The Relationship Between Institution-Affiliated Childcare and Employee Stress
Rachel Apple1, Lauren R Samuels, Kinyata McGee-Swope
1Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (Dr Apple, Dr Roumie); Department of Biostatistics (Dr Samuels); Department of Human Resources (Ms McGee-Swope, Ms Alsup); Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine (Dr Dewey), Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Veteran Administration Tennessee Valley VA Health Care System Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC) (Dr Roumie), Nashville, Tennessee.
Objective:
To evaluate the relationship between utilization of institution-affiliated childcare and employee stress among parents working at a large, academic medical center.
Methods:
Cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between institution-affiliated childcare and employee stress. Survey questions asked about personal stress related to job, relationship with spouse, parental responsibilities, childcare, finances, and personal health.
Results:
558 (68%) respondents were predominantly women (76.9%). Fifty-four percent had non-institution-affiliated childcare and 45% had institution-affiliated childcare. Use of institution-affiliated childcare was associated with less overall stress (-4.86 [95% confidence interval -8.01, -1.72], P = 0.003), and less stress related to finances, childcare, and personal health. Differences between groups related to job, relationship with spouse, or parental responsibilities were not statistically significant.
Conclusions:
This study demonstrated an association between institution-affiliated childcare and lower stress, highlighting the centrality of employer-affiliated childcare to employees' stress.
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