Measuring change in psychosocial working conditions: Methodological issues to consider when data are collected at baseline and one follow-up time point

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-289

  Smith, Peter ^a,b   Beaton, D ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; JOB STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; VARIANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 41749103980     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.032144     Document Type: Review

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