Occupational safety and health challenges of home care personnel

• Care personnel often have musculoskeletal disorders and sleep disturbances. In this study, aquestionnaire was utilized to identify occupational safety and health (OSH) challenges andassociations with possible sleep disturbances among home care personnel. The questionnairewas given to 19 workplaces in the Stockholm County in 2017, and 469 employees answered.Preliminary results show that among identified OSH challenges were high psychosocial andphysical workload, and dissatisfaction with the leadership. Lack of satisfaction with the work,dissatisfaction with the leadership, high qualitative demands and pain disorders were significantlyassociated with sleep disturbances. The results support the importance of promoting a goodorganizational work environment in the home care services.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

home care

personnel

occupational safety

occupational health

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