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ArticleBMC public health2020

Study protocol of a co-created primary organizational-level intervention with the aim to improve organizational and social working conditions and decrease stress within the construction industry - a controlled trial.

Emma Cedstrand, Anna Nyberg, Theo Bodin, Hanna Augustsson, Gun Johansson

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Article in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Emma CedstrandUnit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. emma.cedstrand@ki.se.
Anna NybergUnit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Theo BodinUnit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Hanna AugustssonDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Gun JohanssonUnit of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWithin construction industry, physical work exposures have long been recognized as possible determinants for musculoskeletal disorders, but less attention has been given the increasing organizational and social work hazards and stress within this industry. There is to date a lack of knowledge about how to improve organizational and social working conditions and decrease stress within the construction industry.

methodsThis paper outlines the design of a controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a co-created organizational-level intervention with the aim to improve role clarity, quantitative demands, staffing, planning, team effectiveness, psychosocial safety climate and stress. Two regions (> 700 employees) within one large construction company in Sweden will participate as intervention and control group. Further we present the design of the process evaluation assessing fidelity, support from managers, readiness for change and contextual factors. We will utilize questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, observations and documentation as means for data collection, hence a mixed methods approach is applied. DISCUSSION: The study is expected to contribute to the understanding of how adverse organizational and social working conditions and stress can be improved within the construction industry. By applying co-creation we wish to develop an intervention and implementation strategies that fit to the context, are in line with the needs of end-users and are supported by all management levels - all of which are highlighted features in successful workplace interventions.

trial registrationISRCTN, ISRCTN16548039. Registered 12/02/20. Retrospectively registered.

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Occupational HealthOrganizational CultureAdultConstruction IndustryHumansOccupational StressPopulation GroupsResearch DesignSocial ConditionsSurveys and QuestionnairesSwedenWorkplaceCo-creationConstruction industryEffectiveness evaluationOccupational healthOrganizational level interventionProcess evaluation

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PMID32228509
PMCPMC7106574

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