work and wellbeing

Question 1

what 3 things did PATH- framework develop ?

Answer 1

health workplace practices-promotion of health by changing behaviour and increasing awareness to create healthy environment
-employee well-being-physical, mental + emotional aspects of employee health
-organisational improvement: outcomes improvement as a result of a healthy workplace

Question 2

what 3 categories did WHO propose of health interventions?

Answer 2

1.primary-addressing prevention
2.secondary-addressing severity of illness
3.tertiary-reduces incapacity associate with illness/disease management

Question 3

Primary healthcare

Answer 3

incorporates all relevant factors required in addressing health issues in a community

Question 4

6 Examples of wellbeing dimensions

Answer 4

1.physical health promotion 2.mental health prevention 3.career wellbeing
4.environmental
5.social
6.financial wellbeing

Question 5

what were the 5 outcomes when collected workplace data?

Answer 5

1.absenteeism
2.presenteeism
3.burnout
4.process data

Question 6

absenteeism

Answer 6

metric of work time lost

Question 7

dichotomous outcome absent, present

Answer 7

or on a gradient scale(number of days missed and hours missed)

Question 8

Presenteeism

Answer 8

subjective measure-completed by questionare

Question 9

Burnout

Answer 9

refers to emotional exhaustion, in GP practices it is reported to happen in these environments and eventually the person will be off sick from work

Question 10

Process data

Answer 10

gives better understanding in persons outcomes

Question 11

What to 3 things to consider when collecting outcomes

Answer 11

-accuracy of data
-subjective vs objective outcomes
-efficacy of obtaining data-need to ensure the cost is worth time taken

Question 12

what is a challenge in the workplace wellbeing initiative ?

Answer 12

-lack of incentives- are you paying for the intervention or is it for free

Question 13

2 groups of randomised control?

Answer 13

1.intervention/experimental group:receiving the intervention that’s being studied
2.control/comparison group receiving conventional or alternative treatment. After the groups are followed up to see if there are any differences in outcomes

Question 14

what is are the 2 biases of randomised control

Answer 14

1.selection bias -there needs to be a transparent choice with the people chosen to participate
2.Performance bias-blind participants- they do not know which group they are in