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SynthesisScandinavian journal of work, environment & health2021

Psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: a meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis.

Isabelle Niedhammer, Sandrine Bertrais, Katrina Witt

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Synthesis in Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 165 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

165 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  13. Organizational Risk Factors for Aircrew Health: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  14. Psychosocial work factors affecting mental health of young workers: a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2023
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  15. Psychosocial Occupational Exposures and Mental Illness.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Isabelle NiedhammerINSERM U1085 - IRSET - Equipe ESTER, Faculté de Médecine - Université d'Angers, 28 rue Roger Amsler, CS 74521, 49045 ANGERS Cedex 01, France. isabelle.niedhammer@inserm.fr.
Sandrine Bertrais
Katrina Witt

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis meta-review aimed to present all available quantitative pooled estimates for the associations between psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes using a systematic literature review of literature reviews with meta-analysis.

methodsA systematic review of the literature from 2000 to 2020 was conducted using PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and PsycINFO databases following the PRISMA guidelines. All literature reviews and Individual-Participant Data (IPD)-Work consortium studies exploring an association between psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes and providing pooled estimates using meta-analysis were included. All types of psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes were studied. The quality of each included review was assessed.

resultsA total of 72 reviews and IPD-Work consortium studies were included. These mainly focused on job strain as exposure and cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders as outcomes. The associations between psychosocial work factors and cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders were in general significant, and the magnitude of these associations was stronger for mental disorders than for cardiovascular diseases. Based on high-quality reviews, significant associations were found between job/high strain and long working hours as exposures and coronary heart diseases, (ischemic) stroke, and depression as outcomes. A few additional significant associations involved other exposures and health outcomes.

conclusionsThe included reviews brought convincing findings on the associations of some psychosocial work factors with mental disorders and cardiovascular diseases. More research may be needed to explain these associations, explore other exposures and outcomes, and make progress towards determining the causality of the associations.

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Coronary DiseaseMental DisordersHumans

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PMID34042163
PMCPMC8504166

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