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Citation

Harma M, Koskinen A, Ropponen A, Puttonen S, Karhula K, Vahtera J, Kivimaki M. Occup. Environ. Med. 2016; 74(3): 228-230.

Affiliation

Modern Work and Leadership, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/oemed-2016-103902

PMID

27679673

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the validity of widely used questionnaire items on work schedule using objective registry data as reference.

METHOD: A cohort study of hospital employees who responded to a self-administered questionnaire on work schedule in 2008, 2012 and 2014 and were linked to individual-level pay-roll-based records on work shifts. For predictive validity, leisure-time fatigue was assessed.

RESULTS: According to the survey data in 2014 (n=8896), 55% of the day workers had at least 1 year of earlier shift work experience. 8% of the night shift workers changed to day work during the follow-up. Using pay-roll data as reference, questions on 'shift work with night shifts' and 'permanent night work' showed high sensitivity (96% and 90%) and specificity (92% and 97%). Self-reported 'regular day work' showed moderate sensitivity (73%), but high specificity (99%) and 'shift work without night shifts' showed low sensitivity (62%) and moderate specificity (87%). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, the age-adjusted, sex-adjusted and baseline fatigue-adjusted association between 'shift work without night shifts' and leisure-time fatigue was lower for self-reported compared with objective assessment (1.30, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.82, n=1707 vs 1.89, 95% CI 1.06 to 3.39, n=1627). In contrast, shift work with night shifts, compared with permanent day work, was similarly associated with fatigue in the two assessments (2.04, 95% CI 1.62 to 2.57, n=2311 vs 1.82, 95% CI 1.28 to 2.58, n=1804).

CONCLUSIONS: The validity of self-reported assessment of shift work varies between work schedules. Exposure misclassification in self-reported data may contribute to bias towards the null in shift work without night shifts.

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Language: en

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