员工在工作场所经历的慢性疼痛
H Blake1,2, M Giannoulatou3, W J Chaplin1,2
1School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)
|June 30, 2025
概括
慢性疼痛影响了许多英国工人. 员工需要灵活的工作,更好的支持服务和知情的管理人员,以有效地管理工作中的疼痛,尽管目前的工作场所存在不平等.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
- 员工福利 员工福利
背景情况:
- 慢性疼痛影响了英国人口的很大一部分,影响了33%至50%的个人.
- 对慢性疼痛的有效工作场所支持需要了解员工的经验和需求.
研究的目的:
- 探索慢性疼痛对员工在工作环境中的影响.
- 确定员工与工作中的慢性疼痛相关的自我管理支持需求.
- 了解员工对雇主提供的支持的看法.
主要方法:
- 通过半结构面试进行了定性研究.
- 参与者包括患有慢性疼痛的劳动年龄成年人,并在英国工作.
- 对收集的数据进行了主题和感应分析.
主要成果:
- 确定的主要主题包括需要灵活性 (混合工作,工作时间,经理支持),不足的支持服务 (政策,员工培训,可访问性),具有挑战性的工作条件 (设备,工作性质,工作量) 和对疼痛的感知 (耻辱,意识,支持网络).
- 工作安排的灵活性和支持性线路经理对于在工作中管理慢性疼痛至关重要.
- 不足够的支持服务,模糊的政策和缺乏经理培训是重大障碍.
结论:
- 该研究突出了影响工作场所慢性疼痛自我管理的因素,揭示了支持需求的差异和提供方面的不平等.
- 职业健康和福利服务并不总是可获得的,慢性疾病的政策往往不清楚.
- 线路经理发挥着至关重要的作用,但往往缺乏必要的知识和培训,以有效地支持患有慢性疼痛的员工.
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