Posters within Epidemiology

• Working life organisation and leadership
• Cultural activities and health

Working life organisation and leadership

Subjective Cognitive Symptoms and Cognitive Functioning in the Swedish Working Population
Together the results indicate that a high level of cognitive symptoms in this group is related to a poorer ability in executive functions required in working-memory tasks.
 Subjective Cognitive Symptoms and Cognitive Functioning in the Swedish Working Population (277 Kb)

Work-private life interplay – a qualitative study on borders and roles
Women in this Swedish study state that they experienced less gender equality in both work life and family life, than they had expected before starting a family with children.
 Work-private life interplay – a qualitative study on borders and roles (1255 Kb)

Socioeconomic stratification of perceived leadership
The results in this study show that the leadership variables are associated with socioeconomic status but also that they predict employee health even after adjustment for socioeconomic status.
 Socioeconomic stratification of perceived leadership (130 Kb)

Social adversity in adolescence increases the physiological vulnerability to job strain in adulthood: A prospective population-based study
Results show that exposure to an adverse social environment in adolescence was associated with increased vulnerability to job strain in mid-life.
 Social adversity in adolescence increases the physiological vulnerability to job strain in adulthood (346 Kb)

Self-rated health before and after retirement: findings from the French GAZEL cohort study
The findings suggest that the burden of illhealth, in terms of perceived health problems, is substantially relieved by retirement for all but those with ideal working conditions.
 Self-rated health before and after retirement: findings from the French GAZEL cohort study (2591 Kb)

Interpersonal conflicts at work – The relationship with workplace factors, work characteristics and self-rated health
The results of the study shows what consequences working life conflicts have on the employees’ health.
 Interpersonal conflicts at work (984 Kb)

Covert coping with unfair treatment at work and risk of incident myocardial infarction and cardiac death among men: Prospective cohort study
In this cohort study of Swedish men apparently free of coronary heart disease at baseline, covert coping behaviour was associated with an increased risk of future myocardial infarction and cardiac death.
 Covert coping with unfair treatment at work and risk of incident myocardial infarction (649 Kb)

SLOSH – Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health
SLOSH is a longitudinal cohort study of ~ 9,000 people. The aim of the survey is to investigate the relationships between work environment factors and health over time.
 SLOSH – Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (175 Kb)

Working life epidemiology
Does one become sick of bad managers? Is it good to be on sick leave? What happens to one’s health upon retirement? With the help of a unique international collaboration, which gives access to large databases, this study has sought the answers to these questions.
 Working life epidemiology (192 Kb)

The significance of the work place and the work for employee health
Results show that factors of work have an impact on the employees’ stress symptoms and health through the demands of the work.
 The significance of the work place and the work for employee health (165 Kb)

Managerial leadership and health
Managerial leadership seems to have an additional explanatory value in relation to health over and above that of the Demand-Control-Support Model.
 Managerial leadership and health (125 Kb)

Evaluation of health effects of work site cultural activities – a pilot study
VAS (Visual Analogue Scales) changes indicated increase in energy, joy and relaxation. Activities that could be classified as more ”interactive” induced more increase in energy than others.
 Evaluation of health effects of work site cultural activities (84 Kb)

Cultural activities and health

Is cultural activity at work related to mental health in employees?
Cultural activity at work may protect the employees against subsequent emotional exhaustion.
 Is cultural activity at work related to mental health in employees? (401 Kb)