Personal Resources And Work-related Stressors: Effects On Physical And Mental Health Among Australian Healthcare Workers

The purpose of this study was to investigate how the role of workplace social support and gender affect the relationship between work stress and the physical and mental health of military personnel in Taiwan. The analysis results reveal that military personnel expressed significantly high perceptions of work-related stress. Social support from supervisors and colleagues is a crucial factor in buffering the effect of work-related stress on perceived health, and increasing the physical and mental health among military personnel. This study shows that male personnel who perceived higher stress and gained more social support from supervisors and colleagues than female personnel were less likely to have physical and mental issues than female personnel. Managerial implications and suggestions could serve as references in managing work-related stress, enhancing social support occurring in the military workplace, and reducing job dissatisfaction, which in turn improves the health and well-being of military personnel in Taiwan.

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Burnout and physical and mental health among Swedish healthcare workers

Journal of Advanced Nursing ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04580.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 84-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 191

Author(s):

Ulla Peterson ◽

Evangelia Demerouti ◽

Gunnar Bergström ◽

Mats Samuelsson ◽

Marie Åsberg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Physical And Mental Health

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Differences in Perception of Work Related Stressor, Physical and Mental Health between a Beauty Company and a Design, Consultancy and Management in Transport Infrastructure Company

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.03.147 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 128 ◽

pp. 223-227

Author(s):

Mihai Aniţei ◽

Vlad Burtăverde ◽

Teodor Mihăilă ◽

Mihaela Chraif ◽

Dăsculţu Georgiana

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Work Related

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The Moderating Role of Personal Resources Between Demands and Ill-Being of Romanian Healthcare Professionals in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2021.736099 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Ica Secosan ◽

Delia Virga ◽

Zorin Petrisor Crainiceanu ◽

Lavinia Melania Bratu ◽

Tiberiu Bratu

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Personal Resources ◽

Health Complaints ◽

Medical Field ◽

Global Epidemic ◽

Moderating Role

Background and Objectives: The illness caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) triggered considerable mental consequences for the medical staff. Our aim was to research whether frontline healthcare workers' positive psychological state—PsyCap—impacts the relationship between anxiety/depression and burnout/mental health complaints.Material and Methods: One hundred twenty-six medical professionals working on the frontline at the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department in Romania took validated surveys between March and April 2020. All information was collected online after accessing a link that was received in an email message. The inclusion criteria concerned the categories of healthcare professionals who came into direct contact with patients during the COVID-19 global epidemic through the performed medical act, as well as time spent in the medical field of ICU an EM, namely at least 1 year in the department. We excluded from the research other categories of employees and auxiliary staff, as well as healthcare workers with <1-year experience in the medical field. The moderating role of personal resources (PsyCap) between demands (such as anxiety and depression) and ill-being (burnout and mental health complaints) of healthcare professionals were tested via hierarchical multiple regressions.Results: We tested the moderating role of PsyCap on the relation between anxiety and ill-being. The results indicated that high anxiety predicts lower emotional exhaustion and a low level of mental health complaints about Romanian healthcare professionals when PsyCap is high. The moderating role of PsyCap on the relation between depression and ill-being was tested in the second hypothesis. The results indicated that high depression predicts lower inefficacy and a low level of mental health complaints about Romanian healthcare professionals when PsyCap is increased.Conclusions: PsyCap is a crucial variable that may decrease the impact of anxiety and depression on psychological outcomes such as emotional exhaustion, inefficacy, and psychological problems among Romanian medical professionals working on the frontline during the COVID-19 global epidemic. Thus, psychological interventions that help medical staff gain personal resources are appropriate in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Differences Between the Psychological Symptoms of Health Workers and General Community After the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Spain

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.644212 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Sergio Reno-Chanca ◽

Julie Van Hoey ◽

Jesús Alberto Santolaya-Prego de Oliver ◽

Ilargi Blasko-Ochoa ◽

Pilar Sanfeliu Aguilar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

General Community

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has worsened the physical and mental health of the general population. Healthcare workers have a high risk of suffering a mental disorder after the first wave. In this way, psychologists, who deal with mental health issues and are considered as healthcare workers in many countries, are of interest in this context. The present study aimed to examine anxiety, depression, stress, and obsessions and compulsions across psychologists, healthcare professionals, and the general community. These variables were measured through the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), as well as the Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), which are related to different sociodemographic variables. The study was carried out after the first wave in Spain through an online questionnaire. Structural equation modeling and a multigroup analysis were carried out across the groups and variables under study. The results suggested that; (i) healthcare workers and general community depicted similar results in anxiety and stress, as well as obsessions; (ii) the group of psychologists depicted better scores than the other groups under study; (iii) stress and anxiety did not predict compulsions in the group of psychologists; (iv) anxiety predicted obsessions for all the professions, while the relationship of this variable with stress was different for each group; and (v) invariance reached a full metric level.

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Health status, activity limitations, work-related restrictions and level of disability among Canadians with mood and/or anxiety disorders

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada ◽

10.24095/hpcdp.36.12.03 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 36 (12) ◽

pp. 289-301 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lidia Loukine ◽

Siobhan O’Donnell ◽

E. M. Goldner ◽

Louise McRae ◽

H. Allen

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Population Based ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Severe Disability ◽

Activity Limitations ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Concurrent Disorders ◽

Work Related ◽

Mood And Anxiety Disorders

Introduction This study provides the first overview of the perceived general and mental health, activity limitations, work-related restrictions and level of disability, as well as factors associated with disability severity, among Canadian adults with mood and/or anxiety disorders, using a population-based household sample. Methods We used data from the 2014 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada– Mood and Anxiety Disorders Component. The sample consists of Canadians aged 18 years and older with self-reported mood and/or anxiety disorders from the 10 provinces (n = 3361; response rate 68.9%). We conducted descriptive and multinomial multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results Among Canadian adults with mood and/or anxiety disorders, over one-quarter reported “fair/poor” general (25.3%) and mental (26.1%) health; more than one-third (36.4%) reported one or more activity limitations; half (50.3%) stated a job modification was required to continue working; and more than one-third (36.5%) had severe disability. Those with concurrent mood and anxiety disorders reported poorer outcomes: 56.4% had one or more activity limitations; 65.8% required a job modification and 49.6% were severely disabled. Upon adjusting for individual characteristics, those with mood and/or anxiety disorders who were older, who had a household income in the lowest or lower-middle adequacy quintile or who had concurrent disorders were more likely to have severe disability. Conclusion Findings from this study affirm that mood and/or anxiety disorders, especially concurrent disorders, are associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes. Results support the role of public health policy and programs aimed at improving the lives of people living with these disorders, in particular those with concurrent disorders.

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