JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022 Mar 1;11(3):344-353. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.127.
This study explored the degree of views towards supportive workplace policies among employees during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Hong Kong.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1049 employees using online self-administered questionnaire. Views on workplace policies were measured in term of agreement on its comprehensiveness, timeliness and transparency whereas HRQoL was measured using EQ-5D-5L Hong Kong version. Univariate estimates on the impact of HRQoL from views of measures in workplace was done. Qualitative comments on the suggestions to strengthen workplace measures were collected and presented descriptively.
Of 1048 respondents, 16% reported that no workplace measures nor guidelines were existed in their company related to the COVID-19 pandemics. Those who reported having workplace policy were not satisfied with the arrangement in term of comprehensiveness (36%), timeliness (38%), and transparency (63%). Regarding to the policy measure, only 68% respondents reported that their workplace supplied face masks to them. The health index was 0897, which was lower than the norm of 0.924. 64% of respondents reported having a health problem in at least 1 of 5 dimension of EQ-5D-5L with the highest proportion of having problem in anxiety/depression (55%). In addition, the workplace policy and measure had a direct effect of 0.131 on health outcome. Perception of infection risk had a direct effect of 0.218 on health outcome and partly mediated the relationship between workplace policy and measure and health outcome (0.066).
The study highlighted the workplace policy and measure is an important mean to minimize infection risk at workplace so as to reduce tremendous stress and health outcome caused by a COVID-19 pandemic. Workplace measures related to COVID-19 pandemic should be further strengthen to mitigate the risk of infection and protect employee's health.
本研究探讨了香港员工在 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间对支持性工作场所政策的看法程度及其与健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）的关系。
使用在线自我管理问卷对 1049 名员工进行了横断面研究。工作场所政策的看法通过对其全面性、及时性和透明度的同意程度来衡量，而 HRQoL 则使用 EQ-5D-5L 香港版来衡量。对工作场所措施对 HRQoL 的影响进行了单变量估计。收集了对加强工作场所措施的建议的定性意见，并进行了描述性呈现。
在 1048 名受访者中，16%的人报告说，他们所在公司没有与 COVID-19 大流行相关的工作场所措施或准则。那些报告有工作场所政策的人对全面性（36%）、及时性（38%）和透明度（63%）的安排不满意。关于政策措施，只有 68%的受访者报告说他们的工作场所为他们提供了口罩。健康指数为 0.897，低于 0.924 的正常值。64%的受访者报告说，他们在 EQ-5D-5L 的至少一个维度中存在健康问题，其中最高比例的问题是焦虑/抑郁（55%）。此外，工作场所政策和措施对健康结果有直接影响，为 0.131。感染风险的感知对健康结果有直接影响，对工作场所政策和措施与健康结果之间的关系有部分中介作用（0.066）。
本研究强调，工作场所政策和措施是减少工作场所感染风险的重要手段，从而减轻 COVID-19 大流行带来的巨大压力和健康后果。应进一步加强与 COVID-19 大流行相关的工作场所措施，以降低感染风险，保护员工健康。
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