Effect of a participatory organizational-level occupational health intervention on job satisfaction, exhaustion and sleep disturbances: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Ole Henning Sørensen¹  Elisabeth Framke²  Jacob Pedersen³  Reiner Rugulies⁴ 

[1] Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, DK-2450, Copenhagen, Denmark;Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, DK-2450, Copenhagen, Denmark;National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark;National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark;National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark;Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1014, Copenhagen, Denmark;Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, DK-1353, Copenhagen, Denmark;

关键词: Psychosocial;    Stress-as-Offense-to-Self;    Core task;    Occupational health;    Well-being at work;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-016-3871-6

 received in 2016-04-14, accepted in 2016-11-23,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWe examined whether the implementation of a participatory organizational-level intervention aiming to improve the working environment with a focus on the core task at work, increased job satisfaction and reduced exhaustion and sleep disturbances among pre-school employees.MethodsThe study sample consisted of 41 intervention group pre-schools with 423 employees and 30 control group pre-schools with 241 employees. The intervention lasted 25 months and consisted of seminars, workshops, and workplace specific intervention activities that were developed by focusing on the core task at work. We analyzed within-group changes in the three outcome variables from baseline to follow-up with t-tests for paired samples, separately for intervention and control group. Between-group differences in changes in the three outcome variables were analyzed using a mixed model with a repeated statement to account for the clustering effect of workplaces.ResultsWithin-group analyses showed that exhaustion decreased statistically significantly in both the intervention and the control group. There were no statistically significantly changes in job satisfaction and sleep disturbances. Between-group analyses showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups for changes in any of the outcome variables, neither in the unadjusted or in the adjusted analyses.ConclusionsWe found no evidence that participating in an organizational-level occupational health intervention aiming to improve the working environment with a focus on the core task at work has an effect on pre-school employees’ job satisfaction, exhaustion and sleep disturbances.Trial registrationISRCTN16271504, November 15, 2016.

【 授权许可】

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