A procedure for linking psychosocial job characteristics data to health surveys.

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• Personal Author:
  Karasek RA ; Pieper CF ; Schwartz JE
• Description:
  A system was proposed in which job information from comprehensive national surveys of working conditions can be used to imput job psychosocial characteristics to surveys of health status. Earlier efforts often carry biases which become important when using linkage systems based on mean scores. The linkage system in this new method was modified to adjust imputed individual scores for age, education, race, marital status, and sex. The efficiency and reliability of the modified linkage system were reported. Decision latitude and physical exertion were more efficiently imputed with the linkage system than earnings in spite of the psychosocial nature of the earlier terms. Such as system may prove useful in initial epidemiological studies of the consequences of psychosocial job characteristics. Three cases were examined using this new method of analyses. The first was a case of simple regression of the risk of coronary heart disease on job strain or other work condition. The second case was regression of the risk of coronary heart disease on a work condition such as job strain and age. The final case involved regression of the risk of coronary heart disease on job strain, age, and a control variable such as cholesterol intake. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Epidemiology Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Cardiovascular-system-disorders Emotional-stress Job-stress NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Physical-stress Physiological-stress Psychological-stress Psychophysiology Sex-factors

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• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  78
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00181462
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 1988 Aug; 78(8):904-909
• Contact Point Address:
  Joseph E. Schwartz, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Performing Organization:
  Columbia University, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, New York, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19790701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  19840731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c9c0c1e238dae6146563089006e599c5362bdd2be5642b17df612add1118c68c8156c8c4c200661367e1fad623ae6312d03cf4c7de17679283be14eafacc4149
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185596/cdc_185596_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.29 MB ]