Understanding Worker Well-Being Relative to High-Workload and Recovery Activities Across a Whole Day: Pilot Testing an Ecological Momentary Assessment Technique

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• Personal Author:
  Hernandez R ; Jin H ; Pyatak EA ; Roll SC ; Schneider S ; Spruijt-Metz D ; Vigen CLP
• Description:
  Occupational health and safety is experiencing a paradigm shift from focusing only on health at the workplace toward a holistic approach and worker well-being framework that considers both work and non-work factors. Aligned with this shift, the purpose of this pilot study was to examine how, within a person, frequencies of high-workload and recovery activities from both work and non-work periods were associated with same day well-being measures. We analyzed data on 45 workers with type 1 diabetes from whom we collected activity data 5-6 times daily over 14 days. More frequent engagement in high-workload activities was associated with lower well-being on multiple measures including higher stress. Conversely, greater recovery activity frequency was mostly associated with higher well-being indicated by lower stress and higher positive affect. Overall, our results provide preliminary validity evidence for measures of high-workload and recovery activity exposure covering both work and non-work periods that can inform and support evaluations of worker well-being. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Hematologic Diseases Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workload Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Ecological Momentary Assessment Blood Sugar Disorders Future Of Work Healthy Work Design And Well-being Job Stress Mental Health Recovery Type 1 Diabetes Work Capability Work Capacity Work Environment Worker Health Workload Workweek

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• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063737
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Oct; 18(19):10354
• Contact Point Address:
  Raymond Hernandez, Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
• Email:
  hray57024@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:602c906fe029840ff3813cf133ae6047df57c1c36275e4434a4f516b1d49e2b5e04c2a39f4ebaf63377e66ecd252a57fcb074d3e2b41f959c8e454b0241a0074
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222297/cdc_222297_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.09 MB ]