Work Organization and Stress-Related Disorders
Outputs: Publications
Selected Publications
Work Organization Factors/Job Demands
Hand
lacerations and job design characteristics in line-paced
assembly
J Occup Environ Med 2003 Aug:
45(8):848-856
This article identified an association between work
pattern variability, including job rotation, and rates of hand lacerations
among assembly workers.
Psychologic
stressors and work organization
In Textbook of Clinical
Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2nd ed. Rosenstock L,
Cullen M, Brodkin C, Redlich C, eds., Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders,
2005 Jan:931-942
This chapter provides an historical perspective on job
stress and an overview of current knowledge of how job stress is related
to occupational safety and health.
Occupational
stress
In Occupational and Environmental Health:
Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury, 5th ed. Levy BS,
Wegman DH, Baron SL, Sokas RK, eds., Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins, 2005 Nov: 382-396
This chapter reviews the literature on
the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the
requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs
of the worker.
Shift
work and risk of spontaneous abortion in nurses
Am J
Epidemiol 2005 Jun: 161(11)(Suppl):S127
Examines the effects of work
schedule, including rotating work and night work, on adverse effect on
reproductive outcomes among nurses.
Overtime
and extended work shifts: Recent findings on Illnesses, injuries and
health Behaviors
NIOSH 2004 Apr:1-38
This report
provides an integrative review of 52 recently published research reports
that examine the associations between long working hours and illnesses,
injuries, health behaviors, and performance.
Discrimination
and occupational mental health
J Mental Health 2004 Apr
13(2):129-142
This article explores the degree to which racial and
ethnic groups may be subjected to discrimination at work and examines
associations between discrimination and mental health indicators, using
data collected in 2002 from a national sample of U.S. workers.
Effects
of organizational downsizing on worker stress and health in the United
States
In Work stress: Studies of the context, content,
and outcomes of stress: A book of readings. Amityville, NY: Baywood
Publishing Company, Inc., 2003 Sep 53-71
This study reports that the
negative effects of downsizing on worker stress, health, coping, and job
insecurity can be reduced if organizations make efforts to conduct layoffs
fairly and with open and honest communication.
Monitoring
the changing organization of work: International practices and new
developments in the United States
Soz - Praeventivmed 2003
Dec 48(6):341-348
This article discusses current practices for
monitoring the organization of work, noting strengths, limitations, and
needs for improvement with particular attention to the status of
monitoring practices in the United States, and new initiatives by NIOSH to
improve these practices.
The
USA perspective: Current issues and trends in the management of work
stress
Aust Psychol 2003 June 38(2):1-7
The article
describes emergent issues in work stress and current efforts to reduce
stress at work in the United States.
Health
effects and occupational exposures among office workers near the WORLD
TRADE CENTER disaster site
J Occup Environ Med 2002 Jul
44(7):601-605
This study evaluated concerns related to health effects
and occupational exposures 3 months after the WTC disaster among a
population of employees working in a building close to the disaster
site.
The Changing
Organization of Work and the Safety and Health of Working
People
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2002-116
This
report presented a comprehensive research agenda to investigate and reduce
occupational safety and health risks associated with the changing
organization of work.
Job
stress research at NIOSH: 1972-2002
In Historical and
Current Perspectives on Stress and Health, 2002 Dec Pamela L. Perrewe and
Daniel C. Ganster, Eds., 2:1-55
This chapter presents an overview of
job stress research at NIOSH from its inception in 1972 through current
and proposed research in 2002.
Stress at
Work
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-101
This booklet
highlights knowledge about the causes of stress at work and outlines steps
that can be taken to prevent job stress.
Safety
climate dimensions associated with occupational exposure to blood-borne
pathogens in nurses
Am J Ind Med 1999 Sep:
36(S1):122-124
This study examined the relationship between hospital
safety climate, worker compliance with safe work practices, and incidents
of workplace exposure to blood and other body fluids.
Measuring
job stressors and strains: Where we have been, where we are, and where we
need to go
J Occup Health Psychol 1998 Oct: 3(4):368-389
This article examines assessment approaches and specific measures used
by job-stress researchers to characterize aspects of work and the working
environment and workers' reactions to these working conditions.
Psychosocial
and organizational factors
Encyclopedia of Occupational
Health and Safety, 4th ed. JM Stellman ed., Geneva,
Switzerland: International Labour Organization, 1998 Jan: 34:2-3.
This
book chapter provides an overview of job stress and psychosocial risk
factors.
Stress-Related Disorders
Health
Hazard Evaluation of Police Officers and Firefighters after Hurricane
Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana, October 17-28 and November 30-December 5,
2005
MMWR 2006 April 55(16):456-458
This report
determined that upper respiratory and skin rash symptoms were the most
common physical symptoms reported by police officers and firefighters and
lacerations and sprains were the most common injuries. In addition,
approximately one third of the respondents reported either depressive
symptoms or symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or both.
The
Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) Pilot Study:
Methods and participant characteristics
Ann Epidemiol 2006
Feb: 16(2):148-156
This article describes one of the first
population-based studies to integrate psychological, physiological, and
sub-clinical measures of stress, disease, and mental dysfunction. This
study provides a framework for examining how workplace factors, among
other factors, can impact the health of police officers.
Sleep-related
risk of occupational injuries in Japanese small- and medium-scale
enterprises
Ind Health 2005 Jan: 43(1):89-97
This
cross-sectional study evaluated the contribution of daily sleep habits to
occupational injuries.
Physical
Health Status of World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and
Volunteers- New York City, July 2002-August 2004
MMWR
2004 Sep: 53(35):807-810, 812
Description of NIOSH involvement in
supporting WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, which
provides free, standardized medical assessments, clinical referrals, and
occupational health education for workers and volunteers exposed to
hazards during the WTC rescue and recovery effort.
Mental Health
Status of World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and Volunteers -
New York City, July 2002 - August 2004
MMWR 2004 Sep:
53(35):812-815
Analysis of mental health data from the WTC Worker and
Volunteer Medical Screening Program, showing approximately 20% of
participants reported symptoms meeting the thresholds for Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder.
Job
stress and infectious disease risks in an adult development center
Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2003 Aug: 18(8):561-565
Results of a health hazard evaluation from NIOSH to examine job stress
and occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious
materials.
Job
stress among female flight attendants
J Occup Environ Med
2003 Jul: 45(7):703-714
This study evaluated the relationships between
job stressors and psychological distress and job dissatisfaction among
flight attendants.
Covariation
between workplace physical and psychosocial stressors: Evidence and
implications for occupational health research and prevention
Ergonomics 2001 Jun: 44(7):696-718
An investigation
to examine exposure covariation between physical and psychosocial
stressors among blue- and white-collar workers employed in a mass
production manufacturing environment.
Occupational
differences in depression and global health: Results from a national
sample of U.S. workers
J Occup Environ Med 1998 Feb:
40(2):153-164
Occupational differences on measures of worker well
being, depression and global health were examined in a nationally
representative sample of more than 9,000 workers.
Physiological Indicators
Aging,
stress, and the hippocampus
Ageing Res Rev 2005
May:4(2):123-140
This review discusses how stress, chemicals released
during stress, and aging can affect function and structure of brain areas
critical for cognition. It also discusses possible preventive
strategies.
Brain
concentrations of d-MDMA are increased after
stress
Psychopharmacol 2004 May: 173(3-4):278-286
This
work shows stress can alter the systemic distribution and metabolism of a
toxic substance that causes brain Damage.
Effect of aging and stress on hippocampal structure and
function
Metabolism 2003 Oct: 52(10 Suppl 2):17-21
This
review discusses how stress, stress chemicals, and aging can alter the
structure, function, and biochemistry of the hippocampus, a brain area
important in learning and memory and one that is affected in
depression.
Neuroendocrine
aspects of the response to stress
Metabolism 2002 Jun:51(6
Suppl 1):5-10
This review discusses the brain and body systems
responsible for the reaction to stress. It also considers how the
activation of stress systems can have adverse health consequences that
lead to disease as well as possible preventive strategies.
Chronic treatment with supraphysiological levels of
corticosterone enhances d-MDMA-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity in the
C57BL/6J female mouse
Brain Res 2002: 933:130-138
This
research uses animal models of stress and neurotoxicity. It shows how an
increase in corticosterone, a stress-associated steroid, can increase the
vulnerability of the brain to a toxic compound that damages the brain.
Restraint stress applied prior to chemical sensitization
modulates the development of allergic contact dermatitis differently than
restraint prioir to challenge
J Neuroimmunol
2001:113(1):72-80
This research uses animal models of stress and dermal
toxicity and indicates that the time stress occurs relative to exposure to
a toxic substance can alter the impact of a compound that causes a skin
allergic reaction.
Restraint-induced modulation of allergic and irritant contact
dermatitis in male and female B6.129 mice
Brain Behav Immun
2000 Dec: 14(4):256-269
This research uses animal models of dermal
toxicity and stress. It shows that skin allergic reactions in both males
and females are affected by stress and that these alterations may be due
to the steroid hormones released during stress.
Prevention/intervention
Approaches to prevention of job stress in the
U.S.
In Stress and the Quality of Work Life. Rossi AM, Perrewe
PL, Sauter SL, eds., Sao Paolo, Brazil: Editoria Atlas S.A, pp.
179-193.
Are
stress management programs indicators of good places to work? Results of a
national survey
Int J Stress Manag 2003 Nov:
10(4):345-360
Data from a national survey of organizations collected in
2002 were used to examine differences in the quality of work life among
organizations that offer stress management programs and those that do
not.
Stress
management at work: Secondary prevention of stress
In The
handbook of work and health psychology. New York: John Wiley & Sons,
Ltd., 2003, pp 533-548
This book chapter reviews the research
literature on primary, secondary, and tertiary approaches for reducing
worker stress.
Working with
Stress: A NIOSH-TV Production
November 2002 (17 minutes)
NIOSH Publication No. 2003-114d
This DVD highlights knowledge about the
causes of stress at work and outlines steps that can be taken to prevent
job stress.
Workplace
interventions to prevent stress-related illness: Lessons from research and
practice
In Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Cooper CL, Locke E, eds., Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers LTD,
2001.
This chapter reviewed the state-of-the-art of job stress research
and the efficacy of various interventions to reduce worker stress.
Working
women and stress
J Am Med Women's Assoc 2000 Apr-May:
55(2):76-79
This article provides a brief overview of occupational
stress as it affects working women and presents research on approaches for
reducing the negative effects of job stress.
Stress
management in work settings: A critical review of the health effects
Am J Health Promot 1996 Nov: 11(2):112-135
This article
reviewed the research literature on the health effects of worksite stress
management intervention, and examined the relative effectiveness of
biofeedback, muscle relaxation, and cognitive-behavioral strategies.
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