ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2011
The effect of work-time influence on health and well-being: a quasi-experimental intervention study among eldercare workers.
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- Effects of organisational-level interventions at work on employees' health: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2014Pooled it
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- The Effect of Employee-Oriented Flexible Work on Mental Health: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Effect of Using Participatory Working Time Scheduling Software on Employee Well-Being and Workability: A Cohort Study Analysed as a Pseudo-Experiment.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The mediating effect of work-life interference on the relationship between work-time control and depressive and musculoskeletal symptoms.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2020Article
- Effects of modifications to the health and social sector's collective agreement on the objective characteristics of working hours.Industrial health · 2017Article
- Change in Work-Time Control and Work-Home Interference Among Swedish Working Men and Women: Findings from the SLOSH Cohort Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2016Article
- Do working environment interventions reach shift workers?International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2016Article
- Quality of Work: Validation of a New Instrument in Three Languages.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
- Internal construct validity of the stress-energy questionnaire in a working population, a cohort study.BMC public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of work-time influence on stress and energy, work-family conflicts, lifestyle factors, and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk.
methodsThe study was a quasi-experimental intervention study with a one-year follow-up among eldercare workers (baseline: n = 309; follow-up: n = 297). The nine work units in the intervention group designed their own intervention. We categorized these work units into three subgroups according to the interventions that they initiated: (A) self-scheduling via a computer program (n = 35), (B) setting up a task group that developed a questionnaire on work-time preference and participated in a one-day course on flexible working hours with the intention to increase employee influence on the fixed rota (n = 62), and (C) discussions of how employee work-time influence could be increased (n = 25). These subgroups were compared with a reference group consisting of ten work units (n = 187). Data consisted of questionnaires, blood samples, and measurements of waist and hip circumference.
resultsThe employees in subgroup A became increasingly involved in the planning of their own work schedule. Nevertheless, we found no effect on health and well-being attributable to the intervention.
conclusionThe introduction of self-scheduling can successfully increase employee work-time influence. Yet, this study does not support the theory that increased work-time influence leads to better health and well-being.
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