Health check documentation of psychosocial factors using the WAI
| Autor: | Kari-Pekka Martimo, Juho Heimonen, P. Puukka, Jaakko Hartiala, L. Uronen, Sanna Salanterä |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Employment
Work Psychological intervention Work Capacity Evaluation Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Documentation Nursing Health Status Indicators Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Occupational Health Risk management Workplace violence business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Workload ta3142 030210 environmental & occupational health Mental Health England Work (electrical) business Psychosocial Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Occupational Medicine. 67:151-154 |
| ISSN: | 1471-8405 0962-7480 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/occmed/kqw117 |
| Popis: | Background Health checks in occupational health (OH) care should prevent deterioration of work ability and promote well-being at work. Documentation of health checks should reflect and support continuity of prevention and practice. Aims To analyse how OH nurses (OHNs) undertaking health checks document psychosocial factors at work and use the Work Ability Index (WAI). Methods Analysis of two consecutive OHN health check records and WAI scores with statistical analyses and annotations of 13 psychosocial factors based on a publicly available standard on psychosocial risk management: British Standards Institution specification PAS 1010, part of European Council Directive 89/391/EEC, with a special focus on work-related stress and workplace violence. Results We analysed health check records for 196 employees. The most frequently documented psychosocial risk factors were home-work interface, work environment and equipment, job content, workload and work pace and work schedule. The correlations between the number of documented risk and non-risk factors and WAI scores were significant: OHNs documented more risk factors in employees with lower WAI scores. However, documented psychosocial risk factors were not followed up, and the OHNs' most common response to detected psychosocial risks was an appointment with a physician. Conclusions The number of psychosocial risk factors documented by OHNs correlated with subjects' WAI scores. However, the documentation was not systematic and the interventions were not always relevant. OHNs need a structure to document psychosocial factors and more guidance in how to use the documentation as a tool in their decision making in health checks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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