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Protected Time for Self-Care for Veterans Health Administration Employees
Tamara M Schult1, John S Finnell, Charles Gray
1From the Veterans Health Administration, Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, Washington, DC (T.M.S., C.G., K.P.R.); Veterans Health Administration, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX (J.S.F.); and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (K.P.R.).
Objectives:
Employee Whole Health (EWH) empowers VA employees to take charge of their well-being by integrating self-care into their workday, but employees lack time to participate.
Methods:
Employees at three VA medical centers participated in a 12-month feasibility cohort study to protect 60 minutes of time per week for self-care. Questionnaire data were collected at three time points and qualitative data at two time points. Pilot offerings included education and complementary and integrative health modalities for well-being.
Results:
Employees enrolled spring 2021 ( n = 312). Complete-case regression analyses indicated significant improvements in wellness culture, resiliency, self-efficacy, perceived stress, and flourishing at 12 months. Multiple imputation analyses confirmed improvements except for self-efficacy. Qualitative findings supported quantitative findings.
Conclusions:
Providing protected time for self-care was feasible and supported improvements in well-being. However, high workload was identified as an ongoing barrier to participation.
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