Table 2.
Psychosocial factors and health and work-related outcomes at work
| COPSOQ scalesa | Number of items | Mean | SD | 95 % CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain: Demands | ||||
| Quantitative demands | 4 | 49.2 | 16.8 | 47.83–50.55 |
| Emotional demands | 3 | 47.9 | 19.2 | 46.32–49.43 |
| Demands for hiding emotions | 2 | 44.9 | 23.1 | 43.01–46.75 |
| Work-Privacy-Conflict | 5 | 25.4 | 24.4 | 23.43–27.39 |
| Domain: Influence and development | ||||
| Influence at work | 4 | 41.2 | 21.4 | 39.42–42.90 |
| Degree of freedom at work | 4 | 42.7 | 20.0 | 41.05–44.30 |
| Possibilities for development | 4 | 69.1 | 14.5 | 67.87–70.22 |
| Meaning of work | 3 | 83.8 | 15.2 | 82.52–84.99 |
| Workplace commitment | 4 | 64.0 | 18.0 | 62.46–65.31 |
| Domain: Interpersonal relations and leadership | ||||
| Predictability | 2 | 67.0 | 21.0 | 65.34–68.72 |
| Role-clarity | 4 | 81.6 | 13.7 | 80.43–82.66 |
| Role-conflict | 4 | 29.2 | 21.0 | 27.48–30.90 |
| Quality of leadership | 4 | 65.9 | 20.9 | 64.13–67.57 |
| Social support | 4 | 78.2 | 18.5 | 76.73–79.74 |
| Feedback | 2 | 51.4 | 23.1 | 49.52–53.27 |
| Social relations | 2 | 42.3 | 16.9 | 40.92–43.66 |
| Sense of community | 3 | 85.9 | 15.9 | 84.63–87.22 |
| Workplace bullying (single item) | 1 | 17.6 | 22.2 | 15.83–19.45 |
| Domain: Further parameters | ||||
| Job insecurity | 4 | 20.2 | 18.0 | 18.74–21.66 |
| Domain: Outcome scales | ||||
| Thinking about early retirement (single item) | 1 | 15.4 | 23.1 | 13.45–17.24 |
| Job satisfaction | 7 | 73.6 | 14.0 | 72.47–74.76 |
| General health | 1 | 78.5 | 18.8 | 76.54–79.61 |
| Burnout | 6 | 38.0 | 19.8 | 36.41–39.63 |
| Cognitive stress symptoms | 4 | 26.4 | 18.2 | 24.88–27.84 |
| Satisfaction with life | 5 | 70.7 | 18.1 | 69.20–72.15 |
SD standard deviation, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval
aPossible score for each scale between 0 (minimum) and 100 (maximum)