Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 3 2021
How Much Does My Work Affect My Health? The Relationships between Working Conditions and Health in an Italian Survey (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 3 2021
How Much Does My Work Affect My Health? The Relationships between Working Conditions and Health in an Italian Survey (Original Article)
How Much Does My Work Affect My Health? The Relationships between Working Conditions and Health in an Italian Survey (Original Article)
Subject
Occupational safety and health, Psychosocial risks, Self-report health,
Working conditions surveys
Working conditions surveys
Description
Backround: Working condition surveys are widely recognized as useful tools for monitoring the quality of working life and the improvements introduced by health and safety policy frameworks at the European and national level. The Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority carried out a national survey (Insula) to investigate the employer’s perceptions related to working conditions and their impact on health.
Methods: The present study is based on the data collected from the Italian survey on health and safety at work (INSULA) conducted on a representative sample of the Italian workforce (n 1⁄4 8,000). This focuses on the relationship between psychosocial risk factors and self-reported health using a set of logistic and linear regression models.
Results: Working conditions such as managerial support, job satisfaction, and role act as protective factors on mental and physical health. On the contrary, workers’ risk perceptions related to personal exposure to occupational safety and health risks, concern about health conditions, and work-related stress risk exposure determine a poorer state of health.
Conclusions: This study highlights the link between working conditions and self-report health, and this aims to provide a contribution in the field of health at work. Findings show that working conditions must be object of specific preventive measures to improve the workers’ health and well-being.
Methods: The present study is based on the data collected from the Italian survey on health and safety at work (INSULA) conducted on a representative sample of the Italian workforce (n 1⁄4 8,000). This focuses on the relationship between psychosocial risk factors and self-reported health using a set of logistic and linear regression models.
Results: Working conditions such as managerial support, job satisfaction, and role act as protective factors on mental and physical health. On the contrary, workers’ risk perceptions related to personal exposure to occupational safety and health risks, concern about health conditions, and work-related stress risk exposure determine a poorer state of health.
Conclusions: This study highlights the link between working conditions and self-report health, and this aims to provide a contribution in the field of health at work. Findings show that working conditions must be object of specific preventive measures to improve the workers’ health and well-being.
Creator
Matteo Ronchetti, Simone Russo, Cristina Di Tecco, Sergio Iavicoli
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
September 2021
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 3 2021
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Citation
Matteo Ronchetti, Simone Russo, Cristina Di Tecco, Sergio Iavicoli, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 3 2021
How Much Does My Work Affect My Health? The Relationships between Working Conditions and Health in an Italian Survey (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2203.
How Much Does My Work Affect My Health? The Relationships between Working Conditions and Health in an Italian Survey (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2203.