The occupational stress index : approach derived from cognitive ergonomics and brain research for clinical practice / Karen Belkic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belkić, Karen, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Job stress.

Job stress--Testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge International Science Pub., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Of interest to occupational health psychologists, industrial hygienists, ergonomists, as well as to labor and management, inter alia, the Occupational Stress Index can also be integrated with objective measurements and expert observer assessment of job characteristics. In particular, the OSI could detect areas for which in-depth observational analysis is needed, especially with a view to possibilities for practical improvements in the work environment.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: The Need for the Occupational Stress Index-An Approach Derived from 1. Cognitive Ergonomics and Brain Research for Clinical Practice

2. The Impact Of Stressful Work On Health

The Job Strain Model

The Effort Reward Imbalance Model

Hypertension

Repetitive Motion Injury/Musculo-Skeletal Disorders

Adverse Mental Health Outcomes

Occupations With Evidence of Risk for Adverse Stress-Related Health Outcomes

Professional Drivers

Health Care Professionals

Teachers

Air Transport Professionals

3. How Can Insights From Cognitive Ergonomics And Brain Research Inform Our Assessment Of The Work Environment?

How we handle Information: A Neurophysiologic View

Knowledge-Based versus Skill-Based Information Processing

Threat Avoidant Vigilance

The Conflict Dimension

Physically Aversive Exposures

4. Occupation-Specific versus Generic Self-Report Measures To Assess Workplace Exposures

The Occupational Stress Index: An Additive Burden Model To Help Bridge The Gap

The Organization of the OSI

5. The Occupational Stress Index In Clinical Practice

Preparing A Narrative Occupational History, which includes Psychosocial Stressors As This Informs A Work-Related Diagnostic And Management Plan

An Approach to taking a Work History which includes Psychosocial Stressors, Based upon the OSI

Part I: Occupational Histories Based upon the OSI:

Physician Narrative History derived from the OSI for Physicians

Narrative Occupational History: Derived from the Computer OSI

Part II: Clinical Cases Based upon the OSI-derived Occupational Histories

A. A 54-Year Old Neurologist-Psychiatrist Working In A Public Hospital

B. A 43 Year-Old Male Long-Route Truck Driver.

C. A 51-Year Old Clerical Assistant To The Director Of A University Cancer Research Division

D. 47 year-old Male Auto Assembler

Assessment And Approach To Management: Answers To Questions From The Cases

B. 43 Year-Old Male Long-Route Truck Driver

C. A 51-Year Old Adminstrative Assistant At A University Cancer Research Division

6. The Revised OSI Questionnaires and Score Sheets

REVISED GENERIC OSI SCORE SHEET

Revised Version of the OSI for Professional Drivers 2002-2003

REVISED DRIVER OSI SCORE SHEET: 2002-2003

THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF PHYSICIANS

THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF TEACHERS

OSI FOR TEACHERS SCORE SHEET

7. Conclusions and Future Perspectives

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-36121-2

9786610361212

1-904602-39-8

OCLC:

70773048