ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2019
Repeated exposure to high ICT demands at work, and development of suboptimal self-rated health: findings from a 4-year follow-up of the SLOSH study.
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- How Are Techno-Stressors Associated with Mental Health and Work Outcomes? A Systematic Review of Occupational Exposure to Information and Communication Technologies within the Technostress Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Is There a Sampling Bias in Research on Work-Related Technostress? A Systematic Review of Occupational Exposure to Technostress and the Role of Socioeconomic Position.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Associations between ICT-related digital teaching demands and job burnout among university physical education teachers in China: the intervening roles of technostress and occupational stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Techno-overload and employee outcomes: relationships with job insecurity, turnover intention, and occupation insecurity among Lithuanian employees.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Article
- The Impact of Digitalization and Information and Communication Technology on the Nature and Organization of Work and the Emerging Challenges for Occupational Safety and Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Associations between information and communication technology use and frailty in community-dwelling old-old adults: results from the ILSA-J.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
- An urgent call to address work-related psychosocial hazards and improve worker well-being.American journal of industrial medicine · 2024Review
- Can welfare states buffer technostress? Income and technostress in the context of various OECD countries.PloS one · 2023Article
- Digitalisation in Craft Enterprises: Perceived Technostress, Readiness for Prevention and Countermeasures-A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prospective associations between psychosocial work factors and self-reported health: study of effect modification by gender, age, and occupation using the national French working conditions survey data.BMC public health · 2022Article
- [Do digital technologies at work impact mental health of employees?]Der Nervenarzt · 2021Review
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Abstract
purposeThe knowledge about the association between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) demands at work and self-rated health (SRH) is insufficient. The aim of this study was to examine the association between repeated exposure to high ICT demands at work, and risk of suboptimal SRH, and to determine modifications by sex or socioeconomic position (SEP).
methodsA prospective design was used, including repeated measurement of ICT demands at work, measured 2 years apart. SRH was measured at baseline and at follow-up after 4 years. The data were derived from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH), including 4468 gainfully employees (1941 men, 2527 women) with good SRH at baseline.
resultsIn the total study sample, repeated exposure to high ICT demands at work was associated with suboptimal SRH at follow-up (OR 1.34 [CI 1.06-1.70]), adjusted for age, sex, SEP, health behaviours, BMI, job strain and social support. An interaction between ICT demands and sex was observed (p = 0.010). The risk was only present in men (OR 1.53 [CI 1.09-2.16]), and not in women (OR 1.17 [CI 0.85-1.62]). The risk of suboptimal SRH after consistently high ICT demands at work was most elevated in participants with high SEP (OR 1.68 [CI 1.02-2.79]), adjusted for age, sex, health behaviours, BMI and job strain. However, no significant interaction between ICT demands and SEP regarding SRH was observed.
conclusionRepeated exposure to high ICT demands at work was associated with suboptimal SRH at follow-up, and the association was modified by sex.
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