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Comparison of alternative versions of the job demand-control scales in 17 European cohort studies: the IPD-Work consortium

Authors: Fransson EI, Nyberg ST, Heikkila K, Alfredsson L, Bacquer D, Batty GD, Bonenfant S, Casini A, Clays E, Goldberg M, Kittel F, Koskenvuo M, Knutsson A, Leineweber C, Hanson LLM, Nordin M, Singh-Manoux A, Suominen S, Vahtera J, Westerholm P, Westerlund H, Zins M, Theorell T, Kivimaki M

Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

Publication year: 2012

Journal: BMC Public Health

Journal name in source: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Journal acronym: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Article number: ARTN 62

Number in series: 12

Volume: 12

Issue: 12

First page : 62

Number of pages: 9

ISSN: 1471-2458

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-62

Abstract

Conclusions: Partial job demand and job control scales with at least half of the items of the complete scales, and job strain indices based on one complete and one partial scale, seemed to assess the same underlying concepts as the complete survey instruments.