ArticleBMC psychiatry2017
Associations of fatigue to work-related stress, mental and physical health in an employed community sample.
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- Work-related stress and sleep problems among small-scale miners in Ghana: The role of psychological factors.PloS one · 2025Article
- The prevalence of suboptimal health status among Chinese secondary school students and its relationship with family health: the mediating role of perceived stress and problematic internet use.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Fatigue, Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Post-Myocardial Infarction during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from the Augsburg Myocardial Infarction Registry.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Experiences of work-related stress among highly stressed municipal employees in rural northern Sweden.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- Work-related fatigue: A hazard for workers experiencing disproportionate occupational risks.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Article
- Individual and Work-Related Predictors of Exhaustion in East and West Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Symptoms of Burnout Syndrome among Physicians during the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic-A Systematic Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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14 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundWhile work-related fatigue has become an issue of concern among European employees, the relationship between fatigue, depression and work-related stressors is far from clear. The purposes of this study were (1) to determine the associations of fatigue with work-related stressors, severe medical disease, health behavior and depression in the working population and (2) to determine the unique impact of work-related stressors on fatigue.
methodsWe used cross-sectional data of N = 7,930 working participants enrolled in the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) from 2007 to 2012 filled out the Personal Burnout Scale (PBS) of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ), the PHQ-9, and a list of work-related stressors.
resultsA total of 27.5% reported increased fatigue, esp. women, younger persons with a lower social status and income, smokers, severely medically ill, previously and currently depressed participants. Fatigue was consistently associated with severe medical disease, health behavior and depression, which need to be taken into account as potential confounders when analyzing its relationship to work-related strains. Depression was consistently associated with work-related stressors. However, after statistically partialling out depression, fatigue was still significantly associated with work-related stress.
conclusionsFatigue as an indicator of allostatic load is consistently associated with work-related stressors such as work overload after controlling for depression. The brief Personal Burn-out Scale is suitable for assessing work-related fatigue in the general population.
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