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PLoS One ; 18(12): e0295229, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38051751

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Many workers are experiencing the downsides of being exposed to an overload of information and communication technology (ICT), highlighting the need for resources to cope with the resulting technostress. This article offers a novel cross-level perspective on technostress by examining how the context of the welfare state influences the relationship between income and technostress. Showing that individuals with higher income experience less technostress, this study argues that the welfare state represents an additional coping resource, in particular in the form of unemployment benefits. Since unemployment benefits insure income earners in the case of job loss, the negative effect of income on technostress should increase with higher levels of unemployment generosity. In line with these expectations, empirical results based on original survey data collected in collaboration with the OECD show that the impact of income on technostress varies across welfare state contexts. Implications for public health and policymakers are being discussed.


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Tecnologia Digital , Renda , Tecnologia da Informação , Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico , Estresse Psicológico , Desemprego , Humanos , Comunicação , Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico/economia , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Desemprego/psicologia , Estresse Psicológico/economia , Estresse Psicológico/prevenção & controle , Estresse Psicológico/psicologia , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/prevenção & controle , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia
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Work ; 67(4): 799-809, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33325430

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The public health strategies for prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection have included closing the national borders and cancelling international flights, which has severely affected free crew changes. This caused prolonged stay on board or at home for seafarers, who should be recognized as 'key' workers regarding their essential role in maintaining the flow of vital goods. OBJECTIVE: Using a general inductive approach, this qualitative study aims to describe how the COVID-19 pandemic reflects on seafarers' well-being. The study focused on obtaining personal experiences from seafarers on board, and seafarers at home, relating to the current world pandemic. METHODS: A convenience sample consisting of 752 seafarers from the international seafarers' population participated in an online study in spring 2020. The questionnaire used included questions relating to basic sociodemographic and work characteristics, and one open question which addressed seafarers' personal experiences. The data obtained was analysed by thematic analysis. RESULTS: The emerged themes included mental, physical, social and economic well-being. Most of the answers of seafarers located on board related to threatened mental, physical and social well-being, while seafarers at home reported mostly on threats to their economic well-being. CONCLUSION: Seafarers' well-being is seriously threatened by preventive measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Results are discussed in relation to earlier findings in the area of occupational stress in seafaring. Overall, the data obtained portrays existing underlying occupational structures in the seafaring sector, which are rendered more visible due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In short, seafarers describe their reality as far away from the concept of 'key' or 'essential' workers.


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COVID-19 , Saúde Mental , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Navios , Adulto , Idoso , COVID-19/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Medicina Naval , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Pandemias , Pesquisa Qualitativa , SARS-CoV-2 , Isolamento Social , Adulto Jovem
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33228259

RESUMO

There has been less research on the costs of occupational stress attributed to certain job stressors in Chinese contexts. This study identified and validated common job stressors and estimated the economic cost in Hong Kong. The role of positive emotions in alleviating the economic costs of job stressors was also examined. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were adopted. The findings obtained from five focus group discussions and a survey validated five common job stressors: Job insecurity; quantitative workload; organizational constraints; interpersonal conflicts; and work/home interface. A total of 2511 employees were surveyed, with 2032 valid questionnaires returned (925 males, 1104 females, and 3 unidentified, whose ages ranged from 18 to 70 years). The economic costs were estimated by combining the costs of absenteeism, presenteeism, and medical expenses. Absenteeism mainly caused by job stressors of the work/home interface, job insecurity, and quantitative workload accounted for an annual economic cost of HK$550 million to HK$860 million. The annual economic cost due to presenteeism mainly caused by job stressors of job insecurity, interpersonal conflict, quantitative workload, and organizational constraints ranged from HK$1.373 billion to HK$2.146 billion. The cost of medical treatments associated with occupational stress was HK$2.889 billion to HK$4.083 billion. Therefore, the total annual economic cost of occupational stress was approximately HK$4.81 billion to HK$7.09 billion. Positive emotions, representing a less explored individual factor in the cost of occupational stress studies, was found to be negatively correlated with presenteeism and buffered the negative impact of job stressors on absenteeism. The theoretical contributions and practical implications of findings are discussed.


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Emoções , Estresse Ocupacional , Presenteísmo , Absenteísmo , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Hong Kong/epidemiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/epidemiologia , Presenteísmo/economia , Presenteísmo/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto Jovem
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Eur Spine J ; 29(8): 1806-1812, 2020 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32591880

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PURPOSE: The outbreak of COVID-19 erupted in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. In a few weeks, it progressed rapidly into a global pandemic which resulted in an overwhelming burden on health care systems, medical resources and staff. Spine surgeons as health care providers are no exception. In this study, we try to highlight the impact of the crisis on spine surgeons in terms of knowledge, attitude, practice and socioeconomic burden. METHODS: This was global, multicentric cross-sectional study on 781 spine surgeons that utilized an Internet-based validated questionnaire to evaluate knowledge about COVID-19, availability of personal protective equipment, future perceptions, effect of this crisis on practice and psychological distress. Univariate and multivariate ordinal logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the predictors for the degree of COVID-19 effect on practice. RESULTS: Overall, 20.2%, 52% and 27.8% of the participants were affected minimally, intermediately and hugely by COVID-19, respectively. Older ages (ß = 0.33, 95% CI 0.11-0.56), orthopedic spine surgeons (ß = 0.30, 95% CI 0.01-0.61) and those who work in the private sector (ß = 0.05, 95% CI 0.19-0.61) were the most affected by COVID-19. Those who work in university hospitals (ß = - 0.36, 95% CI 0.00 to - 0.71) were affected the least. The availability of N95 masks (47%) and disposable eye protectors or face shields (39.4%) was significantly associated with lower psychological stress (p = 0.01). Only 6.9%, 3.7% and 5% had mild, moderate and severe mental distress, respectively. CONCLUSION: While it is important to recognize the short-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the practice of spine surgery, predicting where we will be standing in 6-12 months remains difficult and unknown. The COVID-19 crisis will probably have an unexpected long-term impact on lives and economies.


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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Betacoronavirus , Competência Clínica/estatística & dados numéricos , Infecções por Coronavirus , Cirurgiões Ortopédicos , Pandemias , Pneumonia Viral , Padrões de Prática Médica/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Idoso , COVID-19 , Infecções por Coronavirus/economia , Infecções por Coronavirus/epidemiologia , Infecções por Coronavirus/prevenção & controle , Infecções por Coronavirus/psicologia , Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Saúde Global , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/etiologia , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Cirurgiões Ortopédicos/economia , Cirurgiões Ortopédicos/psicologia , Pandemias/economia , Pandemias/prevenção & controle , Pneumonia Viral/economia , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Viral/prevenção & controle , Pneumonia Viral/psicologia , SARS-CoV-2 , Inquéritos e Questionários
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Saudi Med J ; 41(6): 657-660, 2020 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32518935

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OBJECTIVES: To analyze healthcare workers experiences in dealing with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: An anonymous open web-based survey study was conducted among healthcare workers from the March 2020 to April 2020. A total of 24 relevant questions were asked based on participants' characteristics, obligations, and preparedness in healthcare workers in the event of COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Approximately 1036 healthcare workers participated in this study with high response rate. Out of all the participants, 70% were women, 52% belonged to the 26-34 year age range, 50% were nurses, 33.7% were clinicians, 74.3% agreed to work overtime, 93.1% understand why they should stay past their shift end, 97.7% thought that preventing illness among healthcare workers and providing safety to family members, nearly 94% thought that personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees will enhance their willingness to report to work. Approximately 89.3% express a desire for incentives and financial support for family members. Conclusion: We recommend that providing PPE, reducing psychological stress, financial support and safety to family members of healthcare workers will increase the willingness to report to work.


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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Betacoronavirus , Infecções por Coronavirus , Pessoal de Saúde/psicologia , Estresse Ocupacional/etiologia , Pandemias , Pneumonia Viral , Adulto , COVID-19 , Infecções por Coronavirus/epidemiologia , Infecções por Coronavirus/prevenção & controle , Infecções por Coronavirus/transmissão , Família , Feminino , Saúde Global , Humanos , Controle de Infecções/instrumentação , Controle de Infecções/métodos , Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa do Paciente para o Profissional/prevenção & controle , Masculino , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/prevenção & controle , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Pandemias/prevenção & controle , Equipamento de Proteção Individual , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Viral/prevenção & controle , Pneumonia Viral/transmissão , SARS-CoV-2 , Arábia Saudita/epidemiologia , Inquéritos e Questionários , Carga de Trabalho/economia
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J Occup Health Psychol ; 25(3): 159-175, 2020 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31294580

RESUMO

As often theorized in economics and organizational psychology, attaining and maintaining financial security is a universal, but often elusive, goal for workers. Yet, a thorough exploration of how financial security operates within the nomological network of occupational and relational phenomena has been lacking. This study enhances our understanding of financial security by exploring its dispositional and relational antecedents, work attitude and strain correlates, and relational consequences at home and work. Using a multidisciplinary, cross-context approach, this 3-study investigation provides construct validity evidence for a brief measure of financial security and assesses its psychometric properties for employed adults, dual-career couples, and salespeople. Results show acceptable internal consistency reliabilities for the measure of financial security (with Cronbach's α ranging from .88 to .94) and evidence of convergent and criterion-related validity. Specifically, we found that negative affectivity and number of dependents were inversely related to financial security, whereas family income and partner reports of financial security demonstrated convergent validity with financial security. We also find that financial security is positively related to job satisfaction in 2 of 3 studies, relationship satisfaction in dual-career couples, and client-reported relationship quality for salespeople, whereas financial security is negatively related to burnout. These findings suggest that financial security is a useful construct with multidisciplinary implications. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).


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Satisfação no Emprego , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Psicologia Industrial/métodos , Inquéritos e Questionários/normas , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Renda , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Psicometria , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Estados Unidos
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Int Arch Occup Environ Health ; 93(1): 123-132, 2020 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31451925

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PURPOSE: The Stress-Prevention@Work implementation strategy has been demonstrated to be successful in reducing stress in employees. Now, we assess the economic return-on-investment to see if it would make for a favourable business case for employers. METHODS: Data were collected from 303 health-care workers assigned to either a waitlisted control condition (142 employees in 15 teams) or to Stress-Prevention@Work (161 employees in 15 teams). Main outcome was productivity losses measured using the Trimbos and iMTA Cost questionnaire in Psychiatry. Measurements were taken at baseline, 6, and 12 months post-baseline. RESULTS: The per-employee costs of the strategy were €50. Net monetary benefits were the benefits (i.e., improved productivity) minus the costs (i.e., intervention costs) and were the main outcome of this investment appraisal. Per-employee net benefits amounted to €2981 on average, which was an almost 60-fold payout of the initial investment of €50. There was a 96.7% likelihood for the modest investment of €50 to be offset by cost savings within 1 year. Moreover, a net benefit of at least €1000 still has a likelihood of 88.2%. CONCLUSIONS: In general, there was a high likelihood that Stress-Prevention@Work offers an appealing business case from the perspective of employers, but the employer should factor in the additional per-employee costs of the stress-reducing interventions. Still, if these additional costs were as high as €2981, then costs and benefits would break even. This study was registered in the Netherlands National Trial Register, trial code: NTR5527.


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Pessoal de Saúde , Saúde Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/prevenção & controle , Absenteísmo , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Países Baixos , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Presenteísmo/estatística & dados numéricos , Estresse Psicológico/prevenção & controle , Inquéritos e Questionários
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Eur J Health Econ ; 20(8): 1165-1180, 2019 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31309366

RESUMO

Work stress-related productivity losses represent a substantial economic burden. In this study, we estimate the effects of social and task-related stressors and resources at work on health-related productivity losses caused by absenteeism and presenteeism. We also explore the interaction effects between job stressors, job resources and personal resources and estimate the costs of work stress. Work stress is defined as exposure to an unfavorable combination of high job stressors and low job resources. The study is based on a repeated survey assessing work productivity and workplace characteristics among Swiss employees. We use a representative cross-sectional data set and a longitudinal data set and apply both OLS and fixed effects models. We find that an increase in task-related and social job stressors increases health-related productivity losses, whereas an increase in social job resources and personal resources (measured by occupational self-efficacy) reduces these losses. Moreover, we find that job stressors have a stronger effect on health-related productivity losses for employees lacking personal and job resources, and that employees with high levels of job stressors and low personal resources will profit the most from an increase in job resources. Productivity losses due to absenteeism and presenteeism attributable to work stress are estimated at 195 Swiss francs per person and month. Our study has implications for interventions aiming to reduce health absenteeism and presenteeism.


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Absenteísmo , Eficiência Organizacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Presenteísmo/economia , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Estudos Longitudinais , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Modelos Econométricos , Suíça , Local de Trabalho/economia , Local de Trabalho/psicologia
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J Occup Environ Med ; 61(7): 535-544, 2019 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30870396

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OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the associations between Effort-Reward-Imbalance (ERI), Overcommitment (OC), Job-Demand-Control (JDC), and Organizational Injustice (OIJ) with employee well-being, absenteeism, and presenteeism, as well as the costs incurred. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from 1440 German pharmaceutical company employees assessing job stress, employee well-being, absenteeism, and presenteeism were used. Linear regression and interval regression analyses assessed separate and independent associations and sample-specific costs were estimated. RESULTS: All four stressors were related to employee well-being, presenteeism, and absenteeism when analyzed separately. OIJ showed the strongest independent association with absenteeism (coef. = 0.89; P < 0.01), whereas OC was most strongly independently associated with lower well-being (coef. = -0.44; P < 0.01) and higher presenteeism (coef. = 0.28; P < 0.01). Absenteeism costs per employee/year were higher than presenteeism costs. CONCLUSIONS: Occupational health interventions reducing job stress will have strong potential for productivity raise and lower costs.


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Modelos Psicológicos , Estresse Ocupacional , Absenteísmo , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Indústria Farmacêutica/economia , Feminino , Alemanha , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Controle Interno-Externo , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Saúde Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Presenteísmo/economia , Recompensa , Justiça Social
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Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 31(1): 94-98, 2019 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30192245

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OBJECTIVES: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic gastrointestinal conditions mainly affecting young people. Disease symptoms often make it difficult to actively participate in the workplace. The aim of Activ84worK was to stimulate professional activity and reduce absenteeism by removing work-related stress factors and providing patients with more flexible working conditions. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Activ84worK was a collaboration between Abbvie, Mensura, Proximus, SD Worx, and University Hospitals Leuven (UZ Leuven) with the support of the patient association 'Crohn-en Colitis Ulcerosa Vereniging (CCV vzw)' in Flanders, Belgium. Since March 2015, IBD patients whose employer was also willing to participate, were recruited. Informed consent was signed and both the employee and the employer were followed for 6 months. RESULTS: Between March 2015 and October 2016, 70 patients showed interest in the Activ84worK program, 18 were eligible to participate, and 14 completed the program (29% male, 29% private companies). The case studies, based on interviews conducted with participating employees, indicated that removing work-related stress factors resulted in employees feeling much more at ease. Concretely, this led to absence of sick leave for more than 50% of the included patients. A higher degree of workability and focus of employees was achieved, and a decrease in costs of absenteeism was associated with this. CONCLUSION: This pilot project shows that teleworking and flexible working conditions improve labor participation of IBD patients. The results of this project are now used to inspire policy-makers and employers. This initiative should be extended to a larger cohort and tested in other chronic diseases.


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Absenteísmo , Colite Ulcerativa/terapia , Doença de Crohn/terapia , Saúde Ocupacional , Estresse Ocupacional/prevenção & controle , Admissão e Escalonamento de Pessoal , Licença Médica , Bélgica , Orçamentos , Colite Ulcerativa/diagnóstico , Colite Ulcerativa/economia , Colite Ulcerativa/psicologia , Análise Custo-Benefício , Doença de Crohn/diagnóstico , Doença de Crohn/economia , Doença de Crohn/psicologia , Feminino , Nível de Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Saúde Mental , Saúde Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/diagnóstico , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Admissão e Escalonamento de Pessoal/economia , Projetos Piloto , Fatores de Risco , Licença Médica/economia , Fatores de Tempo , Carga de Trabalho
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Work ; 61(3): 357-365, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30373991

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BACKGROUND: Pain is affected by pain psychological factors (PPFs), whereas relationship between PPFs and job stress are unclear. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between PPFs and job stress in workers. METHODS: The study participants were the staff of the rehabilitation department of a core hospital. After undergoing a preliminary survey (38/43, 88% response rate), the rehabilitation workers were divided into the chronic pain group (CPG, n = 18) and the nonpain group (NPG, n = 13). RESULTS: Depression, anxiety, and magnification in the CPG were significantly associated with depressed mood and total stress response. Anxiety in the NPG was also significantly associated with all stress responses, except irritability and feelings of anxiety. Furthermore, all subscales of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale in the NPG were significantly and negatively associated with the vigor of stress responses. CONCLUSIONS: Chronic pain in workers was associated with severe job stress, and increased job stress worsened the state of chronic pain. Pain catastrophizing may be associated with early job stress in a person with no pain. This finding revealed a difference between the CPG and NPG and may be important for managing workers with job stress or pain.


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Dor Crônica/complicações , Pessoal de Saúde/psicologia , Estresse Ocupacional/complicações , Psicologia , Adulto , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Dor Crônica/economia , Dor Crônica/psicologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Centros de Reabilitação/organização & administração , Centros de Reabilitação/normas , Inquéritos e Questionários
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J Occup Health Psychol ; 23(1): 1-17, 2018 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28358567

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A systematic review of the available evidence examining the cost of work-related stress (WRS) would yield important insights into the magnitude of this social phenomenon. The objective of this review was to collate, extract, and synthesize economic evaluations of the cost of WRS to society. A research protocol was developed. Included cost-of-illness (COI) studies estimated the cost of WRS at a societal level, and were published in English, French or German. Searches were carried out in ingentaconnect, EBSCO, JSTOR, Science Direct, Web of Knowledge, Google, and Google scholar. Included studies were assessed against 10 COI quality assessment criteria. Fifteen studies met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. These originated from Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the EU-15. The total estimated cost of WRS was observed to be considerable and ranged substantially from US$221.13 million to $187 billion. Productivity related losses were observed to proportionally contribute the majority of the total cost of WRS (between 70 to 90%), with health care and medical costs constituting the remaining 10 to 30%. The evidence reviewed here suggests a sizable financial burden imposed by WRS on society. The observed range of cost estimates was understood to be attributable to variations in definitions of WRS; the number and type of costs estimated; and, in how production loss was estimated. It is postulated that the cost estimates identified by this review are likely conservative because of narrow definitions of WRS and the exclusion of diverse range of cost components. (PsycINFO Database Record


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Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Antidepressivos/economia , Antidepressivos/uso terapêutico , Canadá/epidemiologia , Doença Crônica/economia , Doença Crônica/epidemiologia , Eficiência , Europa (Continente)/epidemiologia , Humanos , Doenças Profissionais/economia , Doenças Profissionais/epidemiologia , Estresse Ocupacional/tratamento farmacológico , Estresse Ocupacional/epidemiologia , Licença Médica/economia , Reino Unido/epidemiologia
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30602664

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The Australian mining sector has an elevated industry prevalence of stress and high stress related productivity impairment costs. This study surveyed 897 employees from an Australian mining company to identify characteristics associated with: (a) high stress related productivity impairment costs; and (b) likelihood of stressed employees wanting stress management assistance at work. Groups associated with average annual productivity impairment costs in excess of $50,000 per employee included: permanent day shift employees; employees who reported being stressed at work most of the time; employees who reported being stress at work all of the time; and employees who were contemplating better managing their stress in the next 6 months. Overall, 52% of employees who identified as being in the contemplation stage of change for stress management and 52% of employees who experienced stress most of the time reported wanting stress assistance with stress. However, only 33% of stressed permanent day shift employees and 36% of employees who experienced stress all the time reported wanting stress assistance. To achieve a high return on investment when implementing workplace stress management programs in the mining industry, practitioners need to strategically target health promotion to engage stressed employees with high productivity impairment costs and low desire for stress management assistance.


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Custos e Análise de Custo , Promoção da Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Mineração , Estresse Ocupacional/epidemiologia , Local de Trabalho/psicologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Austrália/epidemiologia , Aconselhamento/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Promoção da Saúde/economia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Saúde Ocupacional , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Inquéritos e Questionários , Local de Trabalho/economia , Adulto Jovem
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Biol Psychol ; 125: 121-129, 2017 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28322987

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Effort-reward imbalance in the workplace is linked to a variety of negative health and organisational outcomes, but it has rarely been assessed experimentally. We manipulated reward (while keeping effort constant) in a within-subjects design with female participants (N=60) who were randomly assigned to high and standard reward conditions within a simulated office environment. Self-report, behavioural (task performance), and physiological (heart rate variability, salivary alpha amylase) measures assessed the impact of increased financial reward. Participants reported increased perceptions of reward, performed moderately better on the task, and were less physiologically reactive in the high reward versus the standard condition. These findings highlight the importance of assessing both subjective self-reports of stress together with objective physiological measures of stress, and suggest that increasing monetary rewards has the potential to decrease stress physiological reactivity, and in turn, reduce the risk of ill-health in employees, and may also positively influence task efficacy.


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Estresse Ocupacional/psicologia , Recompensa , Estresse Fisiológico/fisiologia , Análise e Desempenho de Tarefas , Local de Trabalho/psicologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Adulto Jovem
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J Occup Environ Med ; 58(5): e171-6, 2016 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27035108

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the economic impact of psychological distress among employees of the Australian Coal Mining Industry. METHODS: Sample data were gathered from 1456 coal mining staff across eight sites in two Australian states. Two measures were taken of work time lost over four weeks due to psychological distress: (1) full-day absences; (2) presenteeism. Lost work time was valued using hourly wages. Sample data was modeled to estimate annual monetary losses for the Australian Coal Mining Industry. RESULTS: For the sample, estimated annual value of time lost due to psychological distress was $4.9 million ($AUS2015) ($0.61 million per mine), and for the Australian Coal Mining Industry, $153.8 million ($AUS2015). CONCLUSION: Psychological distress is a significant cost for the Australian Coal Mining Industry. Relevant intervention programs are potentially cost-effective.


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Minas de Carvão/economia , Estresse Ocupacional/economia , Absenteísmo , Adulto , Austrália , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Modelos Econômicos , Presenteísmo
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