Trial reportBMC public health2016
Effect of a participatory organizational-level occupational health intervention on job satisfaction, exhaustion and sleep disturbances: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.
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- Effects of participatory organizational interventions on mental health and work performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of occupational health · 2026Pooled it
- Is organizational intervention using Layered Voice Analysis effective in addressing operator mental health in call centers? A randomized controlled trial.Journal of occupational health · 2024Trial
- The effectiveness of implementing the Guideline for the Prevention of Mental Ill-health Problems at the Workplace on health-outcomes, organizational and social risk factors: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Swedish schools.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Trial
- Effect of a participatory organizational workplace intervention on workplace social capital: post-hoc results from a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Can an organizationally anchored, multilevel intervention improve perceived stress and psychosocial factors in the workplace? A pre-post study assessing effectiveness and implementation.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Effects of participatory organizational interventions on mental health and work performance: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of occupational health · 2024Article
- Improving Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction in Healthcare: A Study Concept Design on a Participatory Organizational Level Intervention in Psychosocial Risks Management.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The association of vertical and horizontal workplace social capital with employees' job satisfaction, exhaustion and sleep disturbances: a prospective study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2019Article
- A study of unreasonable illegitimate tasks, administrative tasks, and sickness presenteeism amongst Norwegian physicians: an everyday struggle?BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Sleep, Health and Wellness at Work: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
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.
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