Psychosocial Hazards and Preventative Measures for Mental Health of Employees in Hospitals in Latvia

  • Zolovs, M. (Co-author)
  • Kristine Dudina (Speaker)
  • Baiba Martinsone (Co-author)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

Description

Health care professionals are subjected to workplace stressors that negatively impacts their health. Some workplace hazards like exposure to trauma are inevitable. To protect workers from negative consequences such as depression, anxiety and burnout it is essential to identify and then moderate factors that are malleable. The aim of this study was to identify what work environment factors predict burnout, depression and anxiety symptoms in hospital staff and what factors moderate risks. . Employees (medical staff, administration, support staff) from 30 hospitals in Latvia were invited to complete online questionnaires: a Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire- COPSOQ III, (Llorens, et al., 2019)), a Patient health questionnaire: PHQ-2, Generalized anxiety disorder scale: GAD-7 and a Burnout assessment tool_ BAT and demographic questions. Two invitations gave a response rate of approx. 40%. A total of 4756 participants are included in the analyses (87% women, 13% men, aver. age 45). Data was analysed in SPSS by performing multiple linear regression, moderation analysees. . Feedback from the questionnaires indicates that mental health is significantly related to all psychosocial factors, no significant differences for gender and age. Organisation factors best predict burnout ( r2=0.43*), but also significantly predict depression (r2=0.26*), and anxiety symptoms ( r2=0.27*). The strongest predictors of mental health symptoms in hospital employees were a) an excessive and emotionally demanding workload that interfered with home life, b) insufficient resources for completing duties, and c) workplace bullying and conflicts. Strongest protective factor-supportive relationships with colleagues: it moderates relationships between emotional load and burnout(b=0.01, t=3.35*)/depression(b=0.03, t=3.22*)/anxiety (b=0.02, t=3.02*) as well as other major stress factor excessive workload. Support from direct manager moderates relationships between risks and mental health too. *p
Period29 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU International Research Conference 2023: Knowledge for Use in Practice
Event typeConference
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

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