A descriptive study on immigrant workers in the elderly care sector.
The present descriptive study seeks to explore the differences in terms of psychosocial work characteristics and health & well-being indicators among Danes, Western and Non-western immigrants working in the elderly care sector; and to identify differences in the association patterns between these psychosocial work characteristics and health & well-being across these three groups. The study was based on a large-scale survey of the elderly care sector in Denmark with 78% response rate. Results show that Non-western immigrants had more depression symptoms, poorer quality of sleep and more client-related burnout than their Western immigrants and Danish colleagues. All in all, the associations between psychosocial work characteristics and health and well-being were much stronger among Danes than among immigrant workers and particularly weak among Non-western immigrants.
Ortega
Adriana
A
National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, Copenhagen, Denmark. adryortegaro@yahoo.com
Gomes Carneiro
Isabella
I
Flyvholm
Mari-Ann
MA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003718:Denmark; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload; D055815:Young Adult