The Third Version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire

INTRODUCTION: A new third version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III) has been developed in response to trends in working life, theoretical concepts, and international experience. A key component of the COPSOQ III is a defined set of mandatory core items to be included in national short, middle, and long versions of the questionnaire. The aim of the present article is to present and test the reliability of the new international middle version of the COPSOQ III.METHODS: The questionnaire was tested among 23,361 employees during 2016–2017 in Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, and Turkey. A total of 26 dimensions (measured through scales or single items) of the middle version and two from the long version were tested. Psychometric properties of the dimensions were assessed regarding reliability (Cronbach α), ceiling and floor effects (fractions with extreme answers), and distinctiveness (correlations with other dimensions).RESULTS: Most international middle dimensions had satisfactory reliability in most countries, though some ceiling and floor effects were present. Dimensions with missing values were rare. Most dimensions had low to medium intercorrelations.CONCLUSIONS: The COPSOQ III offers reliable and distinct measures of a wide range of psychosocial dimensions of modern working life in different countries; although a few measures could be improved. Future testing should focus on validation of the COPSOQ items and dimensions using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Such investigations would enhance the basis for recommendations using the COPSOQ III.

Condiciones psicosociales, violencia y salud mental en docentes de medicina y enfermería / Psychosocial conditions, violence and mental health in teachers of medicine and nursing

Resumen Objetivo: Mostrar la relación entre las condiciones negativas de trabajo de origen psicosocial, las situaciones y comportamientos de violencia y acoso psicológico en el trabajo y las autoper-cepciones sobre el estado de salud mental de un grupo de profesionales docentes de medicina y enfermería. Materiales y métodos: Se realizó un estudio cuantitativo, con un diseño no experimental, transversal, analítico y explicativo. Participaron 68 docentes universitarios, médicos y enfermeras con al menos un año de antigüedad laboral. Resultados: No se encontró relación de sexo y edad con la exposición a condiciones negativas de trabajo. La presencia de condiciones psicosociales negativas (nivel medio, 66 %) se asoció, para ambos grupos, con una probabilidad alta de presencia de situaciones y comportamientos de violencia p<0.000. Los docentes de enfermería resultaron ser más susceptibles de sufrir de cualquier modalidad de violencia y acoso psicológico y refirieron una autopercepción de su estado de salud mental más bajo [p<0.039] que el grupo de docentes del programa de medicina. Conclusiones: Se concluye que a pesar de haber trabajado con una muestra pequeña, la presencia de condiciones negativas de trabajo de origen psicosocial hace más susceptibles a los trabajadores a la exposición a situaciones de violencia y acoso psicológico en el trabajo y los efectos que ello puede ocasionar en el nivel de autopercepción del estado de salud mental. Se sugiere asociar las condiciones negativas de trabajo de origen psicosocial con el estado actual de la economía y las formas de producir.

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to show the relationship between adverse conditions of psychosocial work of origin, situations and behaviors of violence and mobbing at work and self-perceptions on the mental health status of a group of professional teachers of medicine and nursing. Materials and methods: This study was conducted with a quantitative design non-experimental, cross-sectional, analytical and explanatory. They participated 68 university teachers, doctors and nurses with at least one year of seniority. Results: No relationship was found for age and sex with exposure to adverse conditions of work. Negative psychosocial conditions (average level, 66 per cent) was associated with, both groups, a high probability of presence of situations and behaviors of violence p<0.000. Teachers of nursing proved to be more likely to suffer from any form of violence and mobbing and referred a perception of your general state of health more under [p<0.039], in opposition the group of teachers from the medicine program. Conclusions: It is concluded that, despite having worked with a small sample size, the presence of adverse conditions of psychosocial work of origin, made them more susceptible to the workers to the exposure to situations of violence and mobbing at work and effects that this can result in the level of perception of state of mental health. It is suggested that associate adverse conditions of origin of psychosocial work with the current state of economy and ways to produce.