Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 1 2022
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Psychological Well-Being in a Cohort of Workers of a Multinational Company (Original article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 1 2022
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Psychological Well-Being in a Cohort of Workers of a Multinational Company (Original article)
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Psychological Well-Being in a Cohort of Workers of a Multinational Company (Original article)
Subject
Mental health, Conditional variables, Resilience, SARS-CoV-2 infection, Workplace
Description
Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychological well-being (PWB) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in workers of a multinational company.
Methods: Employees (aged 18 years) were recruited from Latin American, North American, New Zealand, and European sites of a multinational company operative during all the pandemic period. The self-reported Psychological General Well-Being Index was used to assess the global PWB and the effects on six subdomains: anxiety, depressed mood, positive well-being, self-control, general health, and vitality. The influencing role of age, gender, geographical location, COVID-19 epidemiology, and restrictive measures adopted to control the pandemic was explored.
Results: A total of 1335 workers completed the survey. The aggregate median PWB global score was in a positive range, with significantly better outcomes detected in the Mexican and Colombian Latin American
sites compared with the other worldwide countries (p < 0.001). Among the European locations, a significantly higher PWB score was determined in Spain compared with the German and French sites (p < 0.05). Comparable geographical trends were demonstrated for all the PWB subdomains. Male workers had a significantly better PWB compared with females (p < 0.05), whereas a negative correlation emerged with aging (p 1⁄4 0.01). COVID-19 epidemiology and pandemic control measures had no clear effects on PWB.
Conclusion: Monitoring PWB and the impact of individual and pandemic-related variables may be helpful to clarify the mental health effects of pandemic, define targeted psychological-supporting
measures, also in the workplace, to face such a complex situation in a more constructive way.
Methods: Employees (aged 18 years) were recruited from Latin American, North American, New Zealand, and European sites of a multinational company operative during all the pandemic period. The self-reported Psychological General Well-Being Index was used to assess the global PWB and the effects on six subdomains: anxiety, depressed mood, positive well-being, self-control, general health, and vitality. The influencing role of age, gender, geographical location, COVID-19 epidemiology, and restrictive measures adopted to control the pandemic was explored.
Results: A total of 1335 workers completed the survey. The aggregate median PWB global score was in a positive range, with significantly better outcomes detected in the Mexican and Colombian Latin American
sites compared with the other worldwide countries (p < 0.001). Among the European locations, a significantly higher PWB score was determined in Spain compared with the German and French sites (p < 0.05). Comparable geographical trends were demonstrated for all the PWB subdomains. Male workers had a significantly better PWB compared with females (p < 0.05), whereas a negative correlation emerged with aging (p 1⁄4 0.01). COVID-19 epidemiology and pandemic control measures had no clear effects on PWB.
Conclusion: Monitoring PWB and the impact of individual and pandemic-related variables may be helpful to clarify the mental health effects of pandemic, define targeted psychological-supporting
measures, also in the workplace, to face such a complex situation in a more constructive way.
Creator
Piero Lovreglio, Veruscka Leso, Elisabetta Riccardi, Angela Stufano,
Daniela Pacella, Francesco Cagnazzo, Maria Luigia Ercolano, Ivo Iavicoli
Daniela Pacella, Francesco Cagnazzo, Maria Luigia Ercolano, Ivo Iavicoli
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
March 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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Language
English
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 1 2022
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Piero Lovreglio, Veruscka Leso, Elisabetta Riccardi, Angela Stufano,
Daniela Pacella, Francesco Cagnazzo, Maria Luigia Ercolano, Ivo Iavicoli , “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 1 2022
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Psychological Well-Being in a Cohort of Workers of a Multinational Company (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2243.
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Psychological Well-Being in a Cohort of Workers of a Multinational Company (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2243.