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Improving the Workplace Experience of Caregiver-Employees: A Time-Series Analysis of a Workplace Intervention

  • Ding, Regina (School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University) ;
  • Dardas, Anastassios (School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University) ;
  • Wang, Li (Offord Center for Child Health Study, McMaster University) ;
  • Williams, Allison (School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University)
  • Received : 2020.06.04
  • Accepted : 2020.12.10
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

Background: Rapid population aging in developed countries has resulted in the working-age population increasingly being tasked with the provision of informal care. Methods: An educational intervention was delivered to 21 carer-employees employed at a Canadian University. Work role function, job security, schedule control, work-family conflict, familywork conflict, and supervisor and coworker support were measured as part of an aggregated workplace experience score. This score was used to measure changes pre/post intervention and at a follow-up period approximately 12 months post intervention. Three random intercept models were created via linear mixed modeling to illustrate changes in participants' workplace experience across time. Results: All three models reported statistically significant random and fixed effects intercepts, with a positive coefficient of change. Conclusion: This suggests that the intervention demonstrated an improvement of the workplace experience score for participants over time, with the association particularly strong immediately after intervention.

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Acknowledgement

This research was funded through a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Operating Grant (2014) MOP 137044. In addition, this research is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research program, and specifically Dr. Allison Williams - Chair in Gender, Work & Health, which examines Gender, Health and Caregiver Friendly Workplaces (CG1 1265885).

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