The Relocation of a Health Care Department's Impact on Staff A ă Cross-Sectional Survey

Gauthier Bellagamba, Lucas Michel, Rafael Alacaraz-Mor, Laura Giovannetti, Lucie Merigot, Marie Claude Lagouanelle-Simeoni, Nicolas Guibert and Marie-Pascale Lehucher-Michel
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Gauthier Bellagamba: SPMC - Santé Publique et maladies Chroniques : Qualité de vie Concepts, Usages et Limites, Déterminants - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - APHM - Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, TIMONE - Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM]
Marie-Pascale Lehucher-Michel: TIMONE - Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM], SPMC - Santé Publique et maladies Chroniques : Qualité de vie Concepts, Usages et Limites, Déterminants - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - APHM - Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille

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Abstract: Objective: This survey compares certain quality of work-life factors ă between a relocated work group and a control group. Methods: A ă self-administered, cross-sectional survey was conducted 12 months after ă five departments (304 workers) had been relocated between two public ă health sites. The survey explored the workers' psychosocial job ă characteristics, their perceived health, and psycho-organizational ă constraints. The results compared both the relocated and control groups ă by using univariate and then multivariate statistical analyzes. Results: ă When compared with the control group (n = 272), the relocated group (n = ă 180) showed a higher prevalence of psychosocial job characteristic ă ``isostrain.'' The relocated group showed greater ă psycho-organizational constraints regarding the organizations favoring ă communication and team relationships. Conclusions: It seems that staff ă relocation can provoke a sense of uncertainty and isolation. Perhaps ă better communication might have reduced this and deter possible negative ă health outcomes.

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Date: 2016-04
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Published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2016, 58 (4), pp.364-369

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