title: Does a change in psychosocial work factors lead to a change in employee health?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to identify psychosocial factors at work that promote positive changes in employee health and factors that prevent negative changes in employee health.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study is part of a large longitudinal study and includes 1212 employees. Data for psychosocial work factors and self rated health was collected in 2000 and 2003. A modified Poisson regression was used to find factors of relevance for positive and negative changes in health.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A negative change in leadership, organizational commitment and reporting job strain increased the risk for negative change in health. Improved leadership and social climate increased the chance for positive changes in health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By improving psychosocial factors at work, it is possible to promote employee health as well as prevent employee ill-health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. malin.lohela@ki.se
authors.forename: Malin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lohela
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Björklund
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vingård
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hagberg
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*