results from the Whitehall II Study. Occup Environ Med. 1999;56:302-307.
9. Sanne B, Mykletun A, Dahl AA, Moen BE, Tell GS. Testing the Job Demand-Control-Support model with anxiety and depression as outcomes: the Hordaland Health Study. Occup Med. 2005;55:463-473.
10. Stansfeld S, Candy B. Psychosocial work environment and mental health - a meta-analytic review. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2006;32:443-462.
11. Bültmann U, Kant I, Van den Brandt PA, Kasl SV. Psychosocial work characteristics as risk factors for the onset of fatigue and psychological distress: prospective results from the Maastricht Cohort Study. Psychol Med. 2002;32:333-345.
12. Bültmann U, Kant IJ, Schroer CAP, Kasl SV. The relationship between psychosocial work characteristics and fatigue and psychological distress. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2002;75:259 -266.
13. Janssen N, Nijhuis FJ. Associations between positive changes in perceived work characteristics and changes in fatigue. J Occup Environ Med. 2004;46:866-875.
14. Borg V, Kristensen TS, Burr H. Work environment and changes in self-rated health: a five year follow-up study. Stress Med. 2000;16:37- 47.
15. Niedhammer I, Chea M. Psychosocial factors at work and self reported health: comparative results of cross sectional and prospective analyses of the French GAZEL cohort. Occup Environ Med. 2003; 60:509-515.
16. Rahkonen O, Laaksonen M, Martikainen P, Roos E, Lahelma E. Job control, job demands, or social class? The impact of working conditions on the relation between social class and health. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006;60:50-54.
17. Niedhammer I, Bugel I, Goldberg M, Leclerc A, Gueguen A. Psychosocial factors at work and sickness absence in the Gazel cohort: a prospective study. Occup Environ Med. 1998;55:735-741.
18. North FM, Syme SL, Feeney A, Shipley M, Marmot M. Psychosocial work environment and sickness absence among British civil servants: the Whitehall II Study. Am J Public Health. 1996;86:332-340.
19. Brisson C, Larocque B, Moisan J, Vezina M, Dagenais GR. Psychosocial factors at work, smoking, sedentary behavior, and body mass index: a prevalence study among 6995 white collar workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2000;42:40-46.
20. Hellerstedt WL, Jeffery RW. The association of job strain and health behaviors in men and women. Int J Epidemiol. 1997; 26:575-583.
21. Tsutsumi A, Kayaba K, Yoshimura M, et al. Association between job characteristics and health behaviors in Japanese rural workers. Int J Behav Med. 2003;10:125-142.
22. Karasek RA. Job demands, job decision latitude, and mental strain: implications for job redesign. Adm Sci Q. 1979;24:285-308.
23. de Jonge J. A critical examination of the demand-control-support model from a work psychological perspective. Int J Stress Manag. 1997;4:235-258.
24. de Lange AH, Taris TW, Kompier MA, Houtman IL, Bongers PM. "The very best of the millennium": longitudinal research and the demand-control-(support) model. J Occup Health Psychol. 2003;8:282-305.
25. Van der Doef M, Maes S. The Job Demand-Control(-Support) model and psychological well-being: a review of 20 years of empirical research. Work Stress. 1999;13:87-114.
26. Gelsema TI, van der Doef M, Maes S, Janssen M, Akerboom S, Verhoeven C. A longitudinal study of job stress in the nursing profession: causes and consequences. J Nurs Manag. 2006;14:289-299.
27. Godin I, Kittel F, Coppieters Y, Siegrist J. A prospective study of cumulative job stress in relation to mental health. BMC Public Health. 2005;5:67.
28. Lilienfeld DE, Stolley PD. Foundations of Epidemiology. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 1994.
29. Rothman KJ, Greenland S. Causation and causal inference in epidemiology. Am J Public Health. 2005;95(Suppl 1):S144-S150.
30. Frese M, Zapf D. Methodological issues in the study of work stress: objective vs subjective measurement of work stress and the question of longitudinal studies. In: Cooper CL, Payne R, eds. Causes, Coping and Consequences of Stress at Work. Chichester, UK: Wiley;1988:375-411.
31. Taris TW, Kompier M. Challenges in longitudinal designs in occupational health psychology. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2003;29:1-4.
32. Zapf D, Dormann C, Frese M. Longitudinal studies in organizational stress research: a review of the literature with reference to methodological issues. J Occup Health Psychol. 1996;1:145-169.
33. Jansen NWH, Kant I, van den Brandt PA. Need for recovery in the working population: description and associations with fatigue and psychological distress. Int J Behav Med. 2002;9:322-340.
34. Sluiter JK, de Croon EM, Meijman TF, Frings-Dresen MHW. Need for recovery from work related fatigue and its role in the development and prediction of subjective health complaints. Occup Environ Med. 2003;60:62-70.
35. Van Veldhoven M, Broersen S. Measurement quality and validity of the "need for recovery scale". Occup Environ Med. 2003;60(Suppl 1):i3-i9.
36. Van Amelsvoort LGPM, Kant IJ, Bültmann U, Swaen GMH. Need for recovery after work and the subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease in a working population. Occup Environ Med. 2003;60(Suppl 1):i83-i87.
37. Jansen NWH, van Amelsvoort LGPM, Kristensen TS, van den Brandt PA, Kant I. Work schedules and fatigue: a prospective cohort study. Occup Environ Med. 2003;60(Suppl 1):i47-i53.
38. Franssen PML, Bultmann U, Kant I, van Amelsvoort LGPM. The association between chronic diseases and fatigue in the working population. J Psychosom Res. 2003;54:339-344.
39. Janssen N, Kant IJ, Swaen GMH, Janssen PPM, Schroer CAP. Fatigue as a predictor of sickness absence: results from the Maastricht cohort study on fatigue at work. Occup Environ Med. 2003;60:71-76.
40. van Amelsvoort LGPM, Kant IJ, Beurskens AJHM, Schroer CAP, Swaen GMH. Fatigue as a predictor of work disability. Occup Environ Med. 2002;59:712-713.
41. Head J, Kivimaki M, Martikainen P, Vahtera J, Ferrie JE, Marmot MG. Influence of change in psychosocial work characteristics on sickness absence: the Whitehall II Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006;60:55-61.
42. Reynolds S. Psychological well-being at work: is prevention better than cure? J Psychosom Res. 1997;43:93-102.
43. Kant I, Bültmann U, Schroer KAP, Beurskens AJHM, Van Amelsvoort LGPM, Swaen GMH. An epidemiological approach to study fatigue in the working population: the Maastricht Cohort Study. Occup Environ Med. 2003;60(Suppl 1): i32-i39.
44. Bültmann U, Kant I, Kasl SV, Beurskens AJ, van den Brandt PA. Fatigue and psychological distress in the working population: psychometrics, prevalence, and correlates. J Psychosom Res. 2002; 52:445-452.
45. Kant I, Beurskens AJ, Schroër C, Nijhuis F, van Schayck CP. De Maastrichtse Cohort Studie naar langdurige psychische vermoeidheid in de arbeidssituatie [The Maastricht Cohort Study of prolonged fatigue at work]. TBV. 2000;8:226-232.
46. De Raeve L, Jansen NWH, Kant I. Health effects of transitions in work schedule, workhours and overtime in a prospective cohort study. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2007;33:105-113.
47. Karasek R, 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;3:322-355.
48. Karasek RA. The Job Content Questionnaire and User's Guide (version 1.1). Los Angeles, CA: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California; 1985.
49. Grundemann RMW, Smulders PGW, de Winter CR. Vragenlijst Arbeid en Gezondheid (VAG) [Questionnaire on Work and Health]. Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger; 1993.
50. Van Veldhoven M, Meijman TF. Het meten van psychosociale arbeidsbelasting met een vragenlijst: de vragenlijst beleving en beoordeling van de arbeid (VBBA) [The Measurement of Psychosocial Job Demands with a Questionnaire (VBBA)]. Amsterdam, NL: NIA-TNO; 1994.
51. Vercoulen JH, Swanink CM, Fennis JF, Galama JM, van der Meer JW, Bleijenberg G. Dimensional assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome. J Psychosom Res. 1994;38:383-392.
52. Taris TW. A Primer in Longitudinal Data-Analysis. London, UK: Sage; 2000.
53. Twisk JWR. Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis for Epidemiology. A Practical Guide. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2003.
54. Rogosa DR. Myths and methods: myths about longitudinal research plus supplemental questions. In: Gottman JM, ed. The Analysis of Change. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum;1996:3-66.
55. SPSS. SPSS Base 13.0. Chicago, IL: SPSS Inc.; 2005.
56. De Jonge J, Le Blanc PM, Schaufeli WB, van der Linden S. Verandering in werkkenmerken in relatie tot verandering in burnout en arbeidstevredenheid [Changes in job characteristics as related to changes in burnout and job satisfaction]. Gedrag en Organisatie. 1998;11:121-134.
57. Rodgers WL. Comparison of alternative approaches to the simple causal models from panel data. In: Kasprzyk D, Duncan G, Kalton G, Singh MP, eds. Panel Surveys. New York: Wiley;1989:432-456.