Cohen B G, Colligan M J, Wester W, Smith M J
Occup Health Nurs. 1978 Jan;26(1):10-6. doi: 10.1177/216507997802600102.
An investigation was undertaken of an apparent outbreak of contagious psychogenic illness at an electronics plant in which approximately 50 females reported a variety of subjective nonspecific symptoms. The workers believed that the physical symptomatology was triggered by an unidentified odor in the plant which was not verified by environmental sampling for chemicals or by medical evaluations of affected workers. A random sample of non-affected and affected workers was surveyed by means of psychological health status inventories and epidemiological indices to determine the role that life-history, personality characteristics and job dissatisfaction had on susceptibility to illness. Results indicated that those workers reporting the highest level of perceived stress due to job dissatisfaction, family problems, and personal conflict were most likely to experience somatic symptoms. In the present study sources of dissatisfaction identified as potential precipitating factors of the illness outbreak were: 1) working conditions, 2) supervisory style, and 3) personal lifestyle.
对一家电子厂明显爆发的传染性心因性疾病展开了调查，该厂约50名女性报告出现了各种主观非特异性症状。工人们认为身体症状是由工厂中一种不明气味引发的，但环境化学物质采样和对患病工人的医学评估均未证实这一点。通过心理健康状况量表和流行病学指标对未受影响和受影响工人的随机样本进行了调查，以确定生活史、人格特征和工作不满对患病易感性的影响。结果表明，那些因工作不满、家庭问题和个人冲突而报告感知压力水平最高的工人最有可能出现躯体症状。在本研究中，被确定为疾病爆发潜在促发因素的不满来源有：1）工作条件，2）监管方式，3）个人生活方式。
