Psychosocial factors at work and sickness absence: Results from the French National SUMER Survey

Lesuffleur, Thécla; Chastang, Jean-François; Sandret, Nicolas; Niedhammer, Isabelle

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“…This finding is in accordance to the findings of studies on risk factors for sick leave, where psychosocial working conditions were identified as risk factors for sickness absence. 5,19,20 Nevertheless, in contrast to the findings of most previous studies, we found the strongest associations between job demands and sickness absence and not job control and sickness absence. 19,21 An explanation for this discrepancy may be that relatively few studies are of general working populations.…”

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Psychosocial Working Conditions and Sickness Absence in a General Population

Strømholm

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et al. 2015

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Psychosocial Working Conditions and Sickness Absence in a General Population

Strømholm

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Ose

et al. 2015

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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“…In the SUMER survey, which aimed to evaluate occupational hazards in nearly 50,000 employees, caregivers were 40 years on average and 88% were women. The occupational distribution of caregivers in our study is comparable to those of the SUMER study: 65% of caregivers were nursing assistants or medico‐ psychological auxiliary staff, 22% homecare assistant and 12% nurses in our study as compared to 59%, 21% and 16% in the SUMER survey, respectively (Lesuffleur, Chastang, Sandret, & Niedhammer, ).…”

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Risk factors for burnout among caregivers working in nursing homes

Kandelman

Mazars

Lévy

2017

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives (i) To assess the level of burnout in nursing home caregivers within a unique healthcare network in France and (ii) to evaluate potential risk factors in this population. Background Burnout syndrome occurs frequently among nursing home caregivers and has strong detrimental effects on the quality of health care for residents. Design We used an observational survey to study burnout in nursing home caregivers. The survey was used to quantify burnout level (Maslach Burnout Inventory) and potential risk factors and was implemented from October 2013–April 2014. Methods A logistic regression was used to explore the association between burnout and its risk factors. Results Three hundred and sixty questionnaires were delivered to caregivers in 14 nursing homes within a unique healthcare network. The response rate was 37% (132/360), and 124/132 (94%) surveys were analysed. Caregiver burnout rate was 40% (49/124). Median age was 41 years (range, 20–70) and most caregivers were female. The most common profession (n = 54; 44%) was nurse caregiver and 90% (n = 112) had an antecedent of bullying by a resident. Risk factors identified were as follows: the presence of institutional protocols (death announcement [OR: 3.7] and pain assessment [OR: 2.8]), working in a profit‐making establishment (OR: 2.6) and the antecedent of bullying by a resident (OR: 6.2). Factors most negatively associated with burnout included: practising pastimes (OR: 0.4) and working as a nurse (OR: 0.3). The only significant risk factor in the multivariate analysis was the antecedent of bullying by a resident (OR: 5.3). Conclusion Several specific risk factors for burnout in nursing home caregivers were identified. Relevance to clinical practice In high‐risk populations of healthcare professionals, screening and management of risk factors is crucial for preventing burnout.

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“…In Cad. Saúde Pública 2019; 35 Sup 1:e00081118 addition, despite the limited existing literature, long working hours alone had so far been negatively associated with sickness absence in both women and men 25,26 .…”

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Joint effect of paid working hours and multiple job holding on work absence due to health problems among basic education teachers in Brazil: the Educatel Study

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The objectives were to assess the joint effect of working hours paid per week and multiple job holding on sickness absence, by sex, among basic education teachers in Brazil. This study is based on a survey carried out over a representative sample of 5,116 active basic education teachers in Brazil between 2015 and 2016 (Educatel Study). We created a dummy variable to assess the joint effect of weekly paid working hours [standard (35-40 hours); part-time (< 35 hours); moderately long (41-50 hours); and very long (> 50 hours)] and multiple job holding (working in several schools - no/yes). Working 35-40 hours in one school was the reference category. We conducted Poisson regression models with robust variance to obtain prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) of the association with self-certified sickness absence and medically certified sickness absence. Models were adjusted for age, type of contract and salary, and stratified by sex. Significant associations with sickness absence were only found among teachers working in more than one school. Associations with self-certified sickness absence were found among women with standard and men with moderately long working hours, and for both women and men working > 50 hours (PR: 1.21, 95%CI: 1.09-1.35; PR: 1.40, 95%CI: 1.18-1.66; respectively). Associations with medically certified sickness absence were found among teachers working > 50 hours, among women (PR: 1.30, 95%CI: 1.03-1.63) and men (PR: 1.41, 95%CI: 1.04-1.92). Teachers working longer hours in several schools could be suffering health problems, deriving in work absence.

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Psychosocial factors at work and sickness absence: Results from the French National SUMER Survey

Abstract: This study highlights the importance of psychosocial work factors as risk factors of sickness absence.

Cited by 63 publications

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Psychosocial Working Conditions and Sickness Absence in a General Population

Psychosocial Working Conditions and Sickness Absence in a General Population

Risk factors for burnout among caregivers working in nursing homes

Joint effect of paid working hours and multiple job holding on work absence due to health problems among basic education teachers in Brazil: the Educatel Study

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