Work-related stress is a relevant phenomenon in terms of health and safety at work, as the discomfort related to work negatively affects the individual well-being and functioning of the entire organization. This is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon, whose evaluation must be carried out through a specific methodological path, which requires appropriate tools. This article aims to identify agile and versatile tools that can quickly provide reliable measures of stress levels. In this perspective, the work analyses the proposal elaborated by the CUG of Rome, that is, the new instrument "Valutazione è prevenzione, Sicurezza è partecipazione". In particular, a study was carried out on a sample of 474 employees of the Neapolitan Judicial Offices, who were given three questionnaires to investigate stress, in addition to the new proposal of the CUG, such as: the "Questionario strumento indicatore", the "Questionario sullo stato di salute SF-12" and the scale "Valutazione rapida dello stress". The elaboration of the results shows that the conditions of well-being at work are linked to two main factors, which, in line with the scientific literature on the subject, relate to the perception by workers of both physical-environmental and organizational-relational aspects related to the work activity. In particular, it emerged that the tool designed by the CUG, consisting of a small number of items, contributes to the detection of work-related stress, so it is useful to explore through future research the contribution that this tool can offer to the investigation of factors that contribute to work-related stress. Having highlighted two factors that significantly saturate the presence of work distress, through an agile tool, also allows us to program a new path of research, which can approach the complexity of the phenomenon through the methods of deep learning.
Analysis of a new work-related stress assessment tool
Cantone, Daniela;
2020
Abstract
Work-related stress is a relevant phenomenon in terms of health and safety at work, as the discomfort related to work negatively affects the individual well-being and functioning of the entire organization. This is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon, whose evaluation must be carried out through a specific methodological path, which requires appropriate tools. This article aims to identify agile and versatile tools that can quickly provide reliable measures of stress levels. In this perspective, the work analyses the proposal elaborated by the CUG of Rome, that is, the new instrument "Valutazione è prevenzione, Sicurezza è partecipazione". In particular, a study was carried out on a sample of 474 employees of the Neapolitan Judicial Offices, who were given three questionnaires to investigate stress, in addition to the new proposal of the CUG, such as: the "Questionario strumento indicatore", the "Questionario sullo stato di salute SF-12" and the scale "Valutazione rapida dello stress". The elaboration of the results shows that the conditions of well-being at work are linked to two main factors, which, in line with the scientific literature on the subject, relate to the perception by workers of both physical-environmental and organizational-relational aspects related to the work activity. In particular, it emerged that the tool designed by the CUG, consisting of a small number of items, contributes to the detection of work-related stress, so it is useful to explore through future research the contribution that this tool can offer to the investigation of factors that contribute to work-related stress. Having highlighted two factors that significantly saturate the presence of work distress, through an agile tool, also allows us to program a new path of research, which can approach the complexity of the phenomenon through the methods of deep learning.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
