Work situation and self-perceived economic situation as predictors of change in burnout – a prospective general population-based cohort study

BMC Public Health

Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm³  Urban Janlert¹  Jonas Höög²  Christina Reuterwall³  Sofia Norlund³ 

[1] Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Department of Sociology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

关键词: Sweden;    General population;    Exhaustion;    Mental disorder;    Occupational;    Psychosocial;   

Others  :  1164178
DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-1681-x

 received in 2014-05-15, accepted in 2015-03-26,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Sick leave rates due to mental and behavioural disorders have increased in Sweden during the last decades. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate changes in the level of burnout in a working subset of the general population and to identify how such changes relate to changes in work situation and self-perceived economic situation.

Methods

A cohort of 1000 persons from a subset of the 2004 northern Sweden MONICA (Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease) general population survey was followed over a five-year period (2004–2009). In total, 623 persons (323 women and 300 men) were included in the analysis. Burnout levels were measured at baseline and follow-up using the Shirom Melamed Burnout Questionnaire. Risk factors were assessed at both measuring points.

Results

In the whole study cohort, a small (−0.15) but statistically significant reduction in burnout level was found. No differences in change of burnout were found between men and women. Constant strain at work, an increased risk of unemployment, and a perceived worsening of economic situation during the study time period were related to an increased burnout level. An accumulation of these risk factors was associated with increased burnout level.

Conclusions

Risk factors in work situation and self-perceived economy are related to changes in burnout level, and special attention should be directed towards persons exposed to multiple risk factors.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Norlund et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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