Persson Roger, Österberg Kai, Viborg Njördur, Jönsson Peter, Tenenbaum Artur
Department of Psychology, Lund University, SE-22100, Lund, Sweden.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, SE-22185, Lund, Sweden.
BMC Public Health. 2016 Apr 21;16:350. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3001-5.
Stress-related health problems (e.g., work-related exhaustion) are a societal concern in many postindustrial countries. Experience suggests that early detection and intervention are crucial in preventing long-term negative consequences. In the present study, we benchmark a new tool for early identification of work-related exhaustion-the Lund University Checklist for Incipient Exhaustion (LUCIE)-against other contextually relevant inventories and two contemporary Swedish screening scales.
A cross-sectional population sample (n = 1355) completed: LUCIE, Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale (KEDS), Self-reported Exhaustion Disorder Scale (s-ED), Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9), Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ), Big Five Inventory (BFI), and items concerning work-family interference and stress in private life.
Increasing signs of exhaustion on LUCIE were positively associated with signs of exhaustion on KEDS and s-ED. The prevalence rates were 13.4, 13.8 and 7.8 %, respectively (3.8 % were identified by all three instruments). Increasing signs of exhaustion on LUCIE were also positively associated with reports of burnout, job demands, stress in private life, family-to-work interference and neuroticism as well as negatively associated with reports of job control, job support and work engagement.
LUCIE, which is intended to detect pre-stages of ED, exhibits logical and coherent positive relations with KEDS and s-ED as well as other conceptually similar inventories. The results suggest that LUCIE has the potential to detect mild states of exhaustion (possibly representing pre-stages to ED) that if not brought to the attention of the healthcare system and treated, may develop in to ED. The prospective validity remains to be evaluated.
与压力相关的健康问题（如工作倦怠）在许多后工业化国家都是社会关注的问题。经验表明，早期发现和干预对于预防长期负面后果至关重要。在本研究中，我们将一种用于早期识别工作倦怠的新工具——隆德大学早期倦怠检查表（LUCIE）——与其他相关背景的量表以及两个当代瑞典筛查量表进行了比较。
一个横断面人群样本（n = 1355）完成了以下量表的测试：LUCIE、卡罗林斯卡倦怠障碍量表（KEDS）、自我报告的倦怠障碍量表（s - ED）、希罗姆 - 梅拉梅德倦怠问卷（SMBQ）、乌得勒支工作投入量表（UWES - 9）、工作内容问卷（JCQ）、大五人格量表（BFI）以及关于工作 - 家庭干扰和私人生活压力的项目。
LUCIE上倦怠迹象的增加与KEDS和s - ED上的倦怠迹象呈正相关。患病率分别为13.4%、13.8%和7.8%（三种工具均识别出的为3.8%）。LUCIE上倦怠迹象的增加还与倦怠报告、工作需求、私人生活压力、家庭对工作的干扰以及神经质呈正相关，与工作控制、工作支持和工作投入报告呈负相关。
旨在检测倦怠前期阶段的LUCIE与KEDS、s - ED以及其他概念上相似的量表呈现出逻辑连贯的正相关关系。结果表明，LUCIE有潜力检测出轻度倦怠状态（可能代表倦怠前期阶段），如果这些状态未引起医疗系统的关注并得到治疗，可能会发展为倦怠。其前瞻性效度仍有待评估。
