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Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review
The working life of individuals is now longer because of increases to state pension age in the United Kingdom. Older workers may be at particular risk in the workplace, compared with younger workers. Successful workplace interventions to reduce occupational stress amongst older workers are essential...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9368249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954554 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159202 |
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description | The working life of individuals is now longer because of increases to state pension age in the United Kingdom. Older workers may be at particular risk in the workplace, compared with younger workers. Successful workplace interventions to reduce occupational stress amongst older workers are essential, but little is known about their effectiveness. The aim is to evaluate current evidence of the effectiveness of interventions for reducing stress in older workers in non-healthcare settings. Four database searches were conducted. The search terms included synonyms of “intervention”, “workplace” and “occupational stress” to identify original studies published since 2011. Dual screening was conducted on the sample to identify studies which met the inclusion criteria. The RoB 2.0 tool for RCTs was used to assess the risk of bias. From 3708 papers retrieved, ten eligible papers were identified. Seven of the papers’ interventions were deemed effective in reducing workplace stress. The sample size for most studies was small, and the effectiveness of interventions were more likely to be reported when studies used self-report measures, rather than biological measures. This review indicates that workplace interventions might be effective for reducing stress in older workers. However, there remains an absence of high-quality evidence in this field. |
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spelling | pubmed-93682492022-08-12 Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review Subel, Daniel Blane, David Sheringham, Jessica Int J Environ Res Public Health Systematic Review The working life of individuals is now longer because of increases to state pension age in the United Kingdom. Older workers may be at particular risk in the workplace, compared with younger workers. Successful workplace interventions to reduce occupational stress amongst older workers are essential, but little is known about their effectiveness. The aim is to evaluate current evidence of the effectiveness of interventions for reducing stress in older workers in non-healthcare settings. Four database searches were conducted. The search terms included synonyms of “intervention”, “workplace” and “occupational stress” to identify original studies published since 2011. Dual screening was conducted on the sample to identify studies which met the inclusion criteria. The RoB 2.0 tool for RCTs was used to assess the risk of bias. From 3708 papers retrieved, ten eligible papers were identified. Seven of the papers’ interventions were deemed effective in reducing workplace stress. The sample size for most studies was small, and the effectiveness of interventions were more likely to be reported when studies used self-report measures, rather than biological measures. This review indicates that workplace interventions might be effective for reducing stress in older workers. However, there remains an absence of high-quality evidence in this field. MDPI 2022-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9368249/ /pubmed/35954554 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159202 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Systematic Review Subel, Daniel Blane, David Sheringham, Jessica Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review |
title | Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review |
title_full | Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | workplace interventions to reduce occupational stress for older workers: a systematic review |
topic | Systematic Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9368249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954554 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159202 |
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