Association of self-rated physical health and incident hypertension with O*NET factors: validation using a representative national survey

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• Personal Author:
  Cifuentes M ; Meyer, J. D. ; Warren N
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To examine the predictive validity of Occupational Information Network (O*NET)-based constructs with health outcomes. METHODS: Data from the National Survey of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) surveys were used to examine associations of self-rated health and incident hypertension with work characteristics. Job control and substantive complexity (SC) scores derived from the O*NET were imputed to occupation in the MIDUS surveys. Validity was assessed through variance partitioning and regression models contrasting O*NET and survey-based constructs. RESULTS: Congruence between control scores derived from O*NET and from self-rated scores from MIDUS was good. Shared variance between SC scores and survey-based control was less. All constructs were modest predictors of self-rated health. Substantive complexity was a stronger predictor of incident hypertension (Adjusted Odds Ratio = 1.87). CONCLUSIONS: Occupational characteristics derived from O*NET variables performed as well as or better than survey-based job control in describing associations with self-rated health and incident hypertension. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Demography Epidemiology Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Demographic-characteristics Health-surveys Humans Hypertension Information-retrieval-systems Job-analysis Mathematical-models Occupations Psychological-factors Questionnaires Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-organization Work-performance Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Massachusetts ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  139-145
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039058
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Feb; 53(2):139-145
• Contact Point Address:
  John D. Meyer MD, MPH, Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University Health Center; HSC 3-103, Stony Brook, NY 11794
• Email:
  john.meyer.2@stonybrook.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a8effb41c0e80dba0607a2f1d36676243c77a341e4c3f7e29f7a84d46084aa3b1f2e337c984d17465a5e298f313bcbee4a786b7a1fa00f2a9ebcbe926cab794d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192548/cdc_192548_DS1.pdf
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