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Published on: February 2, 2020
Health risk appraisals in Swedish occupational health services
Wilhelmus Johannes Andreas Grooten1,2, Mira Müller1, Mikael Forsman3,4
1Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physical Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Background:
Health risk appraisals (HRAs) in occupational health services (OHS) in Sweden are very commonly used for health promotion issues, but not much research has explored the extent and nature of individual feedback that is provided.
Objectives:
This study aimed to describe and explore HRAs in OHS regarding the content of the feedback in relation to the individual status and overall employee satisfaction.
Methods:
Feedback (evaluation and advice) and employee satisfaction with HRA were studied in employees that participated in health risk appraisals with a specific feedback session (HRA-F) (n = 272) and employees that participated in a single session (HRA-S) (n = 104). Associations between feedback and individual status concerning life style were assessed with Cohen's kappa (k).
Results:
The employees received mainly information and advice for improvement on health and lifestyle issues (89-100%), while advice for improvement of working conditions was less common (15-59%). The feedback provided on life style was not based on individual status (k < 0.4), except for smoking and risky alcohol consumption (k > 0.55). A great majority of employees reported good overall satisfaction with their HRAs.
Conclusions:
The evaluation and feedback given to employees after HRAs should be based more on HRA-results and advice could be focused more on work-related factors.
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