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. 2008 Apr;51(4):281-9.
doi: 10.1002/ajim.20561.

Job strain predicts survey response in healthcare industry workers

Manuel Cifuentes  1 , Jon Boyer, Rebecca Gore, Angelo d'Errico, Patrick Scollin, Jamie Tessler, Debra Lerner, David Kriebel, Laura Punnett, Craig Slatin; PHASE in Healthcare Research Team
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Job strain predicts survey response in healthcare industry workers

Manuel Cifuentes et al. Am J Ind Med. 2008 Apr.

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the effect of job strain on survey response.

Methods: 1,613 health care workers received a self-administered questionnaire. Thirty percent of them completed the survey on personal time without any personal monetary compensation. Working conditions were extracted by job title from the national database O*NET 6.0. Job strain was defined as the ratio of job demands to job control. Two complementary models (multi-level logistic and binomial pseudo Poisson regressions) were used to model individual survey response as a function of individual level demographic variables (age and gender), job-level socioeconomic status (SES) and job strain, and facility type (third level).

Results: Survey response was associated with higher SES and with less job strain. The association of SES and survey response was mediated by job strain.

Conclusion: Employees' exposure to job strain may be an important influence on survey response, at least for workers who are not compensated for their time in completing a survey.

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