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

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 specifi...

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Autores principales: Nicole Rosalinde Hander, Manuela Gulde, Thomas Klein, Nadine Mulfinger, Lucia Jerg-Bretzke, Ute Ziegenhain, Harald Gündel, Eva Rothermund
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5f6f9835f85047b68fb970002f868fdb2021-11-11T16:47:46ZGroup-Treatment for Dealing with the Work-Family Conflict for Healthcare Professionals10.3390/ijerph1821117281660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/5f6f9835f85047b68fb970002f868fdb2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11728https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Healthcare 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 (<i>F</i> = 5.29, <i>p</i> = 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-<i>U</i> 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.Nicole Rosalinde HanderManuela GuldeThomas KleinNadine MulfingerLucia Jerg-BretzkeUte ZiegenhainHarald GündelEva RothermundMDPI AGarticlework-family conflictworkplace interventionhealthcare workerschildren’s well-beingself-efficacyMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11728, p 11728 (2021)
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topic work-family conflict
workplace intervention
healthcare workers
children’s well-being
self-efficacy
Medicine
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spellingShingle work-family conflict
workplace intervention
healthcare workers
children’s well-being
self-efficacy
Medicine
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Nicole Rosalinde Hander
Manuela Gulde
Thomas Klein
Nadine Mulfinger
Lucia Jerg-Bretzke
Ute Ziegenhain
Harald Gündel
Eva Rothermund
Group-Treatment for Dealing with the Work-Family Conflict for Healthcare Professionals
description 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 (<i>F</i> = 5.29, <i>p</i> = 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-<i>U</i> 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.
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author Nicole Rosalinde Hander
Manuela Gulde
Thomas Klein
Nadine Mulfinger
Lucia Jerg-Bretzke
Ute Ziegenhain
Harald Gündel
Eva Rothermund
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title Group-Treatment for Dealing with the Work-Family Conflict for Healthcare Professionals
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