@Article{Ljos2011, author = "Ljoså, Cathrine Haugene and Tyssen, Reidar and Lau, Bjørn", title = "Mental distress among shift workers in Norwegian offshore petroleum industry – relative influence of individual and psychosocial work factors", journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health", year = "2011", month = "Nov", day = "37", number = "6", pages = "551--555", keywords = "individual work factor; mental disorder; mental distress; mental health; neuroticism; night work; Norway; petroleum industry; psychosocial work factor; shift work; shift work locus of control; shift work–home interference", abstract = "'
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OBJECTIVE ': 'This study aimed to investigate the association between individual and psychosocial work factors and mental distress among offshore shift workers in the Norwegian petroleum industry.
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METHODS ': 'All 2406 employees of a large Norwegian oil and gas company, who worked offshore during a two-week period in August 2006, were invited to participate in the web-based survey. Completed questionnaires were received from 1336 employees (56% response rate). The outcome variable was mental distress, assessed with a shortened version of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-5). The following individual factors were adjusted for: age, gender, marital status, and shift work locus of control. Psychosocial work factors included: night work, demands, control and support, and shift work–home interference.
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RESULTS ': 'The level of mental distress was higher among men than women. In the adjusted regression model, the following were associated with mental distress: (i) high scores on quantitative demands, (ii) low level of support, and (iii) high level of shift work–home interference. Psychosocial work factors explained 76% of the total explained variance (adjusted R²=0.21) in the final adjusted model.
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CONCLUSIONS ': 'Psychosocial work factors, such as quantitative demands, support, and shift work–home interference were independently associated with mental distress. Shift schedules were only univariately associated with mental distress.
", issn = "0355-3140", doi = "10.5271/sjweh.3191", url = "https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3191", url = "https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3191" }