Work-related stress management between workplace and occupational health care

Work ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maritta Kinnunen-Amoroso ◽  
Juha Liira
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Occupational Health Care ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress

scholarly journals Impact of rational emotive occupational health coaching on work-related stress management among staff of Nigeria police force

Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (37) ◽  
pp. e16724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonaventure N. Nwokeoma ◽  
Moses O. Ede ◽  
Nneka Nwosu ◽  
Amaka Ikechukwu-Illomuanya ◽  
Francisca N. Ogba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Health Coaching ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Rational Emotive ◽  
Related Stress

scholarly journals Alcohol Consumption and COVID-19–Related Stress Among Health Care Workers: The Need for Continued Stress-Management Interventions

2022 ◽  
pp. 003335492110581
Author(s):  
Kaylin J. Beiter ◽  
Ross P. Wiedemann ◽  
Casey L. Thomas ◽  
Erich J. Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Related Stress

Objectives: Although a known association exists between stress and alcohol consumption among health care workers (HCWs), it is not known how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected this association. We assessed pandemic work-related stress and alcohol consumption of HCWs. Methods: We emailed a cross-sectional, anonymous survey in June 2020 to approximately 550 HCWs at an academic hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. HCWs from all departments were eligible to complete the survey. Questions measured work-related stress and emotional reactions to the pandemic (using the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome [MERS-CoV] Staff Questionnaire), depressive symptoms (using the Patient Health Questionnaire–9 [PHQ-9]), coping habits (using the Brief COPE scale), and pre–COVID-19 (March 2020) and current (June 2020) alcohol consumption. We measured alcohol consumption using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Consumption (AUDIT–C), with scores >3 considered positive. We asked 4 open-ended questions for in-depth analysis. Results: One-hundred two HCWs participated in the survey. The average AUDIT–C scores for current and pre–COVID-19 alcohol consumption were 3.1 and 2.8, respectively. The level of current alcohol consumption was associated with avoidant coping (r = 0.46, P < .001). Relative increases in alcohol consumption from March to June 2020 were positively associated with PHQ-9 score and greater emotional reactions to the pandemic. Availability of mental health services was ranked second to last among desired supports. Qualitative data demonstrated high levels of work-related stress from potential exposure to COVID-19 and job instability, as well as social isolation and negative effects of the pandemic on their work environment. Conclusions: Ongoing prevention-based interventions that emphasize stress management rather than mental or behavioral health conditions are needed.

scholarly journals Cognitive Pretesting and pretest of the STRAIN questionnaire to elaborate work-related stress of health care staff in Switzerland / Verständlichkeitsprüfung und Pretest des STRAIN-Fragebogens zur Erhebung der Arbeitsbelastung bei Gesundheitsfachpersonen in der Schweiz

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Golz ◽  
Karin Anne Peter ◽  
Sabine Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Nursing Assistants ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Health Care Staff ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Cognitive Pretesting ◽  
Related Stress

Abstract The workforce shortage in health care is a major challenge worldwide. In Switzerland, this shortage is not only demographically caused but also due to workload. Adequate measures require a good data basis. The aim of this study is to test instrument specially developed for the health professions to measure work-related stress in practice. Cognitive pretesting was used for the evaluation. Overall, 18 semi-structured single-interviews with nurses and nursing assistants were conducted. In two rounds, the question-answer-process was analysed for 11 questions. The STRAIN questionnaire was then pretested by 17 health professionals. In the first round, 42 problems were identified based on the phases of the “Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology”. Of these, 57 % were comprehension problems. This was shown by the polysemantic usage or unknowingness of terms. Further 38 % were problems with the answer categories, such as a missing category or an inappropriate formulation. Further questions were modified through a final pretest. The uniform comprehensibility has been achieved. Due to the questionnaire length, an online tool with a save function should be used. The results of this study are similar to those of comparable studies, which also show the most common problems with understanding. This is due to changes of concepts’ meanings over time and culture. A cognitive pretest is therefore recommended, especially for a heterogeneous target group such as health professions.

scholarly journals Attending Weak Signals: The Prevention of Work-related Illnesses

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Liff ◽  
Ann-Charlotte Eriksson ◽  
Ewa Wikström
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health Care ◽  
Weak Signals ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Safety Work ◽  
Informal Information ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Right

This article examines the characteristics of communication among managers, human resource (HR) experts, and occupational health care specialists, as they deal with such informal information as weak signals in the prevention of work-related illnesses, using a theoretical framework in which the prevention of work-related illness is analogous to theory on crisis management. This is a qualitative study in which individual and focus-group interviews were conducted in a Swedish context with occupational health care specialists, managers, and HR experts. The results suggest that organizational solutions have failed and continue to fail at controlling workers’ health problems, although the main difficulty is not in identifying the ‘right’ individually oriented weak signals. Rather, it is upper management’s reliance on formal information (e.g., statistics and surveys) – because of the difficulty in supplementing it with informal information (e.g., rumors and gossip) – that makes it difficult to improve traditional health and safety work

scholarly journals Work-related Stress Management by Finnish Enterprises

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maritta KINNUNEN-AMOROSO ◽  
Juha LIIRA
Keyword(s):  
Stress Management ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress
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