Assessment of the Psychosocial Work Environment among Health Care Workers and Its Association with Work and Socioeconomic Status

Ghaffari, Mostafa; Alinaghizadeh, Hassan; Ghalichi, Leila; Pournik, Omid; Vingård, Eva

doi:10.5812/archneurosci.13576

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“…Considering an individual to be healthy is described as a position of absolute physical, mental and social well-being and not just the absence of illness, sickness or disease (Eme et al, 2014). While the health-care industry represents an aspect of the largest employment creations globally (Ghaffari et al, 2017), a World Health Organisation report states that health-care service providers across the world hire about 60 million employees who are exposed to an array of difficult health and safety vulnerabilities, ranging from natural and organic vulnerabilities to unfavourable safety in the workplace and psychosocial attributes (Serdar et al, 2013). In many nations of the world, the paucity of health-care employees, presently and in the future, is a concern for stakeholders in the society.…”

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Work environment and job satisfaction among nurses in government tertiary hospitals in Nigeria

Akinwale

George²

2020

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Purpose Job satisfaction is indispensable in the daily life of the workforce, and the mechanism that drives job satisfaction requires the attention of the management of corporate organisations. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the predictors of work environment on job satisfaction among nurses in both federal and state tertiary hospitals in Lagos State. Design/methodology/approach The study used the longitudinal research design to elicit information from the respondents. The research instrument used is a nursing work index scale by Aiken and Patrician which has been established to have a high internal reliability coefficient. The simple random sampling strategy was used to administer the research instrument to 364 nurses. The study used hierarchical multiple regression to analyse the data obtained. Findings This study discovered that all the variables collectively determined nurses job satisfaction; however, the salary was the most fundamental essential predictor that drive nurses’ job satisfaction followed by advancement and promotion. All seven predictors, namely, socio-political climate; administrative and managerial support, autonomy and responsibility, salary, supervision and working condition, recognition and achievement, advancement and promotion, collectively exert positive relationship with nurses’ job satisfaction. The study concluded that to retain and prevent turnover intention among nurses, and other health-care workers, the management of hospitals must pay due attention to issues relating to job satisfaction, as this is likely to increase health-care system effectiveness, boost mental and social health of the nurses. Originality/value This study shows that job satisfaction in the workplace comes from diverse techniques, as other factors have been proven effective other than salary in international cultures and regions, but in Nigeria, salary and career promotion take pre-eminence above other factors. This is because of Nigerian socio-cultural realities and that is another paradigm shift.

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Work environment and job satisfaction among nurses in government tertiary hospitals in Nigeria

Akinwale

George²

2020

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“…The health-care department is one of the largest sources of employment worldwide, which is exposed to a wide range of health and safety hazards, from biological hazards to ergonomic and psychosocial factors. [ 1 ] As one of the characteristics of a healthy organization, the physical and mental health of employees should be considered by management as much as its generation and productivity. [ 2 ] One of the aspects of health in the workplace is paying attention to the mental health of employees, which can be affected by several factors.…”

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Determining the characteristics of a mental supportive workplace according to female hospital staff in one of Tehran hospitals

Faghihi

Farshad

Abhari

et al. 2022

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: Health-care workers are exposed to complex types of health and safety hazards. A high percentage of hospital staff in Iran are women, who in addition to heavy and stressful hospital work, also carry the burden of the family roles. It is in these circumstances that creating a supportive environment for women is of particular importance. Accordingly, this study is designed to determine the characteristics of a mental supporting work environment in the workplace from the perspective of female hospital staff. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was performed by a qualitative method and content analysis approach. Sampling was purposive and 26 women working in different wards of this hospital were included in the study. In this study, women with maximum diversity in terms of age, work experience, and employment ward were selected. The main method of data collection in this study was a semi-structured interview. Interview texts were extracted and divided into meaningful units. To validate and confirm the results plus accuracy of the research, the criterion of data validity or data credibility, admissibility, data accuracy, verifiability, reliability, and transferability were used. RESULTS: Through the data analysis, 58 primary concepts with the same features were classified into 10 subcategories. Then, based on common features at a more abstract level, they were converted into four main categories including job stressors, women's stress management, providing women's psychological-job satisfaction, and women's work-life balance. CONCLUSION: Creating supportive work environments for women, especially those operating in workplaces such as hospitals, which brings a lot of work pressure and workload for them, can be an important policy for organizations and hospital work environments.

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“…Also, healthcare staff is exposed to stress that affects their mental health [8]. For instance, nurses are more exposed to psychological complications caused in the workplace [8,13], such as sleep disorders, depression, and anxiety [9].…”

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“…Experimental evidence of the prevalence and association of psychological disorders with individual mental health problems (e.g., stress, anxiety, and depression) has been widely reported [27,28]. Nurses are also exposed to various workrelated factors that may be associated with an increased risk of mental disorders [8,13].…”

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“…Not only poor mental health can be detrimental to nurses, but also it can prevent professional performance and decrease patient care quality [28]. Increased stress in healthcare workers and its short-and long-term impacts affect health, sickness absence, motivation, and productivity [13]. In general, a few studies investigated employed women's health in Iran.…”

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Evaluating General Health and Related Factors Among Employed Women in Healthcare Staff: A Cross-sectional Study

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Background: One of the main goals of healthcare systems is to maintain and promote women’s health. According to the literature, different factors, such as demographic characteristics, occupational status, stress, culture, and epidemics, can affect women’s health. This study aimed to determine the health status of employed women and its association with their demographic characteristics. Methods: This analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted on 325 women working in healthcare centers affiliated with Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan Province, Iran, in 2019. After receiving their informed consent, the study subjects were chosen by random group sampling method. The study data were obtained using a General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Data analysis was performed by the Chi-square test at a significant level of 0.05 in SPSS software, v. 23. Results: The Mean±SD age of the study women was 42.10±8.19 years, and 52.63% of them were nurses, 16.92% physicians, 19.39% midwives, and 11.7% health workers. Based on the present study results, 39.7% of the participants are suspected of having a health disorder or problem. According to the analysis, significant relationships were observed between women’s health and variables of age (P≤0.0001), level of education (P=0.03), occupational status of spouse (P≤0.0001), income level (P=0.02), and place of residence (P≤0.0001). Nevertheless, no significant association was found between women’s health and marital status and place of birth. Conclusion: Improving the health of healthcare staff requires special attention and appropriate supportive measures. Given the stressful conditions of healthcare staff, cognitive and behavioral interventions to improve work-life balance can enhance their performance regarding patient care while promoting their welfare.

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Assessment of the Psychosocial Work Environment among Health Care Workers and Its Association with Work and Socioeconomic Status

Abstract: Background: The health care sector constitutes one of the largest sources of employment worldwide. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the psychosocial status of health care workers and its association with different covariates.

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Work environment and job satisfaction among nurses in government tertiary hospitals in Nigeria

Work environment and job satisfaction among nurses in government tertiary hospitals in Nigeria

Determining the characteristics of a mental supportive workplace according to female hospital staff in one of Tehran hospitals

Evaluating General Health and Related Factors Among Employed Women in Healthcare Staff: A Cross-sectional Study

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