Possible association between phantom vibration syndrome and occupational burnout
Journal
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
Journal Volume
10
Pages
2307-2314
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
LI-REN CHANG
Abstract
Background: Phantom vibration syndrome (PVS) and phantom ringing syndrome (PRS) occur in many cell phone users. Previous studies have indicated an association between PVS/PRS and job stress. The aim of this study was to determine if PVS/PRS were also associated with occupational burnout.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 384 employees of a high-tech company in northern Taiwan. They all completed a phantom vibration and ringing questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Chinese version of the Occupational Burnout Inventory.Results: Significantly more women and people with at least a college education were in the population with PRS and PVS, respectively. Anxiety and depression had no associations with PVS/PRS. Higher scores for personal fatigue, job fatigue, and service target fatigue had an independent impact on the presence of PVS, but only a higher score for service target fatigue had an independent impact on the presence of PRS.Conclusion: The independent association between work-related burnout and PVS/PRS suggests that PVS/PRS may be a harbinger of mental stress or a component of the clinical burnout syndrome, and may even be a more convenient and accurate predictor of occupational burnout. ? 2014 Chen et al.
Subjects
Occupational burnout; Phantom ringing syndrome; Phantom vibration syndrome
SDGs
Other Subjects
adult; anxiety; Article; burnout; Chinese version of the Occupational Burnout Inventory; college; controlled study; correlation coefficient; cross-sectional study; depression; disease association; education; educational status; fatigue; female; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; human; job fatigue; major clinical study; male; occupational disease; personal fatigue; phantom ringing syndrome; phantom vibration syndrome; questionnaire; rating scale; scoring system; sensory dysfunction; service target fatigue; sex difference; Taiwan; technology; vibration sense; working time
Type
journal article