The Role of Psychosocial and Physical Work-Related Factors on the Health-Related Quality of Life of Iranian Industrial Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Mokarami H ; Nazifi M ; Stallones L ; Taghavi SM
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: The role of psychosocial and physical work factors in predicting health related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been investigated among Iranian industrial workers. OBJECTIVE: The present study is designed to assess these relationships among Iranian workers from steel and cosmetic factories. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 280 workers from two factories. Psychosocial and physical work factors and HRQOL were measured by the Persian translations of the following questionnaires: Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-Brief). An instrument was developed to assess socio-demographic, health, and other work-related factors. The data were analyzed using independent t-tests, Pearson product moment correlation and hierarchical multiple regression. RESULTS: Results revealed that the respondents generally had poor HRQOLs especially in the environmental domain. The steel factory workers who were exposed to higher levels of occupational risk factors suffered from poorer HRQOL compared to the cosmetic factory workers. The results of hierarchical regression for all participants revealed that social support, sleep quality, work schedule, smoking and exercise were significant predictors of all domains of HRQOL. CONCLUSIONS: To improve the worker's HRQOL, intervention programs should focus on promoting social support, sleep quality, exercise and smoking habits. Moreover, reducing hazardous work environments should be considered an important intervention to promote HRQOL. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Psychosocial Work Factors Cross Sectional Studies Health-related Quality Of Life Industrial Environment Industrial Factory Workers Injury Prevention Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) Job Stress Psychological Factors Psychosocial Factors Quality Of Work Life Questionnaires QWL Risk Assessment Risk Factors Socioeconomics Sociological Factors WHOQOL-brief World Health Organization Quality Of Life-Brief

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• ISSN:
  1051-9815
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  441-452
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052046
• Citation:
  Work 2016 Oct; 55(2):441-452
• Contact Point Address:
  Hamidreza Mokarami, Department of Ergonomics, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
• Email:
  hamidreza.mokarami@yahoo.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  Work
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bc77f6742ca5db5c81108e9d82ebe97eb4330063ba24779c270d6f92fadb67547051783428bc08dff1d4e8257579c103a321248d1676f86d6440d65aa9d6fa28
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211654/cdc_211654_DS1.pdf
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