O3D.9\u2005Psychosocial context, somatic complaints, work ability, and job satisfaction in anaesthesia health professionals. setting up a prospective cohort study

Abstract

Background Psychosocial context, characterized by the levels of job demands, shift/night work, burnout, and teamwork, as well as presence of certain somatic complaints (chronic respiratory, skin, and musculoskeletal symptoms) and health disorders could affect the work ability and job satisfaction of health professionals (HPs). The aim of this prospective cohort study will be to assess changes in self-reported psychosocial factors, work ability, and job satisfaction, as well as to evaluate the incidence of somatic complaints and health disorders in anaesthesia HPs. Additional objective of the study will be to evaluate associations between analysed variables. Cohort participants HPs working in a health institution for anaesthesia, reanimation and intensive care from Skopje will be included in the first phase of the study with a possibility to enrol other health institutions during the next phases of the research. The first phase will involve about 120 anaesthesia HPs (about 50 physicians and 70 nurses). Data collection phases At enrolment point, the participants will be invited to complete questionnaires and to attend a preventive medical examination by a specialist in occupational medicine (OM). The follow-up will include an annually self-administered questionnaire as well as periodic visits to an OM specialist. Main types of data collected Data collected for participants will include demographic and job characteristics; physical, organisational, emotional, and cognitive job demands; characteristics of shift/night work; burnout dimensions; teamwork; presence of chronic respiratory, skin, and musculoskeletal symptoms; work ability index; and job satisfaction factors (planning issues, general attitudes, performance issues, management issues, supervisory issues, training and salary issues, and benefits issues). Regarding medical examination by an OM specialist, a plenty of data on health status as well as work ability, will be collected at enrolment phase, and during follow-up.