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- Hanson, E, et al.
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Working together with persons with early stage dementia and their family members to design a user-friendly technology based support service
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Ingår i: Dementia. - : Sage Publications Ltd.. - 1471-3012 .- 1741-2684. ; 6:3, s. 411-434
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article describes how researchers, practitioners and technicians in West Sweden worked together with older people with early stage dementia and their family members to develop a user-friendly technology-based information, education and support service, based on the generic ACTION participatory design model. Ways of working in partnership with older people with early stage dementia and their family members are explored, and key lessons learned are highlighted. The overriding message is that elders with early stage dementia can be actively involved throughout the entire research and development process. Essential prerequisites are time and ongoing support by skilled practitioners and family members. Preliminary findings reveal that older people with early stage dementia can learn and benefit from user-friendly technology, especially when used together with others in a similar situation.
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- Magnusson Hanson, Linda L, et al.
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Demand, control and social climate as predictors of emotional exhaustion symptoms in working Swedish men and women.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Scand J Public Health. - : SAGE Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 1651-1905. ; 36:7, s. 737-43
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Demand, control and social climate as predictors of emotional exhaustion symptoms in working Swedish men and women.Magnusson Hanson LL, Theorell T, Oxenstierna G, Hyde M, Westerlund H.Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. linda.hanson@stressforskning.su.seAIMS: Most studies on burnout have been cross-sectional and focused on specific occupations. In the present study we prospectively investigated the association between demands, control, support and conflicts as well as downsizing and emotional exhaustion in men and women derived from a representative sample of the working population in Sweden. METHODS: The study comprised working men (1,511) and women (1,493), who participated in the Swedish Work Environment Survey (SWES) in 2003 and had no physical exhaustion and prior sick leave at baseline. These participants were followed up in 2006 as part of the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH). Demands, decision authority, support from fellow workers and superiors, conflicts with fellow workers and superiors, and downsizing were utilized as predictors and the Maslach Burnout Inventory subscale of emotional exhaustion as the outcome in multiple logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: High demands were a highly significant predictor of symptoms of emotional exhaustion (>/=75th percentile). Downsizing and lack of support from superiors were also independent predictors for men as well as lack of support from fellow workers and low decision authority for women. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that high demands, low decision authority, lack of support at work and downsizing could be important predictors of emotional exhaustion symptoms among working men and women.
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- Nyberg, Anna, et al.
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Managerial leadership is associated with self-reported sickness absence and sickness presenteeism among Swedish men and women.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Scand J Public Health. - : SAGE Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 1651-1905. ; 36:8, s. 803-11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Managerial leadership is associated with self-reported sickness absence and sickness presenteeism among Swedish men and women.Nyberg A, Westerlund H, Magnusson Hanson LL, Theorell T.Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. anna.nyberg@ki.se.AIMS: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between managerial leadership and self-reported sickness absence/presenteeism among Swedish men and women. METHODS: Five thousand one hundred and forty-one Swedish employees, 56% of the participants in a nationally representative sample of the Swedish working population, were included in this cross-sectional questionnaire study. The leadership dimensions measured were five subscales of a standardized leadership questionnaire (Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness Programme): Integrity, Team integration, Inspirational leadership, Autocratic leadership, and Self-centred leadership. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted, adjusting for factors in private life, employment category, labour-market sector, working conditions, self-reported general health, and satisfaction with life in general. RESULTS: Inspirational leadership was associated with a lower rate of short spells of sickness absence (<1 week) for both men and women. Autocratic leadership was related to a greater amount of total sick days taken by men. Sometimes showing integrity was associated with higher rate of sickness absence >1 week among men, and seldom showing integrity was associated with more sickness presenteeism among women. Managers performing Team integration were sometimes associated with women taking fewer short (<1 week) and long (>1 week) spells of sickness absence. Adjustment for self-reported general health did not alter these associations for men, but did so to some extent for women. CONCLUSIONS: Managerial leadership was found to be relevant for the understanding of sickness absence in the Swedish working population. There were distinctive gender differences.PMID: 19004898 [PubMed - in process]Related ArticlesWork-related sleep disturbances and sickness absence in the Swedish working population, 1993-1999. [Sleep. 2008]Explanations for gender differences in sickness absence: evidence from middle-aged municipal employees from Finland. [Occup Environ Med. 2008]Workload, work stress, and sickness absence in Swedish male and female white-collar employees. [Scand J Public Health. 2006]Do common symptoms in women predict long spells of sickness absence? A prospective community-based study on Swedish women 40 to 50 years of age. [Scand J Public Health. 2002]ReviewSwedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU). Chapter 6. Sickness absence due to back and neck disorders. [Scand J Public Health Suppl. 2004]» See Reviews... | » See All...
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