Author/Authors :
Tabatabaee Jabali, SM tehran university of medical sciences tums - Department of Nutrition, تهران, ايران , Ghaffari, M tehran university of medical sciences tums - Department of Occupational Medicine, تهران, ايران , Pournik, O mashhad university of medical sciences - Department of Medical Informatics, ايران , Ghalichi, L tehran university of medical sciences tums - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, تهران, ايران , Tehrani Yazdi, AR shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, تهران, ايران , Motevalian, SA tehran university of medical sciences tums - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
Background: The effect of poor psychosocial work conditions on health status has widely been discussed in occupational literature. Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) is a widely accepted instrument for evaluation of psychosocial work conditions. Objective: To determine the reliability and validity of Persian version of JCQ. Methods: The questionnaire was translated into Persian and back translated. 490 Iranian health care workers completed the questionnaire. After 4 weeks, 196 participants completed the questionnaire once again. Results: Factor analyses revealed an acceptable level of structure validity for the questionnaire. Cronbach s α was more than 0.75 for all scales except for psychological demand (α=0.60) and job insecurity (α=0.27). reassessment of participants after 4 weeks revealed an acceptable level of reliability for all scales except depression. Conclusion: The Persian version of JCQ is reliable and valid for assessing work conditions among Iranian health care workers, although revision is needed for job insecurity and depression scales.
Keywords :
Reproducibility of results , Occupational health , Health personnel , Questionnaires , Iran
