Prevalence of work-related stress and its associated factors among bank workers in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study

Mekonen, Enyew Getaneh; Workneh, Belayneh Shetie; Ali, Mohammed Seid; Abegaz, Beletech Fentie; Alamirew, Mulugeta Wassie; Aemro, Agazhe

doi:10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100386

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“…Organizations that put an effort in promotion of physical exercise and health related behaviours achieve general grater well-being, better work satisfaction and lower stress of their employees [29][30][31]. Several hypotheses that were formulated were not actually confirmed in this publication.…”

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Perception of the activity-based working concept by bank’s employees as a working condition

Jasińska-Słowik,

Tarkowski,

Zalewska-Janowska

2023

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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The aim of the research was to explore the potential of the concept of work in the activity-based working (ABW) environment, including its impact on stress, back pain and psychomedical parameters of employees subjected to and not subject to relocation. Material and Methods: The data of 396 employees of both sexes were analyzed. The study used standardized psychological questionnaires to measure the level of perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale), the level of readiness for change (Readiness for Change Questionnaire), the severity of health behaviors (Health Behavior Inventory) and the level of general self-efficacy (General Self-Efficacy Scale). The set included questionnaires measuring the level of knowledge of occupational health and safety rules and the frequency of back pain. Results: In the group of people whose workplace was moved to another building (in accordance with the concept), the relationship between the level of stress and selected variables: age, sense of generalized self-efficacy was checked. A significant negative correlation between the level of stress and age was confirmed (ρ = -0.16, p = 0.023), meaning a decrease in the level of stress with age. The level of stress correlated positively with the sense of efficacy (ρ = 0.21, p = 0.003), which means, the higher the sense of effectiveness, the higher the level of stress. In addition, it was confirmed that the level of stress in the group of people changing their location differed significantly from the general population. Conclusions: Work in the ABW concept can contribute to the improvement of interpersonal communication and facilitate the social integration of employees and better evaluation of work in this model. Work in concept has not been shown to be a protective factor against back pain in people with obesity. It was confirmed that in people relocated from traditional office to office in the concept, relocation was associated with stress, but also with a greater sense of self-efficacy.

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confidence: 81%

Perception of the activity-based working concept by bank’s employees as a working condition

Jasińska-Słowik,

Tarkowski,

Zalewska-Janowska

2023

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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“…As a negative condition of the work environment, stress presents itself as a health and safety risk worldwide. Its repercussions go beyond work performance and affect workers’ health, social life, and relationships with family and friends [ 26 ]. In this way, food can also be the target of imbalance.…”

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Nutrition Literacy Level in Bank Employees: The Case of a Large Brazilian Company

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Nutrition Literacy (NL) positively impacts diet quality and has the potential to promote health and prevent nutrition-related chronic diseases. Brazil is one of the countries with the highest rates of nutrition-related chronic diseases. Nevertheless, in Brazil, few studies have explored the NL levels of its population. To provide remote access to the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Brazilians (NLit-Br) and assess Brazilian bank employees, we conducted a study to estimate the validity of the NLit-Br online and to investigate whether bank employees have an adequate NL level. In the first step, we randomly assigned 21 employees from three financial institution branches to two groups to complete NLit-Br paper and online versions. After an interval period, both groups completed the NLit-Br with an opposite delivery method (paper vs. online). We compared the validity of the digital and paper versions of the NLit-Br by the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), and the reliability by Kuder–Richardson formula 20. Second, we evaluated 1174 bank employees using the NLit-Br online version. We found an excellent absolute agreement (ICC ≥ 0.75) between the paper and online versions. The questionnaire had good internal consistency (KR-20 = 0.64). The sample was characterized as mostly male (61.0%), married/cohabitant (73.8%), and white (69.8%), with high household income (85.2%), and graduated or postgraduate (97.4%). The mean age of the population was 42.1 (SD = 7.6) years. Subjects predominantly had possibly inadequate NL (62.3%). The online NLit-Br total score was significantly associated with gender, age, and household income (p < 0.05). Women and individuals with higher incomes had a higher degree of NL. Subjects over 50 years old had a lower degree of NL. There was no significant association between the NLit-Br score and the participants’ education. The NLit-Br online is a valid instrument to assess NL remotely. The population studied showed a high prevalence of inadequacy of the NL. Therefore, there is a need for targeted actions to improve the NL of bank employees.

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A multi-criteria expert-based framework for developing a work stress-management support tool

Ahmadi,

Babamiri,

Shabani

2024

IJWHM

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to develop a multi-criteria-based scoring model to upgrade the work stress prevention checkpoints to a stress-management tool for estimating the risk score of the workplace’s stressors and prioritizing the control solutions.Design/methodology/approachA Panel of ten experts was formed and capitalized on Fuzzy Delphi, Fuzzy DEMATEL, and SWARA methods to discover the decision criteria, obtain the weights of the checkpoints’ dimensions, and develop the system to be used in an organization. The developed tool is finally applied in an organization as a case study.FindingsFive criteria, namely Intellectual, Physical, Emotional, Behavioral, and Organizational reactions were found with respect to which the dimensions were prioritized. Generally, the heaviest weight belonged to “Job demand” by 0.13, followed by “Work-life balance and working times”, “Social support”, “Leadership and justice at work”, “Job control”, and “Job security” with weights of 0.118, 0.116, 0.114, 0.11, and 0.1, respectively. The “information and communication” had the lowest weight by 0.062.Practical implicationsIt was found that multiple stress-related factors have different importance that can be considered in work-related stress (WRS) assessments. To this end, combining MCDM methods is a suitable approach to determine the factors’ importance coefficients.Originality/valueThis tool allows an organization to control work stress on the basis of one particular criterion or multiple criteria. The case study results showed that this tool makes the implementation of corrective measures much easier to manage based on the risk level of each dimension.

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Prevalence of work-related stress and its associated factors among bank workers in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study

Cited by 4 publications

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Perception of the activity-based working concept by bank’s employees as a working condition

Perception of the activity-based working concept by bank’s employees as a working condition

Nutrition Literacy Level in Bank Employees: The Case of a Large Brazilian Company

A multi-criteria expert-based framework for developing a work stress-management support tool

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