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Recovery intention: its association with fatigue in the working population.
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PMID:  21656123     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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PURPOSE: To investigate the association of the intention to recover from work with fatigue and its moderating effect on the link between occupational characteristics and fatigue. METHODS: Three hundred and eighty Austrian employees (nurses, teachers and administrative staff) participated in a survey assessing fatigue, the intention to create and engage in recovery activities and effort-reward imbalance as a measure of job characteristics. Data were analysed by regression analysis. RESULTS: Recovery intention was negatively associated with fatigue. This association was especially pronounced under conditions of high effort-reward imbalance, thus suggesting a buffering effect. Effort-reward imbalance, in return, was positively related to prolonged fatigue, indicating that fatigue was partly work related in the present sample. CONCLUSIONS: Individuals differ in their intent to engage in recovery activities. Those high in recovery intention are less exhausted, especially under conditions of more demanding and less rewarding work characteristics. Thus, a promotion of recovery intentions could contribute to the prevention of work-related fatigue.
Authors:
Gerhard Blasche; Wolfgang Marktl
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-6-9
Journal Detail:
Title:  International archives of occupational and environmental health     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1432-1246     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jun 
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Created Date:  2011-6-9     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  7512134     Medline TA:  Int Arch Occup Environ Health     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Hygiene, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090, Vienna, Austria, gerhard.blasche@meduniwien.ac.at.
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