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Work experiences of novice occupational therapists and

physiotherapists in public sector employment – Analyses using
two occupational stress models.
Authors:
1
Birgit, Enberg birgit.enberg@umu.se
Catharina, Nordin2
Ann, Öhman3,4
Source:
Advances in Physiotherapy; 2010, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p42-49, 8p
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*PHYSICAL therapists
*OCCUPATIONAL therapists
*JOB stress
*APPRENTICES
*PUBLIC sector
Aut
hor
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Su
ppli
ed
Key
wor
ds:
Effort–reward imbalance
Effort-reward imbalance
healthcare
job strain
overcommitment
work satisfaction
NAICS/Indus
Cod
621340 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists

The aim of this study was to evaluate how recently graduated occupational therapists and
physiotherapists, employed by the Swedish county councils and municipalities, experience
working in public sector healthcare organization. The study group, 262 occupational
therapists and physiotherapists who graduated in 1999, is a sub-sample drawn from a
national cross-sectional survey. Data were collected in their third year after graduation.
The Swedish Demand–control Questionnaire and the Effort–reward Imbalance
Questionnaire together with self-constructed questions were used to evaluate psychosocial
factors at work. The results reveal that few were exposed to job strain or effort–reward
imbalance (ERI). More were defined as having work-related overcommitment (WOC).
Logistic regression analyses revealed a significant association between WOC and ERI, sex,
degree of effort and degree of reward. One quarter was dissatisfied with their work and this
dissatisfaction was significantly associated with ERI, reward (in the ERI questionnaire),
control (in the Demand–control Questionnaire) and type of employer. In conclusion,
combining the Demand–control model and the ERI model made it possible to describe and
analyse varying aspects of the work of novice occupational therapists and physiotherapists
in public sector healthcare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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1
Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå
University , Sweden.
2
Physiotherapy, Furunäset Primary Care Centre, Piteå , Sweden.
3
Division of Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and
Clinical Medicine, Umeå University , Sweden.
4
Umeå Centre for Gender Studies , Umeå University, Sweden.

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