ArticleBMJ open2022
Police officers' work-life balance, job satisfaction and quality of life: longitudinal effects after changing the shift schedule.
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- Assessment of the Mental Health of Police Officers: A Systematic Review of Specific Instruments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluation of work life balance and mental states of Eskişehir Tepebaşı municipality employees.Discover mental health · 2025Article
- A qualitative study of the unique challenges faced by female police officers in Sweden.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Personality predicts internalizing symptoms and quality of life in police cadets: a comparison of artificial intelligence and parametric approaches.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Occupational stress and environmental impact among traffic police officers in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Relationship between socio-descriptive characteristics, burnout syndrome, and quality of life of employees.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate mental health-related outcomes of police officers 5.5 years after implementing a new alternating shift schedule which was supposed to improve their health and work-life balance.
designPre-post study design with a baseline survey at the beginning of the piloting of the new shift schedule in 2015 and another survey 5.5 years later in 2020.
settingPolice departments of a German metropolitan police force piloting the new shift schedule.
participants116 shift-working police officers out of a population of 1673 police officers at the follow-up date.
interventionsNew shift schedule based on occupational health recommendations. OUTCOMES MEASURES: Work-life balance, job satisfaction and quality of life.
methodsMixed analyses of variances were used to test the hypotheses of within-subject and between-subject differences regarding time and gender.
resultsWe found partly significant differences between the baseline and follow-up survey for work-life balance (
conclusionAn increase was found for each of the three outcomes 5.5 years after implementing the new shift schedule. The results contribute to the current state of research on mental health-related outcomes of working conditions in shift work. On this basis, recommendations for designing shift schedules can be deduced to promote mental health and job satisfaction for employees in shift work.
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