Comparing perceived psychosocial working conditions of nurses and physicians in two university hospitals in Germany with other German professionals - feasibility of scale conversion between two versions of the German Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ).

COPSOQ database Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire Explorative statistical analysis Hospitals Nurses Physicians Psychosocial working conditions Reference data

Journal

Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)
ISSN: 1745-6673
Titre abrégé: J Occup Med Toxicol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101245790

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 09 03 2020
accepted: 04 08 2020
entrez: 27 8 2020
pubmed: 28 8 2020
medline: 28 8 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

In 2015, the WorkSafeMed study assessed, amongst others, perceived psychosocial working conditions in nurses ( We applied a multistep approach for conversion. First, we compared 17 COPSOQ scales used in the WorkSafeMed study with the corresponding scales from the G-COPSOQ III according to content and then decided if a conversion was appropriate. If possible, we converted WorkSafeMed scales - the converted scales comprised the same content and number of items as in G-COPSOQ III. An explorative statistical analysis for each original and converted WorkSafeMed scale followed detecting possible statistical and relevant differences between the scales. We then compared converted WorkSafeMed scales with reference data from the German COPSOQ database. Based on the comparison undertaken according to content, a conversion was possible for 16 scales. Using the data from the WorkSafeMed study, the statistical analysis showed only differences between original and converted COPSOQ scales The conversion of WorkSafeMed scales was appropriate, allowed a comparison with three reference values in the German COPSOQ database and revealed some implications for improving psychosocial working conditions of nurses and physicians in university hospitals in Germany.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
In 2015, the WorkSafeMed study assessed, amongst others, perceived psychosocial working conditions in nurses (
METHODS METHODS
We applied a multistep approach for conversion. First, we compared 17 COPSOQ scales used in the WorkSafeMed study with the corresponding scales from the G-COPSOQ III according to content and then decided if a conversion was appropriate. If possible, we converted WorkSafeMed scales - the converted scales comprised the same content and number of items as in G-COPSOQ III. An explorative statistical analysis for each original and converted WorkSafeMed scale followed detecting possible statistical and relevant differences between the scales. We then compared converted WorkSafeMed scales with reference data from the German COPSOQ database.
RESULTS RESULTS
Based on the comparison undertaken according to content, a conversion was possible for 16 scales. Using the data from the WorkSafeMed study, the statistical analysis showed only differences between original and converted COPSOQ scales
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
The conversion of WorkSafeMed scales was appropriate, allowed a comparison with three reference values in the German COPSOQ database and revealed some implications for improving psychosocial working conditions of nurses and physicians in university hospitals in Germany.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32843890
doi: 10.1186/s12995-020-00277-w
pii: 277
pmc: PMC7439506
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

26

Investigateurs

E Luntz (E)
M A Rieger (MA)
H Sturm (H)
A Wagner (A)
A Hammer (A)
T Manser (T)
P Martus (P)
M Holderried (M)

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2020.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Anke Wagner (A)

Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital of Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany.

Matthias Nübling (M)

Freiburg Research Centre for Occupational Sciences (FFAW GmbH), Bertoldstr. 63, 79098 Freiburg, Germany.

Antje Hammer (A)

Institute of Patient Safety, University Hospital of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany.

Tanja Manser (T)

FHNW School of Applied Psychology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Riggenbachstrasse 16, 4600 Olten, Switzerland.

Monika A Rieger (MA)

Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital of Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany.

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