TY - JOUR

T1 - The Intervention Project on Absence and Well-being (IPAW)

T2 - Design and results from the baseline of a 5-year study

AU - Nielsen, Martin L.

AU - Kristensen, Tage S.

AU - Smith-Hansen, Lars

N1 - Funding Information: The auths wooud lkrle to thank Klaus Stagis Hans,eHanns Klausen and AdsnIngeemrann Larsen from the three occupational health secrs fverothieir suppt oad nenrthusiasm in initiatngitehprjoe, tcehmt beres ofmtehpcrt comojietmstfreoid, ceriamsiastndic support, and the managemet annd employees at the partiatincg wioparceskfor thpeir timl e andmnyheafullspguetgosnis.Tephjretwoacs® nanciallysupportedbytheNatonial Reearsch Conciu,ltsehNational Health Fnd uforResearch and Devpmenet, alndoteh Danish HelthaInsurance Fund. The project is part of the SARA pograrmme (Social Ad n welfare consequences of the use of human ReusrcsoAet wo). rThiks programme received support from the Danish Ministry of Rersh.cea

PY - 2002/7

Y1 - 2002/7

N2 - This paper presents the background, design and baseline results of the Intervention Project on Absence and Well-being (IPAW). IPAW is a 5-year psychosocial work environment intervention study including 22 intervention and 30 control work-sites from three different types of work-site (a large pharmaceutical company, municipal technical services, and municipal nursing homes) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The baseline survey reported in this paper was conducted in 1996-97, and the cohort was followed until 2002. Interventions took place during 1996-98 at the organizational and interpersonal level and focused on psychological demands, social support, control, meaning of work, and predictability. The main end-points are self-rated health, perceived stress, absence from work, job satisfaction, and labour turnover. Analyses of the baseline data show good reliability of the psychosocial scales and a number of clear associations between psychosocial work environment factors and health indicators. The baseline data also demonstrate several discrepancies between the planned design of the study and the actual implementation of the project in practice.

AB - This paper presents the background, design and baseline results of the Intervention Project on Absence and Well-being (IPAW). IPAW is a 5-year psychosocial work environment intervention study including 22 intervention and 30 control work-sites from three different types of work-site (a large pharmaceutical company, municipal technical services, and municipal nursing homes) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The baseline survey reported in this paper was conducted in 1996-97, and the cohort was followed until 2002. Interventions took place during 1996-98 at the organizational and interpersonal level and focused on psychological demands, social support, control, meaning of work, and predictability. The main end-points are self-rated health, perceived stress, absence from work, job satisfaction, and labour turnover. Analyses of the baseline data show good reliability of the psychosocial scales and a number of clear associations between psychosocial work environment factors and health indicators. The baseline data also demonstrate several discrepancies between the planned design of the study and the actual implementation of the project in practice.

KW - Absence from work

KW - Intervention study

KW - Psychosocial factors

KW - Stress

KW - Well-being

KW - Work environment

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U2 - 10.1080/02678370210164003

DO - 10.1080/02678370210164003

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0036664050

VL - 16

SP - 191

EP - 206

JO - Work and Stress

JF - Work and Stress

SN - 0267-8373

IS - 3

ER -