scholarly journals Empirical study on mental stress among healthcare staffs and the influencing workplace stressors

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Aws Khasawneh ◽  
Hiba Malkawi ◽  
Shereen Ababneh ◽  
Omar Al-Araidah ◽  
Gul Okudan Kremer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Stress ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Work Stressors ◽  
Workplace Stressors ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Coping Behaviours

Abstract This study provides empirical indicators on the presence of alarming mental stress levels among healthcare staffs as a result of the work environment. The study uses a comprehensive survey to identify work stressors and to addresses stress symptoms and coping behaviours among the healthcare givers in Jordan as a case study. The study aims to direct management’s attention to work conditions that largely contribute to increasing mental stresses among their healthcare staffs. Moreover, the study identifies out stress symptoms that employees, team leaders and managers should not ignore to help their fellow workers cope with their stresses through legitimate coping behaviours. A total of 300 responses from 176 nurses, 45 technicians and 79 physicians from three hospitals with high patient flows were included in the statistical analyses. Results demonstrate that stressors related to high job demands, especially long working hours, have the highest impact on the development of stress among surveyed caregivers. Job-demand stressors were the most significant predictor of the symptom recurrence level with a β = 0.334. Continual tiredness and frequent headaches were the most frequent stress symptoms. Taking unprescribed medications, smoking tobacco, and faking reasons to take time off were the most common behaviours to relieve stress. This study contributes to the literature theoretically and practically. From a theoretical perspective, the study provides a comprehensive survey that captures the symptoms, relieve behaviours and work-related causes of stress. From the practical perspective, the study helps care providers and healthcare managers address and resolve work stressors and help their staff adopt healthy behaviours to relieve their stresses.

Perceived Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence based Decision Support System in a Clinical Setting: A Systematic Literature Review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avishek Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Care Providers

UNSTRUCTURED Objective: The potential benefits of artificial intelligence based decision support system (AI-DSS) from a theoretical perspective are well documented and perceived by researchers but there is a lack of evidence showing its influence on routine clinical practice and how its perceived by care providers. Since the effectiveness of AI systems depends on data quality, implementation, and interpretation. The purpose of this literature review is to analyze the effectiveness of AI-DSS in clinical setting and understand its influence on clinician’s decision making outcome. Materials and Methods: This review protocol follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta- Analyses reporting guidelines. Literature will be identified using a multi-database search strategy developed in consultation with a librarian. The proposed screening process consists of a title and abstract scan, followed by a full-text review by two reviewers to determine the eligibility of articles. Studies outlining application of AI based decision support system in a clinical setting and its impact on clinician’s decision making, will be included. A tabular synthesis of the general study details will be provided, as well as a narrative synthesis of the extracted data, organised into themes. Studies solely reporting AI accuracy an but not implemented in a clinical setting to measure its influence on clinical decision making were excluded from further review. Results: We identified 8 eligible studies that implemented AI-DSS in a clinical setting to facilitate decisions concerning prostate cancer, post traumatic stress disorder, cardiac ailment, back pain, and others. Five (62.50%) out of 8 studies reported positive outcome of AI-DSS. Conclusion: The systematic review indicated that AI-enabled decision support systems, when implemented in a clinical setting and used by clinicians might not ensure enhanced decision making. However, there are very limited studies to confirm the claim that AI based decision support system can uplift clinicians decision making abilities.

WORK–LIFE BALANCE IN THE CURRENT JAPANESE CONTEXT

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Akizumi Tsutsumi
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Long Working Hours ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Overtime Work ◽  
Work Style

Background: Work style reform in Japan is under way in response to a predicted shortfall in the workforce owing to the country’s low birth rate and high longevity, health problems due to excessive working hours, and the need for diversification of employment. A legal limit for physicians’ overtime work will be introduced in 2024. Objectives: This study examines the work–life balance among Japan’s doctors in the context of ongoing work style reform. Methodology: The study applied included selective reviews of demographic shifts, legislation against long working hours, and trends in doctors’ participation in the labor force. Results: Japan’s doctors work long hours, which creates a conflict between their working and private lives. The proportion of female doctors in Japan is the lowest among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Employment trends among women doctors by age group show an M-curve: many quit their jobs upon marriage or childbirth. Gender role stereotyping has led male Japanese doctors to devote themselves entirely to their professions and working excessively long hours: they leave all family work to their female partners. This stereotyping obliges female doctors to undertake household chores in addition to their career tasks, which makes it difficult for them to re-enter their careers. Because of the harsh working conditions (including long working hours), there has been a decline in newly graduated doctors in some medical specialties. Conclusions: For sustainable, effective health care in Japan, it is necessary to improve the work conditions for Japan’s doctors towards achieving work–life harmony.

Stress in Music Managers and Artists: Pilot study on Czech and Slovak Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
Kateřina Vašíčková ◽  
Andrea Mikotová ◽  
Lucie Šilerová
Keyword(s):  
Time Pressure ◽  
Work Stressors ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Main Work ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Solo Music ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Group A

AbstractThe aim of the presented study was to do a pilot research on the comparison of the incidence of stress in a group of students of music management and art of music. We examined whether artists and music managers differ in the perception of the intensity of stress when playing (working) solo from the intensity when playing (working) in group. Furthermore, we focused on the most common stressors and main stress symptoms among music managers and artists. Total 63 students of music, cultural or art management (average age 28.6 years; 69.8 % were women) and 75 students of art of music (average age 26.7 years; 64 % were women) filled out an online questionnaire in the spring of 2016. The results show that while artists reported higher stress levels when playing solo, music managers reported higher stress levels when working in a group. A closer look showed that while only a few music managers (4,8 %) are intensely stressed when working in a team, a considerable group of artists (26 %) stated that they were most stressed out when playing solo. As their main work stressors artists mentioned blackouts, unpreparedness, and audience, music managers listed flaws in the human factor, time pressure and financial problems. Stress symptoms among artists are mainly physiological and short-term but at the same time intensive, while stress symptoms among music managers are rather long-term and related to psyche, and relationships with others.

Key expressions of trauma-related distress in Cambodian children: A step toward culturally sensitive trauma assessment and intervention

2020 ◽  
pp. 136346152090600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caleb J Figge ◽  
Cecilia Martinez-Torteya ◽  
Sopheap Taing ◽  
Sotheara Chhim ◽  
Devon E Hinton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Severe Trauma ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Trauma Assessment ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
The Impact

More than half of all children in Cambodia experience direct abuse and over 70% experience other traumatic events, which significantly increase their risks for a range of physical and mental health problems. Additionally, Cambodian children face longstanding sociopolitical, intergenerational, and cultural factors that compound the impact of other trauma. As a result, rates of posttraumatic stress symptoms among Cambodian youth are high. However, care providers often rely on Western-based nosology that does not account for culturally specific expressions of trauma. A greater understanding of culturally-salient expressions of distress can help inform diagnostic assessment accuracy and treatment effectiveness and monitoring. The current study utilized a qualitative design to interview 30 Cambodian caregivers of children with trauma experiences and 30 Cambodian children (ages 10–13 years) with trauma experiences to identify key local expressions of trauma. Findings reveal certain PTSD symptoms and culturally-specific frequent and severe trauma-related problems for Cambodian children and domains of functioning impacted by trauma. Certain symptoms seem particularly important to evaluate in this group, such as anger, physical complaints (e.g., headache and palpitations), and cognitive-focused complaints (in particular, “thinking too much”). All caregivers and children reported physical health as impacted by trauma-related problems, highlighting a particularly salient domain of functioning for this population. Expressions of distress explored in the current study are discussed in the context of assessment and intervention development to inform diagnostic and clinical efforts for those working with trauma-exposed Cambodian children.

scholarly journals Trends in Work Conditions and Associations with Workers’ Health in Recent 15 Years: The Role of Job Automation Probability

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 5499
Author(s):  
Wan-Ju Cheng ◽  
Li-Chung Pien ◽  
Tomohide Kubo ◽  
Yawen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Shift Work ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Job Control ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Levels Of Automation ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Job Content

Job automation and associated psychosocial hazards are emerging workplace challenges. This study examined the trends in work conditions and associations with workers’ health over time in jobs with different automation probabilities. We utilized data from six waves of national questionnaire surveys of randomly selected 95,762 employees between 2001 and 2016. The Job Content Questionnaire, the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, and the Self-Rated Health Scale were applied, and working time was self-reported. Automation probability was derived for 38 occupations and then categorized into three groups. Trends in work conditions and the associations between automation probability, work conditions and health were examined. We observed a 7% decrease in high automation probability jobs, an overall increase in job demands for and prevalence of shift work, and a decrease in job control. Workers with high automation probability jobs had low job demands, low job control and high job insecurity. Low automation probability was associated with burnout in logistic regression models. The odds ratio of job insecurity, long working hours, and shift work relating to health was higher in the later years of the surveys. In conclusion, there has been a decrease in high automation probability jobs. Workers employed in jobs with different levels of automation probability encountered different work condition challenges.

scholarly journals Online Social Space Identification. A Computational Tool for Optimizing Social Recommendations

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3024
Author(s):  
Italo Zoppis ◽  
Andrea Trentini ◽  
Sara Manzoni ◽  
Daniela Micucci ◽  
Giancarlo Mauri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Heuristic Solution ◽  
Senior Project

Conscious and functional use of online social spaces can support the elderly with mind cognitive impairment (MCI) in their daily routine, not only for systematic monitoring, but to achieve effective targeted engagement. In this sense, although social involvement can be obtained when elder’s experiences, interests, and goals are shared and accepted by the community, an important subsistence for aging depends on the compelling information, users’ co-operation, and resource reliability. Unfortunately, applications aimed at optimizing the information content and the reliability of online users are still missing. Within the SystEm of Nudge theory-based ICT applications for OldeR citizens (SENIOR) project, an advanced social platform will be created in which the elderly with MCI will be involved in “optimized” social communities, where suggestions for general well-being will be recognized as useful by users and shared by care providers. We report the results of our study addressing this issue from a theoretical perspective: we propose a computational problem and a heuristic solution where “expert users” can engage and support the elderly by suggesting available services and facilities for their conditions. The numerical experiments on synthetic data are of interest when considering large communities, which is the most natural situation for online social spaces.

scholarly journals STUDY ON OCCUPATIONAL AND NONOCCUPATIONAL RISK FACTORS AND HEALTH OF MOTOR TRANSPORT WORKERS

Transport ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Obelenis ◽  
Daiva Gedgaudienė
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Long Working Hours ◽  
Motor Transport ◽  
Central Nervous System Dysfunction ◽  
Transport Workers ◽  
Noise Vibration

The study on work conditions, lifestyle, psychosocial factors and health was carried out in three different urban motor transport companies. 788 workers of the main occupations were interviewed using a questionnaire. The main occupational hazards are low air temperature, draughts, exposure to diesel fuel, cooling oil, noise, vibration, musculoskeletal exertion. Workers do not lead a healthy lifestyle: 46,0 %-are smokers, 83,0%-use alcohol, 53,0% are physically inactive, 82,0% lead a malnutrition regimen, 27,0% experience stressful situations at work every day. Musculoskeletal disorders make up 46,2 %, respiratory 22,2 %, gastrointestinal 17,3 % and central nervous system dysfunction 32,2 %. Musculoskeletal disorders are related to poor ergonomic and workplace design, long working hours, senior age and long professional work experience (p<0,05-0,002).

scholarly journals Workplace Stressors and Employee Performance: A Conceptual Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Miebaka Dagogo Tamunomiebi ◽  
Akpobolokami Andy Mezeh
Keyword(s):  
Employee Performance ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Psychosocial Risks ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Workplace Stressors ◽  
Organizational Stressors ◽  
Stress At Work ◽  
The Impact

In work settings, stress can be produced by an array of stressors, such as work tasks, psychosocial, and organizational stressors. Reviews of studies done on physical and psychosocial stressors revealed that physical factors, such as repetitive movements, awkward postures, high force demands, work posture, vibration and psychosocial factors, such as low co-worker support, high quantitative demands, low job control and low job satisfaction are of importance. The organizations therefore should be concerned with identifying the workplace stressors, and empowering their employees to deal with those stressors that cannot be completely eliminated. Stress is a universal element experienced by employees around the globe. Stress has become major problem for employer particularly in developing nations where the employer does not realize the impact of stress on employee performance. It is important to recognize and address properly job stress because it badly affects the employee’s mental and physiological health. As there are so many resources for employees to perform excellent in their jobs but there is also some factors that hinders in their way. These factors lead to negative employee performance. Stress at work is seen as one of the major psychosocial risks of work. Work-related stress is one of the problems confronting employees. It is of great concern to employees, employers and psychologists, because of its high growing rate in ill- health, as a result of long working hours of some employees. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of work stressors on employee performance.

scholarly journals Employee Retention Factors: The Case of Hotels in Cape Town, South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikechukwu O Ezeuduji ◽  
Thandokazi Lulu Mbane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Employee Retention ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Retention Factor ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Retention Factors ◽  
Hotel Employees

High turnover of employees in the hotel sector has been widely reported in academic papers. This high turnover has associated costs, such as financial costs, inconsistency in delivering service quality, and probable loss of customer loyalty. This empirical study investigates hotel employees’ responses to statements that relate to work conditions that support employee retention. Selected three, four and five star hotels in Cape Town, South Africa participated in this study. A structured respondent-completed questionnaire was used to collect data that were subjected to descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses. Result highlights suggest that hotel employees, dominated by the female population, are mostly not so desperate to leave their employment soon, however not many of them have worked in the hotel for more than five years. There are positive inter-correlations among ‘employee retention’ factor and other factors that relate to work conditions that support employee retention (compensation, employee development, work engagement, work relations, and working hours). Results also show that ‘strict supervision’, ‘long working hours’ and ‘perceived unfair salary’ are the top major concerns for hotel employees. These findings will enable hotel employers address employee concerns in order to curb the high employee turnover costs. Possible comparative research in other nations and continents will help establish cultural similarities and differences among nations or continents.  

scholarly journals Psychological Impact of a Pandemic Widespread in Healthcare Workers: The Italian and Swiss Perspective Early After of CoVid-19 Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Uccella ◽  
Pietro Majno-Hurst ◽  
Sara Uccella ◽  
Luca Jacopo Pavan ◽  
Stefano Uccella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Short Time

Abstract Background. We investigated the COVID19-related psychological impact in healthcare workers three weeks after its onset in Italy and in Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland. All professional groups of public hospitals in Italy and Switzerland were asked to complete a 38 questions online survey investigating demographic, marital and working status, presence of stress symptoms and need for psychological support. Results. Within 38 hours a total of 3,038 responses were collected. The subgroup analysis identified specific categories at risk according to age, type of work and region of origin. Critical care workers, in particular females, reported an increased number of working hours, decline in confidence in the future, presence of stress symptoms and need for psychological support. People reporting stress symptoms and those with children declared a higher need for psychological support. Conclusions. The large number of participants in such a short time advocates for a high interest on topic among hospital workers. The COVID19 outbreak could have been and still be a repeated trauma for many health professionals, with risk of future psychiatric sequelae. It is of outstanding importance to implement short and long-term measures to mitigate impact of the emotional burden of this pandemic while at the same time dealing with its clinical challenges.

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