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Psychosocial Factors and Health: Community and Workplace Study

The effects of psychosocial factors on health have drawn growing attention. An important prerequisite for epidemiologic studies is that instruments to measure psychosocial factors be reliable and valid based on psychometric properties. The introduction of occupational stress models has made breakthr...

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Autor principal: Tsutsumi, Akizumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7851060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15930801
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.15.65
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Sumario:The effects of psychosocial factors on health have drawn growing attention. An important prerequisite for epidemiologic studies is that instruments to measure psychosocial factors be reliable and valid based on psychometric properties. The introduction of occupational stress models has made breakthroughs in conceptualizing real-life complex phenomena in the workplace. This article describes some trials that explore the associations between psychosocial factors and health in the community and workplace. Scales for measuring social support and psychosocial job characteristics were developed, and their validation was pursued. Findings suggest that adverse social relationships and job characteristics measured by these instruments are associated with ill health. To strengthen the validities of the measurements and to provide strong causal evidence between psychosocial factors and health, more prospective studies and interventional approaches are needed.