AIM To determine the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)-like caseness in the working population. METHODS Using data from the prospective Maastricht Cohort Study on Fatigue at Work, the prevalence and incidence of CFS-like cases (employees meeting research criteria for CFS) were determined among 5499 employees who responded to the follow up assessment 3 years and 8 months after basel...

Affecting the employees in hotel businesses because of its labor-intensive nature, burnout is one of the most important problems in todays’ hotel businesses. Because of its importance, the effects of burnout over job satisfaction on employees were examined with research in three, four and five star hotels in Çanakkale. Being the most widely used method in researches done on the subject, Maslach...

BACKGROUND Few studies have identified the risk factors associated with lost time in employees working with occupational low back pain (OLBP) despite the presence of pain. Such data could assist in the development of evidenced-based secondary prevention programs. METHODS The present investigation was a case-control study (n = 421) of demographic, health behavior, ergonomic, workplace and indi...

PURPOSE Comparison of TB incidence in young and middle age group between urban/surrounding area and other area. MATERIAL & METHODS TB incidence in young and middle age group by sex, nationality, labor status and prefecture is calculated with data of National Population Survey and TB surveillance in 2005. Risk factors of TB infection/break down such as public transportation, poverty, populatio...

The present study was conducted to explore the achievement motivation level in the employees of Pakistan. A sample of 205 employees ( Mean age 32.40; SD 8.62) of Pakistan working in different Govt. departments was taken by convenient purposive sampling method. For the purpose of measurement achievement motivation scale by (Spencer & Helmreich 1983) was used. Independent samples t test revealed ...

This study addressed the prevalence of working overtime in relation to psychosocial work characteristics and need for recovery. More precisely, the aim of this study was to find out (1) whether a relationship exists between working overtime and psychosocial work characteristics (job demands and job control), (2a) whether a relationship exists between working overtime and need for recovery, and ...

OBJECTIVE Adjustment latitude describes opportunities to change demands at work when ill and may affect work ability. The aim here is to study the association between adjustment latitude and self-assessed work ability among men and women and employees from different occupational sectors. METHODS This cross-sectional study used data from a questionnaire sent to 3020 employees in three occupati...

This study examines the importance of job characteristics on absence and on-the-job performance in a large group of employees with diagnosed depressive and anxiety disorders. In a sample of 1522 employees (1129 persons with and 393 persons without psychopathology) participating in Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA, n=2981) we examined associations between job characteristics an...

This prospective study was conducted to explore the correlates of computer anxiety among employees. The sample consisted of 300 employees (150 males & 150 females) aged 24-58 years taken from different organizations of Multan. The Computer Anxiety Scale (Heinssen, Glass, & Knight, 1987) was used to measure the level of anxiety in employees. The study revealed that age and experience are the maj...

This paper investigates trends and changes in the structural composition of women’s weekly market hours in former West-Germany using aggregate time-series data from German micro census from 1957 until 2001. Aggregate weekly hours per working-age woman are decomposed into hours worked per employee – the intensive margin of adjustment – and into labor force participation – the extensive margin. T...