Is there an association between working conditions and health? An analysis of the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey data

Nappo, Nunzia

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“…The work environment including positive work-related conditions and perceived occupational support are associated with better perceived and objective health [ 24 ]. Instilling burnout prevention practices as part of the organizational infrastructure may yield positive benefits for employee wellness [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ].…”

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Hospice Employees’ Perceptions of Their Work Environment: A Focus Group Perspective

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Burnout in healthcare professionals can lead to adverse effects on physical and mental health, lower quality of care, and workforce shortages as employees leave the profession. Hospice professionals are thought to be at particularly high risk for burnout. The purpose of the study was to evaluate workplace perceptions of interdisciplinary hospice care workers who provide care to patients at end of life. Six focus groups and one semi-structured interview were conducted with mixed group of social workers, managers, nurses, hospice aides, chaplains, support staff, and a physician (n = 19). Findings from the groups depicted both rewards and challenges of hospice caregiving. Benefits included intrinsic satisfaction from the work, receiving positive patient and family feedback, and teamwork. Challenges reflected issues with workload, technology issues, administrative demands, travel-related problems, communication and interruptions, difficulties with taking time off from work and maintaining work-life integration, and coping with witnessing grief/loss. Hospice workers glean satisfaction from making meaningful differences in the lives of patients with terminal illness and their family members. It is an expected part of the job that certain patients and situations are particularly distressing; team support and targeted grief support is available for those times. Participants indicated that workload and administrative demands rather than dealing with death and dying were the biggest contributors to burnout. Participants reported episodic symptoms of burnout followed by deliberate steps to alleviate these symptoms. Notably, for all except one of the participants, burnout was cyclical. Symptoms would begin, they would take steps to deal with it (e.g., taking a mental health day), and they recovered. At an organizational level, a multipronged approach that includes both personal and occupational strategies is needed to support professional caregivers and help mitigate the stressors associated with hospice work.

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Hospice Employees’ Perceptions of Their Work Environment: A Focus Group Perspective

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“…Intrinsic factors such as positive relationships on the job with co-workers and with the manager and the possibility of balancing the working time with familiar and social commitments contrast extrinsic factors (low wages, working hours, the typology of contract) and poor working conditions, which are drivers of work-related stress (Cohen and Willis, 1985;Nappo, 2019). According to the demand-control-support model, emotional support and help in performing the job derived from positive interpersonal contacts on the job are likely to buffer the negative effects of high demands and a low level of control.…”

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Relationships on the Job and Work-Related Stress within the Third Sector in Europe

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2020

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The aim of the study is to analyse the association between occupational stress and interpersonal relationships on the job for non-profit workers in Europe. The main assumption of the paper is that social support coming from interpersonal relationships on the job may counteract stress caused by adverse working conditions. The econometric analysis, based on a standard ordered probit model, employs data from the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey carried out in 2015 and released in 2017. Four measures of relationships on the job were considered. Not only relationships on the job with the manager and with colleagues but also external contacts with clients and patients with whom employees interact with when performing their job are included in these relationships, and social interactions with family members made possible by the ability to conciliate working time with family or social commitments outside the job are included as well. The results show significant correlations between interpersonal contacts on the job and job-related stress. Workers who get along well with co-workers have a lower probability of reporting workrelated stress.

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“…On the other hand, the physical and the mental health of workers affects the enterprise: when sick, employees' productivity at work decreases, medical cost as well as absenteeism and presenteeism related cost increase, the quality of work and overall participation become compromised (Cockburn et al, 1999 ; Goetzel et al, 2004 ; World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2005 ; Ulrich et al, 2016 ). In the sixth European Work Conditions Survey (Eurofound, 2017 ) almost one in every five workers in the EU28 (18%) reported an illness or health problem lasting more than 6 months. More than half (54%) of those reporting chronic disease also stated that their daily activities are limited because of their health problem, and only 21% said that their workplace or work activity changed to accommodate their health condition.…”

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Creating a Culture of Health in Planning and Implementing Innovative Strategies Addressing Non-communicable Chronic Diseases

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Ongoing demographic changes are challenging health systems worldwide especially in relation to increasing longevity and the resultant rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). To meet these challenges, a paradigm shift to a more proactive approach to health promotion, and maintenance is needed. This new paradigm focuses on creating and implementing an ecological model of Culture of Health. The conceptualization of the Culture of Health is defined as one where good health and well-being flourish across geographic, demographic, and social sectors; fostering healthy equitable communities where citizens have the opportunity to make choices and be co-producers of healthy lifestyles. Based on Antonovsky's Salutogenesis model which asserts that the experience of health moves along a continuum across the lifespan, we will identify the key drivers for achieving a Culture of Health. These include mindset/expectations, sense of community, and civic engagement. The present article discusses these drivers and identifies areas where policy and research actions are needed to advance positive change on population health and well-being. We highlight empirical evidence of drivers within the EU guided by the activities within the thematic Action Groups of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging (EIP on AHA), focusing on Lifespan Health Promotion and Prevention of Age-Related Frailty and Disease (A3 Action Group). We will specifically focus on the effect of Culture on Health, highlighting cross-cutting drivers across domains such as innovations at the individual and community level, and in synergies with business, policy, and research entities. We will present examples of drivers for creating a Culture of Health, the barriers, the remaining gaps, and areas of future research to achieve an inclusive and sustainable asset-based community.

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Is there an association between working conditions and health? An analysis of the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey data

Cited by 34 publications

References 22 publications

Hospice Employees’ Perceptions of Their Work Environment: A Focus Group Perspective

Hospice Employees’ Perceptions of Their Work Environment: A Focus Group Perspective

Relationships on the Job and Work-Related Stress within the Third Sector in Europe

Creating a Culture of Health in Planning and Implementing Innovative Strategies Addressing Non-communicable Chronic Diseases

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