Usage of a workplace health promotion app: an evaluation of app usage data and medical check-up results

Junker, Maren; Dünnebeil, Sebastian; Böhm, Markus; Krcmar, Helmut

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“…mHealth is the use of mobile wireless technologies for public health surveillance and promotion [28]. Generally, studies on the adoption and advancements in mHealth show a positive correlation with improved healthcare practice and service delivery [29][30][31]. Similar correlations have been noted between mHealth and the performance of CHWs in low and middleincome countries.…”

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Does mHealth influence community health worker performance in vulnerable populations? A mixed methods study in a multinational refugee settlement in Uganda

Wagaba,

Musoke,

Bagonza

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Community Health Workers (CHWs) provide healthcare in under-served communities, including refugee settlements, despite various challenges hindering their performance. Implementers have adopted mobile wireless technologies (m-Health) to improve the performance of CHWs in refugee settlements. We assessed the CHWs’ performance and associated factors in a multi-national refugee settlement, operating mHealth and paper-based methods. This cross-sectional study employed quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Data for 300 CHWs was collected from implementing partners’ (IPs) databases. Nine focus group discussions (FGDs) with the CHWs and community members, two in-depth interviews (IDIs) with CHW leaders, and eight key informant interviews (KIIs) with six IPs and two local leaders were conducted. The qualitative data were analysed thematically using AtlasTi version 9 while the quantitative data were analysed at the univariate, bivariate and multivariable levels using Stata version14. The study found that only 17% of the CHWs performed optimally. The factors that significantly influenced CHW performance included education level: secondary and above (APR: 1.83, 95% CI: 1.02–3.30), having a side occupation (APR: 2.02, 95% CI: 1.16–3.52) and mHealth use (APR: 0.06, 95% CI: 0.02-.0.30). The qualitative data suggested that performance was influenced by the number of households assigned to CHWs, monetary incentives, adequacy of materials and facilitation. Particularly, mHealth was preferred to paper-based methods. Overall, the CHWs’ performance was sub-optimal; only 2 in 10 performed satisfactorily. The main factors that influenced performance included the level of education, use of mHealth, having another occupation, workload and incentivisation. CHWs and IPs preferred mHealth to paper-based methods. IPs should work to improve refugee settlement working conditions for the CHWs and adopt mHealth to improve CHW performance.

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Does mHealth influence community health worker performance in vulnerable populations? A mixed methods study in a multinational refugee settlement in Uganda

Wagaba,

Musoke,

Bagonza

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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“…In the open-ended questions, some participants commented “Managing the fear of staff control by the organization is an element to overcome” and “One of the transversal difficulties that can be encountered is the refusal of users to be continuously monitored.” In contrast, there are experiences in which our participants themselves revealed that real-time monitoring is beneficial because it would help team management by allowing immediate intervention as soon as any difficulty is detected, without the need to wait until the end of the work shift [ 35 ]. Other authors have suggested that employers also benefit because working conditions and employee health can be tracked in order to implement health measures tailored to the workforce, thus improving occupational safety by preventing accidents [ 36 ].…”

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“…In contrast, there are experiences in which our participants themselves revealed that real-time monitoring is beneficial because it would help team management by allowing immediate intervention as soon as any difficulty is detected, without the need to wait until the end of the work shift [35]. Other authors have suggested that employers also benefit because working conditions and employee health can be tracked in order to implement health measures tailored to the workforce, thus improving occupational safety by preventing accidents [36].…”

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Mobile Health Requirements for the Occupational Health Assessment of Health Care Professionals: Delphi Study

Naranjo-Saucedo¹,

Escobar-Rodríguez²,

Tabernero³

et al. 2023

JMIR Form Res

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Background In recent years, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, awareness of the high level of stress among health care professionals has increased, and research in this area has intensified. Hospital staff members have historically been known to work in an environment involving high emotional demands, time pressure, and workload. Furthermore, the pandemic has increased the strain experienced by health care professionals owing to the high number of people they need to manage and, on many occasions, the limited available resources with which they must carry out their functions. These psychosocial risks are not always well dealt with by the organization or the professionals themselves. Therefore, it is necessary to have tools to assess these psychosocial risks and to optimize the management of this demand from health care professionals. Digital health, and more specifically, mobile health (mHealth), is presented as a health care modality that can contribute greatly to respond to these unmet needs. Objective We aimed to analyze whether mHealth tools can provide value for the study and management of psychosocial risks in health care professionals, and assess the requirements of these tools. Methods A Delphi study was carried out to determine the opinions of experts on the relevance of using mHealth tools to evaluate physiological indicators and psychosocial factors in order to assess occupational health, and specifically, stress and burnout, in health care professionals. The study included 58 experts with knowledge and experience in occupational risk prevention, psychosocial work, and health-related technology, as well as health professionals from private and public sectors. Results Our data suggested that there is still controversy about the roles that organizations play in occupational risk prevention in general and psychosocial risks in particular. An adequate assessment of the stress levels and psychosocial factors can help improve employees’ well-being. Moreover, making occupational health evaluations available to the team would positively affect employees by increasing their feelings of being taken into account by the organization. This assessment can be improved with mHealth tools that identify and quickly highlight the difficulties or problems that occur among staff and work teams. However, to achieve good adherence and participation in occupational health and safety evaluations, experts consider that it is essential to ensure the privacy of professionals and to develop feelings of being supported by their supervisors. Conclusions For years, mHealth has been used mainly to propose intervention programs to improve occupational health. Our research highlights the usefulness of these tools for evaluating psychosocial risks in a preliminary and essential phase of approaches to improve the health and well-being of professionals in health care settings. The most urgent requirements these tools must meet are those aimed at protecting the confidentiality and privacy of measurements.

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“…Rutiinitehtävien korvaamisen digitaalisilla ratkaisuilla voi mahdollistaa aikaa esimerkiksi uusien taitojen kehittämiselle [3]. Lisäksi digitaaliset ratkaisut, kuten erilaiset sovellukset ja puettavat älylaitteet, voivat edistää hyvinvointia työssä [24][25][26]. Toisaalta digitalisaation on todettu kasvattavan työn intensiivisyyttä päällekkäisten tehtävien ja uusien osaamisvaatimuksien myötä [27].…”

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“…Tulosten mukaan erilaisilla digitaalisilla ratkaisuilla (kuten työstä palautumista edistävät ja hyvinvointia seuraavat digitaaliset ratkaisut) ja palveluilla (kuten työterveyshuollon digitaaliset palvelut) voidaan edistää työhyvinvointia. Myös aikaisemmissa tutkimuksissa on todettu, että esimerkiksi henkilökohtaisilla puettavilla älylaitteilla, kuten älykellolla [25], elintapasovelluksilla [26] ja työtä tauottavilla digitaalisilla ratkaisuilla on työhyvinvointia edistävä vaikutus, kuten fyysisen aktiivisuuden lisääntyminen ja istuma-ajan väheneminen [24].…”

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Digitalisaation mahdollisuudet työhyvinvoinnin edistämisessä yliopistosairaalassa: haastattelututkimus johtajille ja ammattilaisille

Hänninen,

Hammarén,

Kanste

2023

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Digitalisaatiolla pyritään vastaamaan terveydenhuollon haasteisiin, kuten resurssien riittävyyteen ja kustannusten nousuun. Digitalisaatio edellyttää innovatiivisia ja systemaattisia muutoksia organisaatiossa sekä erityisesti huomion kiinnittämistä työhyvinvoinnin edistämiseen, jotta työn mahdollisesti lisääntyviä kuormitustekijöitä voidaan tunnistaa ja ehkäistä jo muutoksen aikana. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli kuvata johtajien ja ammattilaisten näkemyksiä digitalisaation mahdollisuuksista työhyvinvoinnin edistämisessä yliopistosairaalassa. Aineisto kerättiin puolistrukturoiduilla fokusryhmä- ja yksilöhaastatteluilla yhden yliopistosairaalan johtajilta (n=20) ja ammattilaisilta (n=22) etäyhteydellä kesäkuun 2021 ja toukokuun 2022 välisenä aikana. Aineisto analysoitiin induktiivisella sisällönanalyysillä. Tulosten mukaan digitalisaation mahdollisuuksia työhyvinvoinnin edistämisessä yliopistosairaalassa kuvasivat: työnteon mielekkyyden lisääntyminen, työnteon tehokkuuden parantuminen, työhyvinvointia edistävät digitaaliset ratkaisut ja palvelut, osaamisen edistäminen ja mahdollistavan toimintaympäristön luominen. Digitaalisilla ratkaisuilla voidaan edistää työntekoa sujuvammaksi ja mahdollistaa yksilöllisempi työnkuva. Työhyvinvointia voidaan edistää digitaalisilla ratkaisuilla, jotka tukevat ja seuraavat työstä palautumista ja hyvinvointia työssä. Digitalisaation hyödyntäminen työhyvinvoinnin edistämiseksi edellyttää osaamisen varmistamista, digitalisaatiota tukevaa työilmapiiriä ja työympäristöä sekä muutoksen johtamista. Digitalisaatio tarjoaa mahdollisuuksia työhyvinvoinnin edistämiseen vaikuttamalla työnteon mielekkyyteen ja tehokkuuteen, työhyvinvointia edistäviin digitaalisiin ratkaisuihin ja palveluihin, osaamisen edistämiseen ja mahdollistavan toimintaympäristön luomiseen. Terveyden edistämisen näkökulma on tärkeä huomioida digitaalisten ratkaisujen suunnittelussa ja käyttöönotossa. Keskeistä on osallistava kehittäminen, jossa esihenkilöillä on tärkeä rooli muutoksen mahdollistamisessa. Kiinnittämällä huomiota työhyvinvointiin digitalisoituvassa terveydenhuollossa, voidaan lisätä alan veto- ja pitovoimaa.

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Usage of a workplace health promotion app: an evaluation of app usage data and medical check-up results

Cited by 4 publications

References 51 publications

Does mHealth influence community health worker performance in vulnerable populations? A mixed methods study in a multinational refugee settlement in Uganda

Does mHealth influence community health worker performance in vulnerable populations? A mixed methods study in a multinational refugee settlement in Uganda

Mobile Health Requirements for the Occupational Health Assessment of Health Care Professionals: Delphi Study

Digitalisaation mahdollisuudet työhyvinvoinnin edistämisessä yliopistosairaalassa: haastattelututkimus johtajille ja ammattilaisille

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