Work Factors Related to Psychological and Health-Related Distress Among Employees with Chronic Illnesses

Munir, Fehmidah; Yarker, Joanna; Haslam, Colin; Long, Helen; Leka, Stavroula; Griffiths, Amanda; Cox, Sarah

doi:10.1007/s10926-007-9074-3

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“…While certain characteristics of the working environment can contribute to sickness absence, the responses in the current study suggest differences in the perceived potential stressors at work. GPs in the current study recognize support factors considered vital to manage effectively illness at work (27,28). However, they may underestimate the role of social supports as a protective factor against psychological stress even for those with physically demanding jobs (29).…”

Section: The Workplace: Stress or Protection?mentioning

confidence: 78%

Assessing fitness for work: GPs judgment making

Foley

Thorley

Hout

2013

European Journal of General Practice

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Background:The complexity of a fi tness for work consultation is well documented. General practitioners (GPs) fi nd that such consultations often create confl ict and they feel ill-prepared for the task. Objectives: We aimed to examine the consultation process in the fi tness for work consultation and to report on the response of GPs to two hypothetical consultations of work related sickness absence, one of a psychological and one of a physical nature. Methods: Three areas of the consultation were examined; social/family circumstances, workplace history and information required assessing the severity of the condition. We used a randomized design using an online questionnaire completed by 62 GPs located in the Republic of Ireland. Analysis was conducted in NVivo 8 qualitative software using thematic and content analysis techniques. Results: GPs may be expected to collect and consider information relating to social, domestic, fi nancial, lifestyle and workplace factors, including workload, job satisfaction, job strain, work ethic, inter staff relationships and employee support mechanisms. The mode of presentation may trigger specifi c information seeking in the consultation. Conclusion:GPs may evaluate fi tness for work in a variety of ways depending on medical and non-medical factors. Further research should further examine the factors that may infl uence the GPs decision to prescribe sickness leave.

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Section: The Workplace: Stress or Protection?mentioning

confidence: 78%

Assessing fitness for work: GPs judgment making

Foley

Thorley

Hout

2013

European Journal of General Practice

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“…Then there are health complaints such as fatigue, pain, incontinence or other symptoms that may hinder functioning. Apart from disease symptoms and limitations, many chronically ill workers are troubled by psychological distress [7] or depression [8]. In addition, medical procedures, such as regular outpatient clinic visits or self-management activities that have to be performed at work, may interfere with job demands.…”

Section: Work-related Problems Among Workers With a Chronic Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Support and understanding of colleagues and the supervisor is crucial according to workers themselves [7,13,14,15,16]. A negative self-image, feelings of hopelessness related to employability and inability to set limits were mentioned by workers with musculoskeletal pain [17].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Workers with a chronic disease and work disability

Varekamp¹,

Dijk

Kroll

2013

Bundesgesundheitsbl.

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“…As there are no existing measures of workplace support specific to managing a chronic illness at work, these items were developed through interviews and validation with employees reporting a chronic illness and with line managers managing such employees (see (26) for a detailed description). An example of the items are reported in Munir et al [41]. Items were measured on a five-point Likert scale (no support to a great deal of support) and had an internal consistency of = .68 and of = .66, respectively.…”

Section: Current Self-management Behavior At Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Disclosure of chronic illness was measured by asking participants if they had disclosed their illness (name of illness and its symptoms) to their line manager and to occupational health (measured separately for each) [41]. Responses were measured on a five point Likert scale (not at all to full disclosure).…”

Section: Current Self-management Behavior At Workmentioning

confidence: 99%