Sleep-Related Problems and Associations with Occupational Factors among Home Care Personnel
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https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.129221Keywords:
Health, Working Environment & Wellbeing, Organization & ManagementAbstract
Recent demographic developments in Europe have increased the demand for home care. Working in other people’s home environment is challenging. Home care personnel’s musculoskeletal disorders are common, and care personnel overall often have sleep disturbances. In this study, associations between occupational physical and psychosocial factors and possible sleep-related problems among home care personnel were explored using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to 19 workplaces in Stockholm County in 2017–2019, and 665 home care personnel answered. Several factors, including job contentment, physical burden of care, client-related burnout, quantitative demands, and pain, were significantly associated with sleep-related problems. The results highlight the need for implementing measures to improve psychosocial and organizational working conditions in home care service.
Author Biographies
Maria Lindholm, Karolinska Institutet
Associated Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine. E-mail: maria.lindholm@tuni.fi
Ingela Målqvist, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm
Human Resources Specialist
Magnus Alderling, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm
Statistician
Lena Hillert, Karolinska Institutet
Associate professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine
Carl M Lind, Karolinska Institutet
PhD, Associated Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine
Arto Reiman, University of Oulu
Docent, Post-doctoral research fellow, Industrial Engineering and Management
Mikael Forsman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Professor, Head of Division of Ergonomics, Guest professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
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