Introduction: The impact of organizational stressors on presenteeism at individual and organizational levels, mediated by workers Psychological Wellbeing (PWB) acting as a buffering effect, in the pre-COVID-19 era, is reported. We hypothesize that individual wellbeing is the pathway through which organizational stress affects presenteeism. Methods: A study was conducted between November 2012 and June 2013 and d...
Objective: The main objective of this work was to translate the English version of ASSET (A Shortened Stress Evaluation Tool) into the Portuguese version and to validate its psychometric properties. Additionally, this work tested the convergent validity of the instrument. Methods: The translation and retroversion were conducted by experts and submitted to the authors for approval. Within an observational, cross...
Introduction: Economic crises have consequences on labor market, with impacts on mental health (MH) and psychological well-being (PWB). We describe the effectiveness of an intervention among unemployed, performed within EEA Grants Healthy Employment project.Objectives Evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention for MH literacy, PWB and resilience among unemployed. Aims MH and PWB promotion, common mental diso...
Background: Economic crises and unemployment have profound impact on mental health and well-being. Main goal of the Healthy Employment (HE) project is to enhance intersectoral actions promoting mental health among unemployed, namely through the implementation and effectiveness-evaluation of short-term and sustainable group interventions. Methods: The project follows a RE-AIM-based (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoptio...
Introdução: Um dos efeitos da crise económica com início em 2008 foi o aumento exponencial das taxas de desemprego em vários países, incluindo Portugal. A associação entre crise económica e agravamento do estado de saúde mental tem sido documentada por vários estudos, com foco particular no suicídio1,2 e em sintomas de depressão 3,4. Por outro lado, existe literatura que aponta para uma relação entre desemprego...
Introdução: Emprego e conciliação trabalho-família têm impacto na saúde e bem-estar dos trabalhadores. Presentismo e absentismo, ligados a diminuição da qualidade de trabalho e produtividade, relacionam-se com problemas de saúde física e mental. De acordo com o centro de Sainsbury para a Saúde Mental, a percentagem de casos de ausência ao trabalho, devido a problemas de saúde mental, ascende a 40%. A percentage...