Mental Health and Work-Related Behaviors in Management of Work Requirements of University Lecturers in Ukraine—An Age Group Comparison

Beatrice Thielmann, Håvard Rudi Karlsen, Myroslav Tymbota, Valeriy Kapustnyk, Nathalie Zavgorodnia, Igor Zavgorodnii and Irina Böckelmann
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Beatrice Thielmann: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Håvard Rudi Karlsen: Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Myroslav Tymbota: Educational and Scientific Institute for the Education, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Valeriy Kapustnyk: Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Nathalie Zavgorodnia: Department of Neurosurgery, Internal and Occupational Diseases, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Igor Zavgorodnii: Educational and Scientific Institute for the Education, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Irina Böckelmann: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-11

Abstract: Background: There are only a few national and international studies on the health of third-level professor lecturers at universities and colleges. Work-related diseases are important and relevant for occupational medicine. The aim of the study was to examine the mental health and work-related behavior and experience patterns of Ukrainian university lecturers in age group comparisons. Methods: Data were collected from 81 Ukrainian university lecturers (General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Questionnaire on Work-Related Behavior and Experience Patterns (AVEM)). The university lecturers were split into 4 age groups. Results: 9.9% of higher education lecturers reported impaired mental health (GHQ-12). In all, 64.8% of the total sample showed AVEM risk patterns. There were differences in age groups (third age group scoring lower than the first age group on the GHQ total score). The first age group had significantly lower opinions of the subjective importance of work on their personal lives compared to the third and fourth age group, while the second age group had significantly lower opinions compared to the fourth age group. All individuals with impaired mental health in GHQ-12 had AVEM risk patterns. Conclusions: These results offer novel insights into the health of Ukrainian university lecturers. Occupational healthcare practitioners should take them into consideration in order to initiate appropriate interventions.

Keywords: work-related behavior and experience patterns (AVEM); general health questionnaire (GHQ-12); mental health; prevention; university lecturers; stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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