Sperstad Jonil Tau, Skjerve Eystein, Muri Karianne, Selstad Utaaker Kjersti, Torske Magnhild Oust
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway.
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Steinkjer, Norway.
J Agromedicine. 2025 Jul;30(3):506-518. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2025.2473449. Epub 2025 Mar 6.
Farming is an occupation with high levels of occupational stress. The objective of this study was to explore psychological job demand, decision authority, and social support at work in Norwegian farmers compared to other occupational groups.
Data from the fourth wave of the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT4) was used, in which participants were registered with their main occupation, and items from the Swedish Demand-Control-Support (DCS) Questionnaire were included to measure self-reported psychosocial work environment. Each DCS dimension was dichotomized into high and low scores. Four job types were created by combining high and low scores of demand and decision authority (active, passive, low and high strain). Logistic regression analyses were used to explore associations between occupational groups and the three DCS dimensions, as well as job type.
Of the 20,268 participants in our sample, 800 were farmers. A small proportion of farmers had a combination of high demands and low decision authority (2.3%). Overall, farmers stood out from the other manual occupational groups with high levels of demand and decision authority. Compared with other main occupational groups, farmers were most similar to managers in terms of having an active job (OR 0.79; 95% CI 0.66-0.94) and a high strain job (OR 0.95; 95% CI 0.57-1.74).
Although having a demanding occupation, the high decision authority experienced by most farmers prevents them from being in the high strain job category. Despite socioeconomic differences, farmers are more similar to managers than they are to other blue-collar workers with regards to psychosocial work environment.
务农是一种职业压力水平较高的职业。本研究的目的是探讨挪威农民与其他职业群体相比，工作中的心理工作需求、决策自主权和社会支持情况。
使用了特隆赫姆郡健康研究（HUNT4）第四轮的数据，参与者按其主要职业进行登记，并纳入了瑞典需求-控制-支持（DCS）问卷中的项目来测量自我报告的心理社会工作环境。每个DCS维度都被分为高分和低分。通过结合需求和决策自主权的高分和低分创建了四种工作类型（积极型、消极型、低压力型和高压力型）。使用逻辑回归分析来探讨职业群体与三个DCS维度以及工作类型之间的关联。
在我们样本中的20268名参与者中，800名是农民。一小部分农民具有高需求和低决策自主权的组合（2.3%）。总体而言，农民在需求和决策自主权水平方面与其他体力职业群体不同。与其他主要职业群体相比，农民在拥有积极型工作（比值比0.79；95%置信区间0.66 - 0.94）和高压力型工作（比值比0.95；95%置信区间0.57 - 1.74）方面与经理最为相似。
尽管务农是一项要求苛刻的职业，但大多数农民所拥有的高决策自主权使他们不属于高压力工作类别。尽管存在社会经济差异，但在心理社会工作环境方面，农民与经理的相似性高于他们与其他蓝领工人的相似性。
