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Working environment, work engagement and mental health problems among occupational and physical therapists.
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Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy . May2023, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p505-519. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Working environment, work engagement and health among occupational and physical therapists in Norway have rarely been investigated. (1) To compare the psychosocial working environment, work engagement and mental health problems of occupational therapists with those of physical therapists; (2) to compare the same measures among occupational therapists working in the specialist and municipal healthcare services, respectively; and (3) to identify job demands and resources that influence the work engagement and mental health problems of occupational therapists. The Survey for Health Promoting Workplaces was used to collect data from 170 occupational therapists and 273 physical therapists (response rate =35%) working in specialist and municipal health care in Norway. Student's t-test, Pearson correlations and multiple regression analysis were used. Occupational therapists experienced higher job demands and poorer health than physical therapists. Occupational therapists in the municipal healthcare services were slightly more satisfied with their job resources than colleagues in specialist healthcare services. Meaningful work and the opportunity to use one's strengths and potential contributed the most to high work engagement. Low work engagement was the most important contributor to poor mental health. The mental health of occupational therapists seems to be closely related to the opportunity to perform high-quality therapy. It is important that work is organised so that occupational therapists have meaningful work tasks and opportunity to use their strengths and potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *WORK environment & psychology
*COMPETENCY assessment (Law)
*PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis
*STATISTICS
*JOB stress
*CROSS-sectional method
*MULTIPLE regression analysis
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*JOB descriptions
*JOB involvement
*SURVEYS
*PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
*T-test (Statistics)
*CRONBACH'S alpha
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*JOB satisfaction
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11038128
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163169482
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2022.2154261