Analysis of State and Satisfaction with Leisure according to Actual Working Hours per Week : Based on 2019 National Leisure Activity Survey

Relevance. During the pandemic of new coronavirus infection, healthcare professionals have increased occupational risks of exposure to the pathogen SARS-CoV-2, as well as physical and psychological stress, especially when treating Covid patients in “red zones”. Such a change in working conditions wasn’t reflected in the results of a special assessment, which requires the development of an individual scientifically based approach to its organization in conditions equated to emergency situations. Intention. Evaluate the results of a special assessment of working conditions and their compliance with actual working conditions, taking into account the health risks for healthcare professionals taking care of Covid patients.Methodology. We retrospectively conducted a comparative analysis of 295 cards for a special assessment of the working conditions of medical personnel of military medical organizations of therapeutic and infectious profile over 2015–2019, and 266 cards from the same organizations for 2020.Results and Discussion. Study of cards for special assessment of working conditions of medical personnel of military medical organizations for 2015–2020 showed the leading role of biological factors for all categories of medical personnel. Working in the “Red zone” should be assessed as 3.3 (Degree III harmful) based on biological hazard or 4 (dangerous) due to risks of acute occupational diseases and death. This should be reflected in the results of special assessment of working conditions and compensated via reduction of working hours. However, in the context of the pandemic, actual working hours of healthcare professionals exceeded the established 39 hours per week (Article 350 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation), and the medical personnel were allowed to work with the pathogen of Group II pathogenicity without preliminary medical examinations.Conclusion. Analysis of the results of special assessment of the working conditions of medical personnel showed that they do not reflect the actual harmful (dangerous) working conditions of employees involved in providing care to patients with new coronavirus infection in these medical and preventive institutions.

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Chasing the carrot – actual working hours of fixed-term employees

Applied Economics Letters ◽

10.1080/13504851.2018.1540836 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (14) ◽

pp. 1148-1152

Author(s):

Mario Bossler ◽

Philipp Grunau

Keyword(s):

Working Hours ◽

Actual Working

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The role of working hours, work environment and physical leisure activity on the need for recovery following a day's work among UK white-water raft guides: A within-subjects multilevel approach

Psychology of Sport and Exercise ◽

10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.12.004 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. 123-131 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Iain Wilson ◽

Hilary McDermott ◽

Fehmidah Munir

Keyword(s):

Work Environment ◽

Leisure Activity ◽

Working Hours ◽

Need For Recovery ◽

Multilevel Approach ◽

Within Subjects ◽

White Water

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A Study on Types of Leisure Index Based on National Leisure Activities Survey 2019 in Korea

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13073619 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 3619

Author(s):

Jongsoon Kim ◽

Saesook Oh ◽

Boonhong Yeon

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Local Community ◽

Leisure Activities ◽

Leisure Activity ◽

Condition Index ◽

Leisure Constraints ◽

Resource Index ◽

Using Data ◽

Activity Survey

This study investigated differences in main purposes of leisure activities, leisure constraints, and the quality of life among segmented clusters based on leisure condition index, leisure resource index, and leisure attitude index utilizing Korean Better Leisure Index (K-BLI). Characteristics of each cluster were aggregated for profiling using data from the ⎡National Leisure Activity Survey 2019⎦ in Korea. Results of this study provide room for debate and response regarding leisure experience and sustainability of recreation service in local community based on characteristics of each cluster. This study semanticized adults living in Gyeonggi-do having the highest population density in Korea by conducting K-means clustering. This study segmented subjects into three clusters. Characteristics of each cluster were determined and t-test was conducted to determine associations among the main purpose of leisure activities, leisure constraints, and quality of life. As a result, adults living in Gyeonggi-do were divided into “dissatisfaction with leisure resource”, “dissatisfaction with the quality of life”, and “sensitive to the leisure constraints” clusters. Their desire for improvement for quality of life and leisure activity were definitely clear. This means that results of this study through segmentation based on leisure index are meaningful as baseline data to suggest an actual policy plan.

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