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  • Persson, RogerLund University,Lunds universitet,Metalund,Annan verksamhet, LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Institutionen för psykologi,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Other operations, LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,Department of Psychology,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Centre for Medicine and Technology for Working Life and Society (Metalund), Lund, Sweden (author)

Prevalence of exhaustion symptoms and associations with school level, length of work experience and gender: a nationwide cross-sectional study of Swedish principals

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  • 2021-02-10
  • Springer Science and Business Media LLC,2021

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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:1662cc52-14a5-4f3c-9649-152ccf2e0493
  • https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1662cc52-14a5-4f3c-9649-152ccf2e0493URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10317-7DOI
  • oai:researchportal.hkr.se/admin:publications/34ff1fa8-4041-4d95-9cd0-7b7dcc3ff927URI
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-180983URI

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  • Funding Information: The study was financially supported by AFA insurances (dnr 170094). The funder had no other role in the project. Open Access funding provided by Lund University. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
  • BACKGROUND: While poor mental health and psychiatric disorders attributed to stressful work conditions are a public health concern in many countries, the health consequences of the occupational stress experienced by school principals is an understudied issue. Although current data is lacking, some research suggests that principals have a stressful work situation that eventually may lead to burnout and exhaustion disorder, thus negatively affecting the ability of principals to function as leaders. To gauge the situation in Sweden, and as a basis for future preventive actions, we examined to what extent principals displayed signs of exhaustion and whether the prevalence rates of exhaustion differed across school levels, length of work experience as a principal, and gender.METHODS: Principals (N = 2219; mean age 49 years [SD 7 years]; 78% women) working at least 50% in pre-schools, compulsory schools, upper secondary schools or adult education completed a cross-sectional web survey entailing two validated inventories: The Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale (KEDS) and the Lund University Checklist for Incipient Exhaustion (LUCIE). Data was analysed using traditional non-parametric methods. Gender stratification achieved covariate balance when analysing school level and length of work experience.RESULTS: Altogether, 29.0% of the principals met the exhaustion criteria in KEDS. The prevalence rates for the four LUCIE-steps of increasing signs of exhaustion were: no signs of stress, 48.8%; weak signs of stress, 25.6%; clear signs of stress but no exhaustion, 15.4%; possible exhaustion disorder, 10.2%. Compared with male principals, female principals reported more signs of possible exhaustion disorder in both LUCIE and KEDS. School level was not associated with reports of exhaustion symptoms in neither LUCIE nor KEDS. Among male principals, length of work experience was associated with exhaustion symptoms in KEDS.CONCLUSIONS: A large group of Swedish principals working in pre-schools, compulsory schools, upper secondary schools or adult education displayed a symptomatology of signs of exhaustion that if sustained might lead to poor health. This observation suggests that education authorities, or other relevant stakeholders, ought to take some form of preventive action. However, effective combinations of individual, group, organisational, and/or societal preventive activities remain to be identified and tested.

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  • Leo, Ulf,Docent, universitetslektorUmeå universitet,Umeå University,Centrum för skolledarutveckling,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen(Swepub:umu)ulle0008 (author)
  • Arvidsson, IngerLund University,Lunds universitet,Metalund,Annan verksamhet, LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Other operations, LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Centre for Medicine and Technology for Working Life and Society (Metalund), Lund, Sweden(Swepub:lu)ymed-ia8 (author)
  • Håkansson, CaritaLund University,Lunds universitet,Metalund,Annan verksamhet, LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Other operations, LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Centre for Medicine and Technology for Working Life and Society (Metalund), Lund, Sweden(Swepub:lu)med-chn (author)
  • Nilsson, KerstinKristianstad University,Lund University,Lunds universitet,Metalund,Annan verksamhet, LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Other operations, LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Department of Public Health,Man - Health - Society (MHS),Avdelningen för folkhälsovetenskap,Människa - Hälsa - Samhälle (MHS),Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Centre for Medicine and Technology for Working Life and Society (Metalund), Lund, Sweden; Department of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden(Swepub:lu)med-kin (author)
  • Österberg, KaiLund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för psykologi,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Psychology,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences,Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden(Swepub:lu)ymed-kos (author)
  • MetalundAnnan verksamhet, LTH (creator_code:org_t)

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