Police officers' work-life balance, job satisfaction and quality of life: longitudinal effects after changing the shift schedule.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate mental health-related outcomes of police officers 5.5 years after implementing a new alternating shift schedule which was supposed to improve their health and work-life balance.

Design

Pre-post study design with a baseline survey at the beginning of the piloting of the new shift schedule in 2015 and another survey 5.5 years later in 2020.

Setting

Police departments of a German metropolitan police force piloting the new shift schedule.

Participants

116 shift-working police officers out of a population of 1673 police officers at the follow-up date.

Interventions

New shift schedule based on occupational health recommendations.

Outcomes measures

Work-life balance, job satisfaction and quality of life.

Methods

Mixed analys

SUBMITTER: Rohwer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9490605 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature