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Psychosocial factors at work and occupational injuries: A prospective study of the general working population in Norway
Author(s) -
Johannessen Håkon A.,
Gravseth Hans Magne,
Sterud Tom
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.22431
Subject(s) - job strain , medicine , psychosocial , odds ratio , population , occupational safety and health , occupational stress , confidence interval , occupational medicine , stressor , cohort study , occupational accident , injury prevention , occupational injury , prospective cohort study , working population , poison control , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , clinical psychology , surgery , pathology , sociology
Background We examined the effects of psychosocial stressors at work on subsequent injuries, taking into account organizational and mechanical working conditions. Methods Randomly drawn from the general population, the cohort comprised respondents with an active employee relationship in 2006 and 2009 (n = 6,745). Outcome measure: “Have you, over the past 12 months, afflicted injuries that were caused by an accident at work, and resulting in time off work after the day of the accident?”. Results High job strain (Odds ratio [OR] 2.31; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.16–4.57), high role conflict (OR 3.01; 95% CI 1.70–5.31), and high emotional demands (OR 1.96; 95% CI 1.15–3.35) predicted injury at follow up ( P < 0.01). The population risk attributable to each of these factors ranged from 11% to 14%. Conclusions Excess risk of occupational injuries was attributable to job strain, role conflict, and emotional demands. These factors are potentially amenable to preventive measures. Am. J. Ind. Med. 58:561–567, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.