Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 10/07/2023
1. JOB-EXPOSURE MATRICES
JEM name
  Danish Physical and psychosocial JEM
Country
  Denmark
Contact person
  Ida E H Madsen
Email
  ihm@nrcwe.dk
References (citation)
 

  • Madsen IEH, Gupta N, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Bonde JP, Framke E, Flachs EM, Petersen SB, Svane-Petersen AC, Holtermann A, Rugulies R. Physical work demands and psychosocial working conditions as predictors of musculoskeletal pain: a cohort study comparing self-reported and job exposure matrix measurements. Occup Environ Med. 2018 Oct;75(10):752-758.

References (weblinks)
 

  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-105151

Attachments
 

Agents
 

  • Ergonomics, Physical Workload, and Injury Related
  • Psychosocial Domains

Ergonomics, Physical Workload, and Injury Related
 

  • Other (specify)

Ergonomics, Physical Workload, and Injury Related | Specify: Other
  physical work demands (sum of scores for sitting, walking or standing, working with the back twisted or bent, arms lifted above the shoulders, repetitive arm movements, squatting kneeling, pushing or pulling and carrying or lifting)
Hazards from other people
 

  • Violence

Job task characteristics/organization of work
 

  • Other (specify)

Job task characteristics/organization of work | Specify: Other
  Quantitative demands, Emotional demands, Decision authority, Job insecurity
Occupation Axis
  Yes
Coding system
 

  • Other

Specify: Other
  DISCO-08 code, a Danish version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)
Coding system (Number of digits used)
  3
Industry Axis
  No
Intensity
  No
Probability
  Yes
Probability categories/levels
  Exposed/not exposed
Duration
  No
Frequency
  Yes
Peaks
  No
Other
  In addition to dichotomously defined: For physical work demands, a summary index (ranged from 8 - 48) was created capturing nr of physical exposure items and frequency of exposure (scores from 1 to 6). For psychosocial working conditions, scale (from 1-5) capturing frequency.
Data source(s)
 

  • Self-reported data

Validation studies done: Texts
 

  • Madsen IEH, Gupta N, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Bonde JP, Framke E, Flachs EM, Petersen SB, Svane-Petersen AC, Holtermann A, Rugulies R. Physical work demands and psychosocial working conditions as predictors of musculoskeletal pain: a cohort study comparing self-reported and job exposure matrix measurements. Occup Environ Med. 2018 Oct;75(10):752-758.

Validation studies done: Links
 

  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-105151

Other remarks
  age-specific and sex-specific JEMs