The association between occupational physical activity, psychosocial factors and perceived work ability among nurses

Abstract

Despite numerous IT innovations and technological changes in the health care services, high levels of occupational physical activity (OPA) remain prevalent in nursing professions (Kakemam et al., 2019). OPA is known to have a detrimental effect on health and to increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases (Skielboe, Marott,

Work community factors, occupational well‐being and work ability in home care: A structural equation modelling

“…The main findings of this study were that the only significant work community factor directly affecting Occupational well‐being was Information and work organization which also mediated the indirect connections between other work community factors and Occupational well‐being . The clear relationship between Information and work organization and Occupational well‐being is also found in previous studies (Laine, Saaranen, et al., 2018 ; Van Poel et al., 2020 ).…”

“…The research question of this study is: The hypotheses were based on previous research (e.g. Boschman et al, 2018;Van der Heijden et al, 2017;Hirschl & Gondim, 2020;Ilmarinen, 2019;Van Poel et al, 2020) as follows (Figure 1…”

“…Information, work management and time use have been found to be associated with the well‐being of the work community (Laine, Saaranen, et al., 2018 ). Time pressure or heavy mental workload regarded as high job demands was associated with nurses' poorer perceptions of their work ability (Van Poel et al., 2020 ). According to Ruotsalainen et al.…”

“…Several previous studies have concerned the relationship between work community factors and occupational well‐being (see e.g. Van der Heijden et al., 2017 ; Hirschl & Gondim, 2020 ; Laine, Saaranen, et al., 2018 ; Laine, Tossavainen, et al., 2018 ; Nelson et al., 2014 ) and work ability (Galatsch et al., 2013 ; Leijon et al., 2017 ; Van Poel et al., 2020 ). Research from the perspective of home care workers is very limited (see e.g.…”

“…The hypotheses were based on previous research (e.g. Boschman et al., 2018 ; Van der Heijden et al., 2017 ; Hirschl & Gondim, 2020 ; Ilmarinen, 2019 ; Laine, Tossavainen, et al., 2018 ; Van Poel et al., 2020 ) as follows (Figure 1 ): The work community factors affect Work ability or/and Occupational well‐being (direct, indirect or/and total effects) Occupational well‐being significantly and directly affects Work ability …”