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This study identified and analysed the job satisfaction of married female employees working from home during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted in Jakarta. This study adopted a quantitative approach, using surveys and sturctural equation modelling (SEM). The results were then obtained using the Lisrel 8.5 program. The population in this study were female employees who were married and working from home in Jakarta. The sampling technique used was a nonprobability sampling method, with a purposive sampling technique. The findings are surprising, as work from home (WFH) had no positive effect on work stress and work-life balance. Work-life balance also had no negative effect on job satisfaction. The implication of this finding is that companies can make new policies that regulate working hours and put in place new mechanisms for working in the office or from home. © 2022, Nigerian Economic Society. All rights reserved.
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PurposeThe aim of the study is to test the integrated model involving work stress, office clutter and employee performance with the moderating roles of training and self-discipline (SD) after the re-opening of the banks after the COVID-19 wave.Design/methodology/approach The study used 333 respondents from banking industry, whose responses were recorded using a closed ended questionnaire. The authors used partial least square path anaysis to analyze the data.Findings Work stress significantly increases office clutter, which harms the employees' performance. Moreover, SD and training significantly improve employees' performance by reducing work stress and thereby office clutter. There are various mechanisms through which both these factors reduced stress and office clutter.Practical implications The employee's performance can be enhanced with lower levels of office clutter. The office clutter can be managed through having lower levels of stress and providing people with training and inculcating SD among them. A greater understanding of the factors that count toward office clutter might help bank managers and employees to address the issues related to their performance.Originality/value The authors have proposed a new framework involving conservation of resources theory for the employees' performance. They posit employees' performance is an organizational resource, which can be conserved as well as enriched both by employers and employees through their own contribution.
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Objective: The study aimed at identifying the influence of socio-demographic factors on perceived stress during the first and the second "waves" of the COVID-19 pandemic among patients with depression and anxiety in remission compared to controls. Method: The study was designed as case-control, cross-sectional and non-interventional, and included 60 outpatients with depressive and anxiety disorders in remission and 60 controls with or without family history of affective disorder. A self-assessment scale (Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-10) was used to evaluate perceived stress. The remission was objectified by the Clinical Global Impression scale (CGI-S 2) and a questionnaire about the socio-demographic features and clinical characteristics of the disorders was completed. Results: By using multiple logistic regression, it was found that the diagnostic category and/or the relevant family history did not predict higher levels of perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic (p > 0.05). Females were associated with higher risk of moderate or high stress (OR=2.613, p=0.017), as well as those working from home during the pandemic (OR=4.00, p=0.026). Conclusions: Addressing the COVID-19 effects on mental health in a biopsychosocial manner, the study shows the impact of socio-demographic factors such as gender and work environment in times of a psychosocial crisis. The lack of differences in stress perception by the patients in remission and healthy controls implicates the importance of adequate maintenance treatment and easy access to mental health services in times of crisis.
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Although intelligence has been widely examined in the literature, the correlation of emotional intelligence (EI) has with virtual leadership, work stress, work burnout, and job performance in the nursing profession needs further consideration. Prior studies have confirmed that leadership style and emotional intelligence massively contribute to better outcomes in the nursing profession. Based on these confirmations, this research intended to explore the impact of virtual leadership and EI on work stress, work burnout, and job performance among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A convenient sampling technique was adopted to select the data sample. To analyze our hypotheses, 274 self-reported surveys were distributed in five tertiary hospitals in Pakistan through a cross-sectional quantitative research design. The hypotheses were tested with SmartPLS-3.3.9. Our findings revealed that virtual leadership and EI have considerably influenced nurses' work stress, burnout level, and job performance. The study concludes that EI significantly moderates virtual leadership and psychological stress among nurses.
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PurposeThis study aims to examine Taiwanese male and female police officers' perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachData were analyzed based on surveys conducted with 1,671 officers in various cities and counties between May and July of 2021, during the period of level 3 alert of COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.FindingsIt was found that officers who perceived poor inter-agency coordination and higher risk of infection, and those who were assigned to home quarantine duty and stationed in the metropolitan areas of Taipei, which suffered the worst spread of infected cases, were more likely to exhibit a higher level of stress. On the other hand, police identity, COVID-19 self-legitimacy, supervisor support, COVID-19 information and adaptive emotion regulation were found to be associated with an enhanced level of mental health.Research limitations/implicationsThe surveys were conducted at the beginning of the community outbreak. Given the cross sectional nature of the data, the findings may not reflect officers' mental health at different phases of the pandemic.Originality/valueSuch study can add a cross-national perspective that can be utilized to generalize about policy perspectives related to police mental health at times of health crises, such as COVID-19 pandemic.
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Work stress impacts people's daily lives. Their well-being can be improved if the stress is monitored and addressed in time. Attaching physiological sensors are used for such stress monitoring and analysis. Such approach is feasible only when the person is physically presented. Due to the transfer of the life from offline to online, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, remote stress measurement is of high importance. This study investigated the feasibility of estimating participants' stress levels based on remote physiological signal features (rPPG) and behavioral features (facial expression and motion) obtained from facial videos recorded during online video meetings. Remote physiological signal features provided higher accuracy of stress estimation (78.75%) as compared to those based on motion (70.00%) and facial expression (73.75%) features. Moreover, the fusion of behavioral and remote physiological signal features increased the accuracy of stress estimation up to 82.50%. © 2022 Owner/Author.
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BACKGROUND: Doctors at primary health care are prone to have work stress and it can affect their performance. Employee engagement may have close relationship with the doctor's performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. AIM: This study aims to determine the relationship between work stress and the doctor's performance at primary health care using employee engagement mediation and COVID-19 pandemic moderation. METHOD(S): This research is a descriptive study using a quantitative approach which was conducted on 354 doctors at Malang primary health care. The questionnaire was analyzed using partial least square. RESULT(S): The work stress had a significant positive effect on the doctor's performances (beta = 0.257, t-stat = 3.324). Work stress has a significant positive effect on employee engagement (beta = 0.726, t-stat = 22,967). Employee engagement does not significantly affect the doctor's performance (beta = 0.044, t-stat 0.105). Employee engagement does not mediate the work stress effect on doctor's performance (beta = 0.032, t-stat = 0.105). The COVID-19 pandemic did not moderate the work stress effect on doctors' performance (beta = -0.222, t-stat = 0.981). CONCLUSION(S): Primary health care leaders still need to pay attention to factors that can reduce the doctor's performance and employee engagement, include factors that can increase the work stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Copyright © 2023 Fida Rahmayanti, Noermijati Noermijati, Armanu Armanu, Fatchur Rohman.
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Introduction: The working conditions of workers in the intensive care area of the hospital in Riobamba during the COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced the presence of work stress and anxiety.Objective: To determine the relationship between work stress and anxiety in health workers in the intensive care area of the Riobamba Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Basic, non-experimental, cross-sectional and descriptive research with a universe of 45 workers. The third version of the Occupational Stress questionnaire designed by Villalobos in 2016 was used to identify the presence of occupational stress and the Hamilton scale to identify the presence and levels of anxiety. Pearson's non -parametric correlation test was used to determine the correlation between job stress and anxiety. The odds ratio test was used to identify the risk of anxiety secondary to the presence and intensity of work stress.Results: Prevalence of workers exposed to work stress (75.56%) and with anxiety (57.78%). The average level of work stress (41.18%) and low level of anxiety (50.0%) were the most representative in each case.Conclusion: A high percentage of workers in the intensive care area of the General Hospital in Riobamba with work stress and anxiety was identified. A strong positive correlation was identified between work stress and anxiety. The odds ratio test showed that the percentage of having anxiety triples if there is work stress.
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Purpose: Since healthcare workers work in the same environment with infected patients, they have a higher risk in terms of COVID-19 transmission compared to other parts of society, and accordingly, they experience more stress. The aim of this study to investigate the fear of COVID-19, work stress, and affecting factors in prehospital healthcare workers. Material and Methods: The research has a descriptive and cross-sectional design. The research was completed with a total of 399 individuals. Data were collected online using an introductory information form, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and the General Work Stress Scale. Results: The level of fear of COVID-19 was higher in women compared to men (B=-1.451, p=0.012), in married individuals compared to singles (B=-1.667, p=0.011), in those with low income compared to those with moderate or high income (B=-2.259, p<0.001), and in those who were vaccinated compared to those who were not vaccinated (B=-1.722, p=0.005). Conclusion: In prehospital emergency healthcare workers, the fear of COVID-19 was higher among women, married individuals, those with low income, those who were COVID-19-vaccinated, and those with high levels of anxiety and depression. Those with low income, high education level, and high anxiety level had a higher level of work stress
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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many institutions, regardless of whether they are ready or not, to adapt work from home (WFH) practices. This study aims to evaluate how work stress, workload, work-life balance, and work motivation affect millennials' intention to leave their jobs during work from home implementation. There were 224 millennial respondents in the Greater Jakarta Area who experienced WFH set-ups because of the COVID-19 outbreak that filled out the questionnaires. The PLS-based SEM technique was then used to examine the data that had been obtained. The results showed a significant effect from working from home on workload, work stress, work-life balance, and motivation. Additionally, it found that workload and work stress have significant effects on the turnover intention. Work-life balance and work motivation, according to the results, have no significant effects on turnover intention. As a result, management should consider the workload and work stress while evaluating the effectiveness of the use of the type of assignment. More factors that influence turnover intentions need to be considered in future studies. © 2023, Editura Lumen. All rights reserved.
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The COVID 19 pandemic has caused an increase in the number of owned cats and dogs and the resulting increased demand for veterinarians and veterinary services. This has also caused increased work stress and performance issues by veterinarians. This paper describes how veterinarians can minimize work stress by modifying their schedule of medical activities in order to still maintain an ideal work life balance.
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Objective: The Covid-19 viral pneumonia epidemic represents a major public health issue for all hospital structures, including hospital pharmacy, which has an essential role in dealing with this crisis. This study aims to explore the level of stress perceived by hospital pharmacy staff during this pandemic. Method: This is a cross-sectional study that evaluated 82 health professionals in hospital pharmacies in Morocco, using a snowball sampling technique. It evaluated their socio-demographic characteristics, working conditions, perceived stress scale (PSS), emotions and concerns during the epidemic. Statistical analysis was performed using statistical package for social science (SPSS). Results: The majority of participants were women (74.4%) and hospital pharmacists (67%). More than half of the participants showed moderate levels of stress (73.2%). Among the variables examined, only protective measures and information about the situation via the superiors showed a significant association with the PSS value (P = 0.036) and the level of stress according to the ANOVA test and the Chi-2 test respectively. Conclusion: In this study, hospital pharmacy staff showed moderate levels of stress at the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic. It should be noted that socio-demographic traits had no impact on stress. Consideration of social and health conditions and stress management would help reduce professional stress among hospital pharmacy staff during the pandemic.
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Objective: To understand the anxiety and insomnia of nurses in 2020 and its influencing factors, so as to provide orientation for formulating relevant policies. Methods: A total of 738 nurses in a designated hospital for treatment of COVID-19 patients in Quanzhou were investigated by convenient sampling. The basic demographic information, cognition of COVID-19, anxiety and insomnia of these subjects were surveyed with self-made questionnaire, self rating anxiety scale (SAS) and insomnia severity index(ISI). The influencing factors of anxiety and insomnia were analyzed by multiple linear regression. Results: The incidence of anxiety and insomnia were 8.5% and 35.8%, respectively. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that regular physical exercise was the influencing factor to reduce nurses' anxiety(beta =-4.226, P = 0.002) and insomnia (beta = - 1.706, P = 0.003). Nurses who had a personal history of disease (beta = 3.320, P = 0.023), considered resignation due to the COVID -19 (beta = 5.012, P = 0.031), thought that they might infect their family members and/or friends with COVID-19 virus (beta = 4.631, P < 0.001) and were treated differently by others (beta = 3.829, P = 0.003) had more anxiety;nursing staff who had a personal history of disease (beta = 1.277, P = 0.036), considered resignation due to the COVID-19 (beta =1.946, P = 0.045), worried about infecting other people with novel coronavirus (beta = 1.063, P = 0.006), thought that they might infect their family and friends with COVID-19 virus (beta =1.156, P = 0.003) and were treated differently by others (beta =1.507, P = 0.004) also had more serious insomnia. There was a positive correlation between anxiety and insomnia[beta and its 95% CI value was 0.280(0.258, 0.302, P < 0.001)]. Conclusions: In 2020 nurses in Quanzhou had anxiety and insomnia, which were affected by many factors. Employers should pay attention to the mental health of high-risk personnel and carry out psychological intervention when necessary.
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Objective: To understand the occupation burnout of community medical staff during epidemic and explore the influencing factors, so as to improve the mental health level of medical staff. Methods: Totally 843 community medical staff in the central urban area were studied. They were surveyed by a face-to-face with the questionnaire of JCQ, ERI and MBI. Results: Totally 835 valid questionnaires were recovered with an effective response rate of 99.1%. JCQ mode showed that the detection rate of occupational stress was 42.5%. The ERI mode showed the detection rate of occupational stress was 34.0%. The incidence of job burnout was 50.8%, of which the incidence of mild and moderate job burnout was 42.2% and the incidence of severe job burnout was 8.6%. The logistic regression analysis showed that the risk of job burnout of community medical staff was increased (P < 0.05), OR = 1.546 (aged 40 to < 50 years vs. aged < 30 years), OR = 1.506 to 1.707 (working time more than 10 years vs. less than 10 years), OR = 2.085 (working in public health departments vs. in clinical departments), OR = 2.408 (working more than 50 hours per week vs. less than 40 hours per week), and OR = 1.811 (working with night shift vs. without night shift). Compared with those with monthly income < 3 000 yuan, exercise frequency < 1 time per week and sleep time < 6 h per day, those with monthly income > 3 000 yuan (OR = 0.098 - 0.133), exercise frequency 1 time per week(OR = 0.308 - 0.603) and sleep time 6 h per day(OR = 0.300 - 0.334) had a lower risk of job burnout (P < 0.05). The higher the scores of social support (OR = 0.667) and return(OR = 0.605), the lower the risk of burnout of community medical personnel(P < 0.05);the higher the scores of giving (OR = 2.468)and intrinsic input (OR = 1.549), the greater the risk of burnout of community medical personnel(P < 0.05). Conclusions: During the epidemic prevention and control period, there was a certain degree of job burnout among community medical personnel. We can strengthen the intervention from individuals, organizations and society aspects and reduce the job burnout of community medical personnel by improving the level of professional skills, reasonable scheduling, appropriate exercise, and strengthening psychological counseling.
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced many workers globally to work from home, suddenly, and often without choice, during a highly uncertain time. Adopting a longitudinal, person-centered approach, we explored patterns of change in employees' psychological distress over three months following the early phase of the pandemic. We investigated how change in distress unfolded for different latent subgroups. We modelled whether and how work characteristics, and individuals' degree of detachment from work, predicted membership of different distress trajectories. Growth mixture modelling revealed two distress profiles: (i) a declining distress profile where employees experienced reduced distress over time, suggesting adaptation and/or improved coping;(ii) a rising distress profile where distress increased and eventually plateaued, suggesting a stress reaction process followed by adaptation. Employees with high workload, underload, or close monitoring, were more likely to belong to the rising distress profile. Detachment from work buffered the negative effect of workload and close monitoring on distress profile membership. Scheduling autonomy and colleague support did not predict profile membership. Contrary to predictions, manager support predicted membership in the rising distress profile. Our findings extend theoretical understanding of how distress unfolds over time, and show the importance of particular job demands in explaining these change processes.
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Aims: This study quantifies to what extent Health care workers (HCWs) experienced moral stress and to what extent their experiences of moral stress were related to gender and age as well as to working directly with COVID-19 patients and other work-related factors. Methods: This study consists of a cross-sectional survey that was conducted among 16,044 Swedish HCWs. A total of 153,300 HCWs and support staff who participated in the COVID-19 training offered by the Karolinska Institute were invited by email to participate in a web survey during autumn 2020. Results: This study is the first to quantify the frequency and severity of moral stress in a large group of HCWs. Moral stress was reported to a higher extent by HCWs involved in COVID-19 care and those involved in direct patient care. A lack of resources and the restrictions that hindered the patients' family and friends from being involved were major causes of moral stress. Informal support was reported as being the most available and useful for dealing with moral stress. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that moral stress is common among HCWs who work with infected patients during a pandemic. The goal should not be to eliminate moral stress, as such stress may be viewed as a normal reaction to moral issues, but organizational structures (sufficient staffing and resources), could decrease the likelihood of morally stressful situations. Finally, to avoid the development of moral distress and its potential consequences, improvements could be made in providing HCWs with support tools for managing moral stress. © 2023 The Author(s).
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This study aims to examine the impact of healthcare workers' job stress (JS) from fear of COVID-19 (FC) on travel intentions (TI) and willingness to pay (WTP). It also investigates the direct path between FC and WTP. Moreover, it tests the moderation role of FC on the relationship between healthcare workers' JS and TI. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was employed to analyze the data gathered from 401 frontline registered nurses working in pandemic hospitals in Turkey. The findings revealed that healthcare workers have the intention to travel and are willing to pay more for additional safety measures. The findings also indicated that FC negatively moderates the link between JS and TI. The results of this study provide theoretical and practical implications for tourism practitioners and marketers.
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Introduction: This study aims to determine the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders, work stress and work fatigue in workers from home activities. Methods: This research conducted using cross sectional design. Population is all mother in Indonesia, and sample who participated in the study were 253 mother. Instrument research using Nordic Body Map questionnaire and data collection by online using a valid and reliable questionnaire. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation was use to analysis the correlation between variable. Results: Respondents aged ≤ 30 years (88.1%), mostly was female (72.3%), with a married marital status of 29.2%. Most of the education level is bachelor degree (45.1%) with the largest type of work being private employees as many as 147 people (58.1%). Work activities duration is mostly ≤ 8 hours per day (94.5%), the most used work tools are mobile phones (hand phone) as much as 80.6%. The favourite location chosen for activities is inside the house (42.3%). Conclusion: The results of the correlation test using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation showed that there was no relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and work stress. However, there was a relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and work fatigue. There was also a relationship between work stress and work fatigue. It is suggested that workers who work from home and using mobile devices to do their work in an ergonomic location (work station) to prevent musculoskeletal disorders and work fatigue. © 2022 UPM Press. All rights reserved.
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During COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers' mental health worsened, due to the severe risk factors they daily faced. Although several studies addressed the impact of this pandemic on their mental health, just a few of them focused on emotion regulation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the role of emotion regulation strategies and the recovery process on health personnel's mental health during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional and web-based study was conducted with 100 health professionals working in Spain during the first wave of COVID-19 (April-May, 2020). The survey included demographics, depression, PTSD, and emotional exhaustion as symptomatology, and several emotion regulation strategies and recovery variables as predictive factors. Regression analyses highlighted rumination and self-criticism as the main positive predictors of symptomatology and negative affect. Relaxation turned out to be a negative predictor for depression and emotional exhaustion. However, greater use of distraction also seemed to contribute to higher levels of emotional exhaustion. Finally, acceptance, psychological detachment and self-compassion were significant and positive predictors of positive affect. These results may help to design interventions to prevent psychological problems among healthcare workers and enhance better mental health especially in critical contexts. © 2022 Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés - SEAS. Colegio de la Psicología de Madrid. Todos los derechos reservados.
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose unprecedented threats and challenges to global public health. Hospital Clinical Laboratory and public health institutions have been playing an important role in case detection, epidemic research and decision-making, and epidemic prevention and control. Objective: To explore the current situation and influencing factors of work stress of medical workers in hospital clinical laboratory in fighting against COVID-19. Methods: A cluster random sampling method was used to select seven hospitals from 14 tertiary hospitals in Xiamen, and medical workers in the selected hospitals were investigated by self-administered questionnaire. A total of 150 medical workers inclinical laboratory participated in this survey, 138 valid questionnaires were collected, with a response rate of 92%. Results: The work stress scores of the medical workers in the clinical laboratory of hospital in the COVID-19 epidemic were collected (55.22 ± 11.48); The top three dimensions of work stress score were work stress (work load), external environment and doctor-patient relationship. The results of multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that the working hours per day, whether overtime and night shift can get compensatory leave and Job satisfaction with the work of the clinical laboratory were the main factors affecting the work stress level of medical workers in the clinical laboratory of hospital during COVID-19 epidemic. Conclusion: The COVID-19 has caused great harm to the physical and mental health of the public. Medical staff are in the front line of prevention and control of the epidemic, so medical workers in hospital clinical laboratory exposed to a high level of stress at work. Laboratory leaders and hospital managers should take active and effective measures to reduce the working hours of the medical staff in clinical laboratory, optimize the arrangement of night shift and overtime working, strengthen the training of group and individual pressure management, reduce the work stress of the medical staff, improve the overall happiness of the medical staff in clinical laboratory, and stabilize the clinical laboratory team, improve the physical and mental health of medical workers in clinical laboratory.