TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational and Psychosocial Working Conditions and Their Relationship with Mental Health Outcomes in Patient-Care Workers
AU - López Gómez, María Andrée
AU - Sabbath, Erika
AU - Boden, Leslie
AU - Williams, Jessica A.R.
AU - Hopcia, Karen
AU - Hashimoto, Dean
AU - Sorensen, Glorian
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) grant no. 5U19-OH008861 and grant no. 2U19 OH008861-10.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American College of Occupational and Environmental.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between both psychosocial and organizational working conditions with self-reported mental health and mental health expenditures.Methods:This study used worker survey and medical claims data from a sample of 1594 patient-care workers from the Boston Hospital Workers Health Study (BHWHS) to assess the relationship of psychosocial (job demands, decision latitude, supervisor support, coworker support) and organizational (job flexibility, people-oriented culture) working conditions with mental health outcomes using validated toolsResults:People-oriented culture and coworker support were negatively correlated with psychological distress and were predictive of lower expenditures in mental health services. Job demands were positively correlated with psychological distress.Conclusions:Working conditions that promote trustful relationships and a cooperative work environment may render sustainable solutions to prevent ill mental health.
AB - Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between both psychosocial and organizational working conditions with self-reported mental health and mental health expenditures.Methods:This study used worker survey and medical claims data from a sample of 1594 patient-care workers from the Boston Hospital Workers Health Study (BHWHS) to assess the relationship of psychosocial (job demands, decision latitude, supervisor support, coworker support) and organizational (job flexibility, people-oriented culture) working conditions with mental health outcomes using validated toolsResults:People-oriented culture and coworker support were negatively correlated with psychological distress and were predictive of lower expenditures in mental health services. Job demands were positively correlated with psychological distress.Conclusions:Working conditions that promote trustful relationships and a cooperative work environment may render sustainable solutions to prevent ill mental health.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001736
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001736
M3 - Article
C2 - 31651598
AN - SCOPUS:85076195396
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 61
SP - E480-E485
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 12
ER -