The Effect of Psychosocial Work Factors on Headache: Results from the PRISME Cohort Study
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal association between psychosocial work factors, assessed as work-unit averages, and headache. For comparison, we applied individual exposure measures.
METHODS: We used questionnaire-data on headache and psychosocial work factors (PWF). In total, 2247 employees were included in the cross-section analyses and 553 in the longitudinal analyses using work-unit averages. The corresponding numbers for the analyses using individual exposure measures were 4261 and 942 employees.
RESULTS: Low skill discretion and low decision authority were most consistently associated with higher odds of headache across all analyses. Role conflicts, bullying, and effort-reward imbalance were associated with headache in some analyses. All PWF were associated with headache in cross-sectional analyses with individual exposure measures.
CONCLUSION: This study partly supports the hypothesis of an effect of PWF, as a source of psychological stress, on the risk of headache.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 11 |
Pages (from-to) | 636-643 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 1076-2752 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
ID: 249386761