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Relationship between psychosocial factors at work and incidence of perceived health problems in the GERICOTS cohort.

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the incidence of health problems and the psychosocial work environment in a French occupational cohort.

METHODS: Among the 2062 employees in the North of France who participated in the GERICOTS survey between 1999 and 2004, 1154 subjects who kept the same full-time shift in the same firm during the study period (797 men and 357 women) were included. Job strain was assessed using Karasek's model--the strain profile (high psychological demand and low decision latitude) and the iso-strain profile (strain profile and low social support)--and Siegrist's model, Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) (high effort and low rewards). Perceived health status was assessed using the four dimensions of the Nottingham Health Profile (emotional reactions, sleep, social isolation, pain). The results are given by the odds ratio adjusted for age, occupational category, and size of firm.

RESULTS: At baseline, higher prevalence of health problems was found in workers with job strain, e.g., between emotional reactions and iso-strain for men, OR=3.50 (2.19-5.60) and for women, 2.64 (1.39-5.04) or between sleep disorders and ERI for men, OR=2.41 (1.71-3.40) and for women, OR=2.41 (1.39-4.20). Longitudinal analysis showed a significant relationship between incidence of health problems and level of job strain in 1999, e.g., between sleep disorder incidence and strain profile, OR=1.89 (1.16-3.06) and ERI, OR=2.20 (1.43-3.38).

CONCLUSION: These results show a significant relationship between perceived health and job stress in 1999 but also between incidence of health problems between 1999 and 2004 and job strain in 1999.

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