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Psychosocial Risks and Resources at Work and Employee Well-being in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Time Series
Jenni Ervasti1, Jaakko Airaksinen, Jaana Pentti
1From the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland (J.E., J.A., J.K., M.J., M.K.); Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (J.P., M.K.); Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Turku, Finland (J.P.); Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland (T.O.); and Department of Mental Health of Older People, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom (M.K.).
Objective:
We examined the relationships between psychosocial factors and employee well-being in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
Survey data were from Finnish public sector employees from 2018 (T1 = before), 2020 (T2 = during), and 2022 (T3 = after the pandemic) (N= 29,360). Employee well-being was measured with self-rated health, work ability, and recovery from work. The generalized linear models using Poisson distribution were adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status, obesity, and health behaviors.
Results:
Psychosocial factors were associated with suboptimal employee well-being in every timepoint. The association between high effort-reward imbalance and suboptimal work ability was strongest during the pandemic (risk ratio 1.53, 95% confidence interval 1.47-1.59). The association between high job strain and suboptimal recovery from work was stronger during the pandemic (1.49, 1.46-1.52) than postpandemic (1.45, 1.43-1.48).
Conclusions:
Job stress had the strongest associations with suboptimal well-being during the pandemic.
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