[Job stress and quality of life of primary care health-workers: evidence of validity of the PECVEC questionnaire].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) and stress at work among Primary Care workers, as evidence of the construct validity of the Spanish version (PECVEC) of the profile of quality of life in the chronically ill (PLC) questionnaire. In addition, to check its other psychometric properties.


METHODS
Cross-sectional study.


METHODS
Eighteen primary care centres in Health Area IV, Asturias (Oviedo), Spain, sharing similar socio-demographic conditions.


METHODS
Two hundred and thirty-three primary care nurses and physicians.


METHODS
HRQL was evaluated by the 6 general dimensions of the Spanish version of the PLC. Stress at work was evaluated by the three scales of the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) questionnaire.


RESULTS
The construct validity of the PECVEC was assessed by testing the inverse associations of QoL dimensions and job stress ones, when the most important confuser variables were monitored. The non-response rate was low (<3%), and no floor effects and only small ceiling effects were observed. Internal consistency analysis and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated high reliability, factorial validity and convergent/divergent validity of the PECVEC.


CONCLUSIONS
The PECVEC demonstrates adequate psychometric properties for evaluating HRQL in healthy subjects.
Fernández-López
Juan Antonio
JA
Centro de Salud de Riosa, Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias (SESPA), 33160 Asturias, Spain. juanantonio.fernandez@sespa.princast.es
Fernández-Fidalgo
María
M
Martín-Payo
Rubén
R
Rödel
Andreas
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce
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