The Lund University Checklist for Incipient Exhaustion–a cross–sectional comparison of a new instrument with similar contemporary tools

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Njördur Viborg¹  Roger Persson²  Kai Österberg²  Artur Tenenbaum³  Peter Jönsson⁴ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Lund University, SE-22100, Lund, Sweden;Department of Psychology, Lund University, SE-22100, Lund, Sweden;Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, SE-22185, Lund, Sweden;Hälsan & Arbetslivet, Occupational Health Care Unit, Region Västra Götaland, Skaraborg Hospital, SE-54185, Skövde, Sweden;School of Education and Environment, Centre for Psychology, Kristianstad University, SE-29188, Kristianstad, Sweden;

关键词: Burnout;    Exhaustion disorder;    KEDS;    LUCIE;    Personality traits;    s-ED;    Stress;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-016-3001-5

 received in 2015-10-24, accepted in 2016-04-06,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundStress-related health problems (e.g., work-related exhaustion) are a societal concern in many postindustrial countries. Experience suggests that early detection and intervention are crucial in preventing long-term negative consequences. In the present study, we benchmark a new tool for early identification of work-related exhaustion–the Lund University Checklist for Incipient Exhaustion (LUCIE)–against other contextually relevant inventories and two contemporary Swedish screening scales.MethodsA cross-sectional population sample (n = 1355) completed: LUCIE, Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale (KEDS), Self-reported Exhaustion Disorder Scale (s-ED), Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9), Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ), Big Five Inventory (BFI), and items concerning work-family interference and stress in private life.ResultsIncreasing signs of exhaustion on LUCIE were positively associated with signs of exhaustion on KEDS and s-ED. The prevalence rates were 13.4, 13.8 and 7.8 %, respectively (3.8 % were identified by all three instruments). Increasing signs of exhaustion on LUCIE were also positively associated with reports of burnout, job demands, stress in private life, family-to-work interference and neuroticism as well as negatively associated with reports of job control, job support and work engagement.ConclusionsLUCIE, which is intended to detect pre-stages of ED, exhibits logical and coherent positive relations with KEDS and s-ED as well as other conceptually similar inventories. The results suggest that LUCIE has the potential to detect mild states of exhaustion (possibly representing pre-stages to ED) that if not brought to the attention of the healthcare system and treated, may develop in to ED. The prospective validity remains to be evaluated.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Persson et al. 2016