Do Regulatory Tools Bring About Measures to Improve Working Conditions? An Evaluation of a Labour Inspection Authority Trial in the Home-Care Services

Effects of the Labour Inspectorate Authority’s regulatory tools on psychosocial and biomechanical work factors in Norwegian home care services: a cluster randomised controlled trial

“…We observed no substantial effect of the interventions on psychosocial and biomechanical work factors even though the study process evaluation indicated that most aspects of the implementation of the interventions went as planned. 23 Additionally, participants who responded to the process evaluation rated the utility of the interventions as high and reported enhanced knowledge after attending. As such, the findings are similar to those of Weissbrodt et al 32 who found that inspections mostly led to increased knowledge of and ability in psychosocial OSH Table 3 Baseline mean values for all groups and linear mixed models for the effect of the interventions on adverse social behaviour at 6 and 12 months Some accidents and injuries are caused by breaches of rules and inadequate barrier functions related to physical hazards, for example, a lack of railing, which inspections and checklists might easily uncover.…”

“…22 In addition, we conducted a process evaluation. 23 This evaluated, using questionnaires, whether the interventions had been conducted as planned. Further, it evaluated how the participants perceived the utility of the interventions and whether it enhanced their knowledge of OSH management.…”