Group-Treatment for Dealing with the Work-Family Conflict for Healthcare Professionals

Nicole Rosalinde Hander, Manuela Gulde, Thomas Klein, Nadine Mulfinger, Lucia Jerg-Bretzke, Ute Ziegenhain, Harald Gündel and Eva Rothermund
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Nicole Rosalinde Hander: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Manuela Gulde: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, 89075 Ulm, Germany
Thomas Klein: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Nadine Mulfinger: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Lucia Jerg-Bretzke: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology, Ulm University Medical Centre, 89075 Ulm, Germany
Ute Ziegenhain: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, 89075 Ulm, Germany
Harald Gündel: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Eva Rothermund: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-19

Abstract: Healthcare professionals’ exposure to work-family conflict negatively affects the health and well-being of the whole family and organizational outcomes. Specified workplace interventions are lacking. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of a two-day group-treatment specifically designed for the needs of healthcare professionals with family responsibilities concerning participation, satisfaction with the intervention and family- and individual-related outcome variables. 24 mostly female (85.7%) participants of a community hospital in southern Germany attended the treatment. Data were collected at baseline (T0), directly after the treatment (T1) and two months later (T2). A two-factor analysis of variance with repeated measures showed a statistically significant time x group effect for self-efficacy ( F = 5.29, p = 0.011). Contrasts displayed substantial pre-post (T1-T0, T2-T0) increases of self-efficacy in the intervention group as compared with the control group. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney- U tests are in line with these findings. The results indicate that the group-treatment adapted to the needs of healthcare professionals has the potential to boost self-efficacy among healthcare professionals and that participants were predominantly satisfied. Perspectives for future research and practical implications are discussed in the light of the manifest lack of healthcare professionals.

Keywords: work-family conflict; workplace intervention; healthcare workers; children’s well-being; self-efficacy (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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