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Beatrice Thielmann1, Tatjana Hoffmann, Igor Zavgorodnii
1From the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany (Dr Thielmann, Dr Hoffmann, Dr Darius, Dr Böckelmann); Department of Hygiene and Ecology No. 2, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine (Dr Zavgorodnii).
Objective:
The aim of this study was to identify strain factors and compare work ability and stress-relevant coping with demands for German and Ukrainian teachers.
Methods:
Data from 147 German and 291 Ukraine teachers were examined. A professional history questionnaire, the Work Ability Index, and a questionnaire for the analysis of stress-relevant coping with demands (inability to recover subscale) were used. The differences among the age groups in the two countries were evaluated.
Results:
German teachers reported more demands than Ukrainian teachers did. The Work Ability Index score indicates a moderate level of work ability for both groups of teachers. German teachers are more unable to recover than Ukrainian teachers are ( P < 0.001), and older German teachers are significantly less able to recover than their Ukrainian counterparts are.
Conclusions:
Health intervention and promotion are necessary, especially for older teachers.
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