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Job Strain in Shift and Daytime Workers

Knutsson1, Nilsson

  • 1Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Umeå University, 90185 Umeå, Sweden.

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
|July 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Daytime workers and women reported higher job strain than shift workers and men, respectively. Shiftwork itself was not significantly linked to job strain in this study of occupational stress.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Job strain is a significant factor affecting worker well-being.
  • Karasek's Demands/Discretion model is a widely used framework for assessing job strain.
  • Understanding the impact of work schedules on job strain is crucial for workplace interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare job strain levels between shift and daytime workers.
  • To investigate the influence of occupation and gender on job strain.
  • To determine if shiftwork is a significant predictor of job strain.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study utilizing questionnaire data from 508 daytime workers and 418 shift workers.
  • Job strain assessed using Karasek's Demands/Discretion model.
  • Analysis included comparisons across four occupational groups (drivers, industrial workers, policemen/watchmen, cooks) and by gender, using multiple linear regression.

Main Results:

  • Daytime workers reported higher job strain than shift workers.
  • Women reported higher job strain compared to men.
  • Occupational group and gender were significant predictors of job strain; shiftwork was not.
  • Job demand did not differ significantly between shift and daytime workers across gender and occupational groups.

Conclusions:

  • Contrary to expectations, shiftwork was not significantly associated with higher job strain.
  • Factors such as occupation and gender appear to be more influential in determining job strain levels than work schedule alone.
  • Findings suggest a need to consider individual and occupational factors in strategies aimed at reducing job strain.

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