Health factors in the everyday life and work of public sector employees in Sweden.
(2012) In Work 42(3). p.321-330- Abstract
- Objective: The aim was to explore aspects of everyday life in addition to established risk factors and their relationship to subjective health and well-being among public sector employees in Sweden. Gainful employment impact on employees' health and well-being, but work is only one part of everyday life and a broader perspective is essential in order to identify health-related factors.
Participants: Data were obtained from employees at six Social Insurance Offices in Sweden, 250 women and 50 men. Method: A questionnaire based on established instruments and questions specifically designed for this study was used. Relationships between five factors of everyday life, subjective health and well-being were investigated by... (More) - Objective: The aim was to explore aspects of everyday life in addition to established risk factors and their relationship to subjective health and well-being among public sector employees in Sweden. Gainful employment impact on employees' health and well-being, but work is only one part of everyday life and a broader perspective is essential in order to identify health-related factors.
Participants: Data were obtained from employees at six Social Insurance Offices in Sweden, 250 women and 50 men. Method: A questionnaire based on established instruments and questions specifically designed for this study was used. Relationships between five factors of everyday life, subjective health and well-being were investigated by means of multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Results: The final model revealed a limited importance of certain work-related factors. A general satisfaction with everyday activities, a stress-free environment and general control in addition to not having monotonous movements at work were found to be factors explaining 46.3% of subjective good health and well-being.
Conclusions: A person's entire activity pattern, including work, is important, and strategies for promoting health should take into account the person's situation as a whole. The interplay between risk and health factors is not clear and further research is warranted. (Less)
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- Erlandsson, Lena-Karin LU ; Carlsson, Gunilla LU ; Horstmann, Vibeke LU ; Gard, Gunvor LU and Holmström, Eva-Lotta
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- 42
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- 3
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- 321 - 330
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- IOS Press
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- wos:000305896900004
- pmid:22523024
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- 1875-9270
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- 10.3233/WOR-2012-1427
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- English
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- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Physiotherapy (Closed 2012) (013042000), Division of Occupational Therapy (Closed 2012) (013025000)
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Participants: Data were obtained from employees at six Social Insurance Offices in Sweden, 250 women and 50 men. Method: A questionnaire based on established instruments and questions specifically designed for this study was used. Relationships between five factors of everyday life, subjective health and well-being were investigated by means of multivariate logistic regression analysis. <br/><br>
<br/><br>
Results: The final model revealed a limited importance of certain work-related factors. A general satisfaction with everyday activities, a stress-free environment and general control in addition to not having monotonous movements at work were found to be factors explaining 46.3% of subjective good health and well-being. <br/><br>
<br/><br>
Conclusions: A person's entire activity pattern, including work, is important, and strategies for promoting health should take into account the person's situation as a whole. The interplay between risk and health factors is not clear and further research is warranted.}},
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