Objective:
To evaluate effectiveness of a workplace educational intervention at improving health-related outcomes in carer-employees.
Methods:
A pre-post test design compared with health of a sample (
n
= 21) of carer-employees before (T1) and after (T2) a workplace intervention, as well as a final timepoint (T3) 12 months after T1. An aggregate health score was used to measure health and consisted three scales; depression (CES-D), psychosocial (CRA), and self-reported health (SF-12), where higher scores indicated higher frequency of adverse health symptoms. Three random-slope models were created via the linear mixed modeling method (LMM) to illustrate changes in reported health.
Results:
All three LMM models reported a reduction in participants’ health score, particularly between T1 and T2, indicating a decrease in reported adverse health symptoms.
Conclusion:
The intervention was successful in improving the health of carer-employees.
Background
Rapid population aging in developed countries has resulted in the working-age population increasingly being tasked with the provision of informal care.
Methods
An educational intervention was delivered to 21 carer-employees employed at a Canadian University. Work role function, job security, schedule control, work–family conflict, familywork conflict, and supervisor and coworker support were measured as part of an aggregated workplace experience score. This score was used to measure changes pre/post intervention and at a follow-up period approximately 12 months post intervention. Three random intercept models were created via linear mixed modeling to illustrate changes in participants' workplace experience across time.
Results
All three models reported statistically significant random and fixed effects intercepts, with a positive coefficient of change.
Conclusion
This suggests that the intervention demonstrated an improvement of the workplace experience score for participants over time, with the association particularly strong immediately after intervention.
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