Work-related stress assessed by a text message single-item stress question

Arapovic-Johansson, B; Wåhlin, C; Kwak, L; Björklund, C; Jensen, I

doi:10.1093/occmed/kqx111

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Work-related stress assessed by a text message single-item stress question

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Arapovic-Johansson, B, Wåhlin, C, Kwak, L, Björklund, C, Jensen, I·2017·Occupational Medicine

DOI 10.1093/occmed/kqx111PMC PMC5927000

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BACKGROUND: Given the prevalence of work stress-related ill-health in the Western world, it is important to find cost-effective, easy-to-use and valid measures which can be used both in research and in practice. AIMS: To examine the validity and reliability of the single-item stress question (SISQ), distributed weekly by short message service (SMS) and used for measurement of work-related stress. METHODS: The convergent validity was assessed through associations between the SISQ and subscales of the Job Demand-Control-Support model, the Effort-Reward Imbalance model and scales measuring depression, exhaustion and sleep. The predictive validity was assessed using SISQ data collected through SMS. The reliability was analysed by the test-retest procedure. RESULTS: Correlations between the SISQ and all the subscales except for job strain and esteem reward were significant, ranging from -0.186 to 0.627. The SISQ could also predict sick leave, depression and exhaustion at 12-month follow-up. The analysis on reliability revealed a satisfactory stability with a weighted kappa between 0.804 and 0.868. CONCLUSIONS: The SISQ, administered through SMS, can be used for the screening of stress levels in a working population.

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Authors: Arapovic-Johansson, B., Wåhlin, C., Kwak, L., Björklund, C., & Jensen, I.
Affiliations: Karolinska Institutet (SE)
Linköping University (SE)
Corresponding author: Arapovic-Johansson, B
ORCID: Arapovic-Johansson, B
Wåhlin, C
Kwak, L
Björklund, C
Jensen, I
Venue: Occupational Medicine
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2017-08-18
Volume: 67
Issue: 8
Pages: 601-608
ISSN: 0962-7480 (ISSN-L)
1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqx111
PMC: PMC5927000
OpenAlex: W2747728381
Cited by: 68
References: 22
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
FWCI: 5.32
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: Occupational Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
DiVA (Linkoping University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics: Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Technostress in Professional Settings
Keywords: occupational stress, short message service, text messaging, stress screening, demand-control-support model, effort-reward imbalance model, convergent validity, predictive validity, test-retest reliability, sick leave, depression, exhaustion, sleep, occupational health surveillance
MeSH terms: Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Reproducibility of Results, Workplace, Sick Leave, Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures, Text Messaging

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