Department of Management Science, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Grantham-Allee 20, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany.
German Institute for Adult Education, Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning, Heinemannstr. 12-14, 53175 Bonn, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 30;19(15):9370. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159370.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, health education programs and workplace health promotion (WHP) could only be offered under difficult conditions, if at all. In Germany for example, mandatory lockdowns, working from home, and physical distancing have led to a sharp decline in expenditure on prevention and health promotion from 2019 to 2020. At the same time, the pandemic has negatively affected many people's mental health. Therefore, our goal was to examine audiovisual stimulation as a possible measure in the context of WHP, because its usage is contact-free, time flexible, and offers, additionally, voice-guided health education programs. In an online survey following a cross-sectional single case study design with 393 study participants, we examined the associations between audiovisual stimulation and mental health, work engagement, and burnout. Using multiple regression analyses, we could identify positive associations between audiovisual stimulation and mental health, burnout, and work engagement. However, longitudinal data are needed to further investigate causal mechanisms between mental health and the use of audiovisual stimulation. Nevertheless, especially with regard to the pandemic, audiovisual stimulation may represent a promising measure for improving mental health at the workplace.
由于 COVID-19 大流行，健康教育计划和工作场所健康促进（WHP）只能在困难的条件下提供，如果有的话。例如，在德国，强制性封锁、远程办公和保持社交距离导致 2019 年至 2020 年预防和健康促进支出大幅下降。与此同时，大流行对许多人的心理健康产生了负面影响。因此，我们的目标是研究视听刺激作为 WHP 背景下的一种可能措施，因为它的使用是无接触的、灵活的，并且还提供语音引导的健康教育计划。在一项横断面单病例研究设计的在线调查中，共有 393 名研究参与者，我们研究了视听刺激与心理健康、工作投入和倦怠之间的关联。通过多元回归分析，我们可以确定视听刺激与心理健康、倦怠和工作投入之间存在正相关。然而，需要进行纵向数据研究，以进一步调查心理健康与视听刺激使用之间的因果机制。尽管如此，特别是在大流行期间，视听刺激可能是改善工作场所心理健康的一种有前途的措施。
