The annual costs of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to job strain in France.

2013

International audience; BACKGROUND: Work stress has become a major occupational risk factor in industrialized countries and an important economic issue. The objective was to estimate the annual costs of coronary heart diseases (CHD) and mental disorders (MD) attributable to job strain exposure according to Karasek's model in France for the year 2003 from a societal perspective. METHODS: We produced attributable fraction estimates which were applied to the number of cases (morbidity and mortality) and the costs of CHD and MD. Relative risk estimates came from a systematic literature review of prospective studies. We conducted meta-analyses based on this selection of studies. Prevalence of ex…

Exposition aux facteurs psychosociaux au travail : comparaison entre 31 pays en Europe

2012

Le poids imputable à l’exposition au stress au travail en termes économiques et de santé publique : enjeux et écueils méthodologiques

2012

L’estimation de l’effet du stress au travail sur le nombre de cas de pathologies (morbidite et mortalite) et les couts economiques associes constitue un reel enjeu de sante publique. Pourtant les etudes qui portent sur ce sujet sont peu nombreuses dans la litterature. L’objectif de l’article est de souligner l’interet d’un tel chiffrage, de presenter brievement une methode d’estimation envisageable, celle des fractions attribuables, et les difficultes methodologiques qui lui sont associees. Cette methode utilise des donnees epidemiologiques de risque relatif associe a un facteur de risque donne, et de prevalence d’exposition a ce facteur. Les difficultes methodologiques soulevees par l’util…

Psychosocial work factors and sickness absence in 31 countries in Europe

2013

International audience; Background: The studies on the associations between psychosocial work factors and sickness absence have rarely included a large number of factors and European data. The objective was to examine the associations between a large set of psychosocial work factors following well-known and emergent concepts and sickness absence in Europe. Methods: The study population consisted of 14 881 male and 14 799 female workers in 31 countries from the 2005 European Working Conditions Survey. Psychosocial work factors included the following: decision latitude, psychological demands, social support, physical violence, sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying, long working hours, s…

0157 The use of epidemiologic data to evaluate the economic burden of occupational risks: modelling the cost of diseases attributable to job strain i…

2014

Objectives To estimate the annual costs of coronary heart diseases (CHD) and mental disorders (MD) attributable to job strain exposure according to Karasek’s model in France for the year 2003 from a societal perspective. Method We produced attributable fraction estimates which were applied to the number of cases (morbidity and mortality) and the costs of CHD and MD. Relative risk estimates came from a systematic literature review of prospective studies. We conducted meta-analyses based on this selection of studies. Prevalence of exposure to job strain came from the national SUMER survey conducted in France in 2003. Results Between 8.8 and 10.2% of CHD morbidity and between 9.4 and 11.2% of …

Exposure to psychosocial work factors in 31 European countries

2012

Background Although psychosocial work factors are recognized as major occupational risk factors, little information is available regarding the prevalence of exposure to these factors and the differences in exposure between countries. Aims To explore the differences in various psychosocial work exposures between 31 European countries. Methods The study was based on a sample of 14,881 male and 14,799 female workers from the 2005 European Working Conditions Survey. Eighteen psychosocial work factors were studied: low decision latitude (skill discretion and decision authority), high psychological demands, job strain, low social support, iso-strain, physical violence, sexual harassment, bullying…

Response to the letter to the editor by Latza et al.: Indirect evaluation of attributable fractions for psychosocial work exposures: a difficult rese…

2014

Fractions of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to psychosocial work exposures in 31 countries in Europe

2014

International audience

Fractions of cardiovascular diseases, mental disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders attributable to job strain in France

2011

International audience