Hearing status, need for recovery after work, and psychosocial work characteristics: Results from an internet-based national survey on hearing

The main aim of the study is to address the relationship between hearing status and need for recovery. In addition, the role of hearing status in the relationship between psychosocial work characteristics (i.e. job demands and job control) and need for recovery was assessed. The sample comprised 925...

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Published in:International journal of audiology 2009, Vol.48 (10), p.684-691
Main Authors: Nachtegaal, Janneke, Kuik, Dirk J., Anema, Johannes R., Goverts, S. Theo, Festen, Joost M., Kramer, Sophia E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Female
Health Status
Hearing
Hearing Disorders - psychology
Hearing impairment
Hearing Tests
Humans
Internet
Job characteristics
Job content
Job control
Job demand
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Need for recovery after work
Netherlands
NL-SH
Psychosocial factors
Psychosocial work characteristics
Recovery
Regression Analysis
Risk-Taking
Sick leave
Social support
SRT
Surveys and Questionnaires
Work
Work - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:The main aim of the study is to address the relationship between hearing status and need for recovery. In addition, the role of hearing status in the relationship between psychosocial work characteristics (i.e. job demands and job control) and need for recovery was assessed. The sample comprised 925 normally-hearing and hearing-impaired working adults (aged 18-65 years) participating in the National Longitudinal Study on Hearing. Hearing status was determined using the national hearing (speech-in-noise) test over the internet. Psychosocial work characteristics and need for recovery were assessed using the job content questionnaire and the Dutch questionnaire on the experience and assessment of work. Regression models revealed a significant association between hearing status and need for recovery after work, poorer hearing leading to an increasing need for recovery. Additionally, poorer hearing led to a higher odds for risky levels of need for recovery. Hearing status did not influence the significant relationship between psychosocial work characteristics (i.e. job demand and job control) and need for recovery after work. Implications for clinical practice, such as the necessity of having adequate enablement programs for this specific group of patients, are discussed.
ISSN:1499-2027
1708-8186
DOI:10.1080/14992020902962421