| Abstract [eng] |
Aim of the study : to assess the well-being and socio-demographic characteristics of employees in one of Vilnius’ hospitals.. Objectives of the study: taking into account the social and demographic characteristics of employees of one of the Vilnius hospitals 1) to assess their well-being; 2) to identify factors that increase the well-being of employees; 3) to identify the factors that decrease the well-being of employees. Study methods: employees working in a hospital in Vilnius were interviewed. The study was carried out using an anonymous questionnaire survey (total sample = 401). Based on the questionnaire data, the well-being of employees was calculated and evaluated, and the main factors that decrease and those that promote to the well-being of employees in their work environment were identified. Results: The main factors of the work environment negatively affecting hospital employees are inadequate wages ( 97.0%, p < 0.05 ) , high workload (47.4%, p < 0.05), physical health problems related to work ( 58.1%, p < 0.05), low involvement of employees in the workplace decision-making process (38.4%, p < 0.05). The majority of respondents tend to think about work in the home environment (44.1%, p > 0.05), for respondents, work interferes with childcare and other household duties (39%, p > 0.05), work partly affects their relationships with relatives (38%, p > 0.05). A smaller number of respondents (30%, p > 0.05) manage to maintain a balance between home and work and partially manage (44%, p > 0.05) to balance hobbies and personal activities with the available workload. According to social and demographic factors, women are more often satisfied with their work (p > 0.001) , workers with professional and higher non-university education (p > 0.031) , doctors, nurses and their assistants are more often satisfied with their work, compared to residents (p > 0.045 ). Conclusions: 1) Most of the employees evaluate their well-being negatively. More satisfied with work are women, employees with professional and higher non-university education, doctors, nurses and their assistants, married, without children, and employees working part-time or with less workload. 2) The most common well-being-increasing factors were the provision of the necessary work tools at the workplace, the distribution among respondents working at night, rest areas at work and flexible work schedules were named more by women, good relations with colleagues were more common among men, up to the age of 31, feeling appreciated was indicated more by older people, 43-52 year-old respondents with a higher university education, while the opportunity to plan a vacation at a convenient time was chosen by those with a lower education, the organization's care of employees' health care resources. 3) Factors that decrease well-being at the workplace were poor lighting, physical health problems related to work, low remuneration for work performed, which was more often mentioned by respondents working at night, additional financial incentives for additional work, the distribution is higher among younger respondents under the age of 31 among them psychological discomfort at work, high workload, lack of stress management practices in the workplace is also higher among younger respondents. |
