1. Reliability and Validity of Persian Version of Job Content Questionnaire in Health Care Workers In Iran.
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Jabali, Sm Tabatabaee, Ghaffari, M, Pournik, O, Ghalichi, L, Yazdi, Ar Tehrani, and Motevalian, Sa
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STATISTICAL correlation ,FACTOR analysis ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL personnel ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RELIABILITY (Personality trait) ,RESEARCH evaluation ,STATISTICS ,WORK environment ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Background: The effect of poor psychosocial work conditions on health status has widely been discussed in occupational literature. Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) is a widely accepted instrument for evaluation of psychosocial work conditions.Objective: To determine the reliability and validity of Persian version of JCQ.Methods: The questionnaire was translated into Persian and back translated. 490 Iranian health care workers completed the questionnaire. After 4 weeks, 196 participants completed the questionnaire once again.Results: Factor analyses revealed an acceptable level of structure validity for the questionnaire.Cronbach's α was more than 0.75 for all scales except for psychological demand(α=0.60) and job insecurity (α=0.27). reassessment of participants after 4 weeks revealed an acceptable level of reliability for all scales except depression.Conclusion: The Persian version of JCQ is reliable and valid for assessing work conditions among Iranian health care workers, although revision is needed for job insecurity and depression scales. INSET: TAKE-HOME MESSAGE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013