Work-Related Psychosocial Risk Factors and Care Workers Mental Health (In Estonian Nursing Homes)
The humankind is ageing rapidly, and as a result, there is an increasing need for old people’s homes. The nursing homes face different problems in financing and recruiting the labour force and management. Lack of resources causes the situation, when managers have to find possibilities to accomplish...
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| description | The humankind is ageing rapidly, and as a result, there is an increasing need for old people’s homes. The nursing homes face different problems in financing and recruiting the labour force and management. Lack of resources causes the situation, when managers have to find possibilities to accomplish services and to provide quality care with the limited funds. This situation has an additional impact on the nursing professionals, who have to deal with many psychosocial risk factors in their work. The aim of the paper is to explore the work-related psychosocial risk factors and their relationships with mental health problems (MHPs) amongst care workers. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken amongst the care workers in nine Estonian nursing homes. Psychosocial work factors and MHPs (stress, somatic symptoms, depressive symptoms, burnout, cognitive symptoms, and sleep disorders) were analysed using the second version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ II). Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s r correlation were used to analyse the data. The analysis was based on 340 care worker surveys. The highest mean scores for the studied work-related psychosocial factors were recorded for the quantitative demands, influence, rewards, role conflicts, trust, insecurity and work-family balance. Low mean scores were recorded for the meaning of work, role clarity, social relationships at work. The lowest score was followed by burnout and the highest - by cognitive symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a169727e4c21481fae00cfbdef019d802025-08-20T02:56:30ZengRiga Technical University PressEconomics and Business1407-73372256-03942019-01-0133152110.2478/eb-2019-0001eb-2019-0001Work-Related Psychosocial Risk Factors and Care Workers Mental Health (In Estonian Nursing Homes)Sepp Jaana0Järvis Marina1Reinhold Karin2Tallinn Health Care College,Tallinn, EstoniaTallinn University of Technology,Tallinn, EstoniaTallinn University of Technology,Tallinn, EstoniaThe humankind is ageing rapidly, and as a result, there is an increasing need for old people’s homes. The nursing homes face different problems in financing and recruiting the labour force and management. Lack of resources causes the situation, when managers have to find possibilities to accomplish services and to provide quality care with the limited funds. This situation has an additional impact on the nursing professionals, who have to deal with many psychosocial risk factors in their work. The aim of the paper is to explore the work-related psychosocial risk factors and their relationships with mental health problems (MHPs) amongst care workers. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken amongst the care workers in nine Estonian nursing homes. Psychosocial work factors and MHPs (stress, somatic symptoms, depressive symptoms, burnout, cognitive symptoms, and sleep disorders) were analysed using the second version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ II). Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s r correlation were used to analyse the data. The analysis was based on 340 care worker surveys. The highest mean scores for the studied work-related psychosocial factors were recorded for the quantitative demands, influence, rewards, role conflicts, trust, insecurity and work-family balance. Low mean scores were recorded for the meaning of work, role clarity, social relationships at work. The lowest score was followed by burnout and the highest - by cognitive symptoms.https://doi.org/10.2478/eb-2019-0001psychosocial risk factorsmental health problemsstressburnoutnursing |
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| title | Work-Related Psychosocial Risk Factors and Care Workers Mental Health (In Estonian Nursing Homes) |
| title_full | Work-Related Psychosocial Risk Factors and Care Workers Mental Health (In Estonian Nursing Homes) |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Work-Related Psychosocial Risk Factors and Care Workers Mental Health (In Estonian Nursing Homes) |
| title_short | Work-Related Psychosocial Risk Factors and Care Workers Mental Health (In Estonian Nursing Homes) |
| title_sort | work related psychosocial risk factors and care workers mental health in estonian nursing homes |
| topic | psychosocial risk factors mental health problems stress burnout nursing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/eb-2019-0001 |
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