Validation of Visual Analog Scales to Measure SatisfactiOn and WELL-being at Work (SoWell-VAS)
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Validation, Visual Analogue Scale, Occupational Stress. Basic parameters: 18 years — 80 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
We spend a third of our life at work. Psychosocial risks (PSR) are a major issue in occupational health 1. Approaching the different dimensions of PSR calls on a dozen essential components: workload, autonomy, social support, burnout, anxiety, efforts made, rewards, work addiction, investment, etc. a specific questionnaire which usually contains 20 to 30 questions, so that having an overall view of PSR using the current reference questionnaires (Karasek, Siegrist, etc.) represents a total of more than 300 questions. The response time is thus incompatible with current medical practice (passage in the waiting room before the occupational health medical examination) and leads to a majority of non-responses during anonymous questionnaires on the Internet. On the other hand, these validated questionnaires were carried out by different people and are very heterogeneous between them, including in their formulation, so that the respondents have the impression of disorganization and anarchy. There is therefore a need for short, quick and uniform questionnaires. EVAs offer the incredible advantage of meeting these criteria: speed, uniformity, precision. From a data analysis point of view, EVAs also have the advantage of offering a continuous quantitative response, allowing the use of all statistical approaches. If some questionnaires have already been validated in the form of EVA, such as the EVA stress versus the " Perceived Stress Scale " questionnaire (PSS), the EVA workload and EVA autonomy at work versus the Karasek questionnaire, the other reference questionnaires are not yet validated in EVA (burnout, anxiety, efforts / rewards, work addiction, etc.).
Primary outcome measures
- Burnout [Time frame: Inclusion]
- Burnout [Time frame: One week later]
- Burnout [Time frame: Inclusion]
- Burnout [Time frame: One week later]
- Anxiety [Time frame: Inclusion]
- Anxiety [Time frame: One week later]
- Anxiety [Time frame: Inclusion]
- Anxiety [Time frame: One week later]
- Job demand [Time frame: Inclusion]
- Job demand [Time frame: One week later]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
- Sociodemographic [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Occupation [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Work hours per week [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Night and weekend work [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Alcohol consumption [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Tabacco consumption [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Height [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Weight [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Sedentary behavior [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Physical activity [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Stress at work [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
- Ethical conflicts [Time frame: Once at inclusion]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- All voluntary adults with a professional activity.
Exclusion criteria
- Minor
- Person not volunteer to participate.
- Protected adults (curatorship, guardianship, safeguard of justice)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
France · 1 center
- CHU clermont-ferrand — Clermont-Ferrand
Publications
- Clinchamps M, Pereira B, Mermillod M, Charkhabi M, Zak M, Jiao J, Cole A, Bouillon-Minois JB, Dutheil F. Validation of visual analogue scales to assess occupational stress compared to the Karasek questionnaire: A cross sectional study. PLoS One. 2026 Feb 10;21(2):e0340209. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0340209. eCollection 2026. PMID 41666222
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05871411 · RNI 2022 DUTHEIL · 2022-A02450-43