Physical and mental health factors associated with work engagement among Finnish female municipal employees: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Work engagement is related to mental health, but studies of physical health's association with work engagement are scarce. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between physical health, psychosocial risk factors and work engagement among Finnish women in municipal work units.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014 among 726 female employees from 10 municipal work units of the city of Pori, Finland. Work engagement was assessed with the nine-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. The American Heart Association's concept of ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) was used to define physical health (non-smoking, body mass index <25.0 kg/m², physical activity at goal, healthy diet, total cholesterol <5.18mmol/L, blood pressure <120/80 mm Hg, no

SUBMITTER: Veromaa V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640058 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature