scholarly journals Association among Working Hours, Occupational Stress, and Presenteeism among Wage Workers: Results from the Second Korean Working Conditions Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Hwan Jeon ◽  
Jong-Han Leem ◽  
Shin-Goo Park ◽  
Yong-Seok Heo ◽  
Bum-Joon Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Korean Working Conditions Survey

Occupational Stress Impact and the Risk of Burn-Out for Employees of the Healthcare Sector, Germany

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 477-483
Author(s):  
Sabine Abbasi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Burn Out ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Stress Level

In accordance with the German annual health report mental disorders of employees continue to grow. In particular the German employees of the healthcare sector have work challenges like demographic change, lack of specialists, etc. Thus it seems obvious that these employees suffer from risk of a high stress level. The present paper focuses primarily on quantitative analysis of the stress level of employees in the rural healthcare sector. This study analyses the mental and physical burdens. The results of this paper support the concept that employees of the healthcare sector experience a strong stress levels. The results also support the assumption that communication and company structure is influencing the individual stress level of these employees. Further results show that physical and mental comfort is strongly influenced by weekly working hours and they show there is an impact of working atmosphere and working conditions to mental and physical burdens.

scholarly journals Association of Exposure to a Combination of Ergonomic Risk Factors with Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Korean Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9456
Author(s):  
Jungsun Park ◽  
Yangho Kim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽  
Korean Working Conditions Survey ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ergonomic Risk Factors ◽  
Ergonomic Risk

This study examined the relationship of musculoskeletal symptoms with exposure to a combination of ergonomic risk factors at work and the possible ameliorating effect of enough time to rest during working hours or between consecutive shifts in Korean workers. Data were from the 2017 Korean Working Conditions Survey. Workers exposed to ergonomic risk factors were more likely to report musculoskeletal symptoms than those without exposure, and exposure to more ergonomic risk factors increased the probability of musculoskeletal symptoms. Workers who had the opportunity to rest when desired and those who had enough time to rest between consecutive shifts were less likely to report musculoskeletal symptoms. In conclusion, workers exposed to more ergonomic risk factors had an increased risk for musculoskeletal symptoms, and providing enough time to rest and recovery to workers reduced the risk of musculoskeletal symptoms.

scholarly journals Surgical leadership within rapidly changing working conditions in Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Schmitz-Rixen ◽  
Reinhart T. Grundmann
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Physician Assistants ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Surgical Department ◽  
Chief Physician

AbstractIntroductionAn overview of the requirements for the head of a surgical department in Germany should be given.Materials and methodsA retrospective literature research on surgical professional policy publications of the last 10 years in Germany was conducted.ResultsSurveys show that commercial influences on medical decisions in German hospitals have today become an everyday, predominantly negative, actuality. Nevertheless, in one survey, 82.9% of surgical chief physicians reported being very satisfied with their profession, compared with 61.5% of senior physicians and only 43.4% of hospital specialists. Here, the chief physician is challenged. Only 70% of those surveyed stated that they could rely on their direct superiors when difficulties arose at work, and only 34.1% regarded feedback on the quality of their work as sufficient. The high distress rate in surgery (58.2% for all respondents) has led to a lack in desirability and is reflected in a shortage of qualified applicants for resident positions. In various position papers, surgical residents (only 35% describe their working conditions as good) demand improved working conditions. Chief physicians are being asked to facilitate a suitable work-life balance with regular working hours and a corporate culture with participative management and collegial cooperation. Appreciation of employee performance must also be expressed. An essential factor contributing to dissatisfaction is that residents fill a large part of their daily working hours with non-physician tasks. In surveys, 70% of respondents stated that they spend up to ≥3 h a day on documentation and secretarial work.DiscussionThe chief physician is expected to relieve his medical staff by employing non-physician assistants to take care of non-physician tasks. Transparent and clearly structured training to achieve specialist status is essential. It has been shown that a balanced work-life balance can be achieved for surgeons. Family and career can be reconciled in appropriately organized departments by making use of part-time and shift models that exclude 24-h shifts and making working hours more flexible.

scholarly journals Changes in autonomy, job demands and working hours after diagnosis of chronic disease: a comparison of employed and self-employed older persons using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (10) ◽  
pp. 951-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Fleischmann ◽  
Ewan Carr ◽  
Baowen Xue ◽  
Paola Zaninotto ◽  
Stephen A Stansfeld ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Self ◽  
English Longitudinal Study ◽  
Physical Job Demands

BackgroundModifications in working conditions can accommodate changing needs of chronically ill persons. The self-employed may have more possibilities than employees to modify their working conditions. We investigate how working conditions change following diagnosis of chronic disease for employed and self-employed older persons.MethodsWe used waves 2–7 from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). We included 1389 participants aged 50–60 years who reported no chronic disease at baseline. Using fixed-effects linear regression analysis, we investigated how autonomy, physical and psychosocial job demands and working hours changed following diagnosis of chronic disease.ResultsFor employees, on diagnosis of chronic disease autonomy marginally decreased (−0.10, 95% CI −0.20 to 0.00) and physical job demands significantly increased (0.13, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.25), whereas for the self-employed autonomy did not significantly change and physical job demands decreased on diagnosis of chronic disease (−0.36, 95% CI −0.64 to –0.07), compared with prediagnosis levels. Psychosocial job demands did not change on diagnosis of chronic disease for employees or the self-employed. Working hours did not change for employees, but dropped for self-employed (although non-significantly) by about 2.8 hours on diagnosis of chronic disease (−2.78, 95% CI −6.03 to 0.48).ConclusionImprovements in working conditions after diagnosis of chronic disease were restricted to the self-employed. This could suggest that workplace adjustments are necessary after diagnosis of chronic disease, but that the self-employed are more likely to realise these. Policy seeking to extend working life should consider work(place) adjustments for chronically ill workers as a means to prevent early exit from work.

scholarly journals Complementary Therapy as an Approach in Managing Occupational Stress

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-62
Author(s):  
Nur Aishah Nor Hashim ◽  
Florianna Lendai Michael Mulok ◽  
Helmi Sumilan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Complementary Therapies ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Complementary Therapy ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Long Working Hours ◽  
Holistic Treatment ◽  
Natural Way

Occupational stress is caused by various reasons, such as, workload and long working hours. This leads to occurrence of trend in using wellness activities to treat physical and psychological illness that is known as complementary therapy, which is Yoga, Aromatherapy, Qi gong, and Islamic Medical Practices (Ruqyah). Therefore, this research offered a perspective on the use of complementary therapies as a tool in improving and maintaining mental health condition of employees located in Penang, Malaysia. Qualitative method was used where 5 complementary therapy practitioners were interviewed to identify the perceptions towards the use of complementary therapy and to identify the type of therapy that can be practiced to reduce stress, as well as, discuss the benefits of complementary therapies. It was found that complementary therapy is very beneficial as it acts as a holistic treatment, natural way of healing and more empowering, as it helps to improve employee’s mental, emotional and physical health.Keywords: occupational stress; complementary therapy; mental health; holistic; conventional

scholarly journals CORRELATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES OF X HOSPITAL

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Natasya Ezra Hotnida ◽  
Azizah Musliha Fitri ◽  
Chahya Kharin Herbawani
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Office Employees ◽  
Commit Suicide

Occupational stress occurs to anyone, including hospital workers who are at high risk of depression, commit suicide, and experience excessive anxiety. The stress was one of the long-standing problems that occur among them. This study aimed to determine the risk of occupational stress among administration employees at X Hospital. This research used a quantitative with cross-sectional approach. The sample for this research was all 58 of the office employees in X Hospital. The method used in this research was the total sampling method. This research was undertaken from March to June 2020. The research instrument was a questionnaire that includes personal characteristics (age, sex, and working period), occupational stress, and organizational factors (mental workload, working hours, and income). The result showed that 77.6% of employees deal with heavy occupational stress. The statistical analysis result showed that working mental workload (p-value= 0.009) had a significant correlation with occupational stress. Meanwhile, age (p-value = 0.404), sex (p-value = 0.094), working period (p-value = 0.480), working hours (p-value = 0.073), and income (p-value = 0.862) did not have significant correlation with occupational stress. Therefore, the hospital should pay more attention to employees, their mental health, and their occupational stress.Keywords: mental workload, income, age

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