Effort-reward imbalance and social support are associated with chronic fatigue among medical residents in Japan

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-336

  Wada, Koji ^a,c   Sakata, Yumi ^b   Theriault, Gilles ^c   Aratake, Yutaka ^b   Shimizu, Midori ^a   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^d   Tanaka, Katsutoshi ^b   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue; Effort; Medical residents; Reward; Sleeping hours; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESIDENT; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 36549018146     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0217-9     Document Type: Article

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