Changes implemented during a workplace psychosocial intervention and their consistency with intervention priorities.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the changes implemented as part of a workplace psychosocial intervention.


METHODS
The intervention was conducted in a public organization employing 1630 white-collar workers. The intervention was defined as all changes implemented to reduce adverse psychosocial work factors. A logbook was held to describe the changes implemented in the intervention group and in a comparable control group (N = 1282).


RESULTS
Social support and reward were the psychosocial factors most targeted (41% to 83%). In comparison with the control group, the intervention group implemented four times more major changes and implemented changes, improving the employees' workload.


CONCLUSIONS
Changes mainly targeted social support and reward. The intervention group implemented four times more major changes than the control group. The intervention group implemented changes targeting the workload, whereas no such changes were implemented in the control group.
From the Santé des Populations: URESP, Centre de recherche FRQS du CHA universitaire de Québec City (Mrs Gilbert-Ouimet, Dr Cantin, Mrs Leroux, and Dr Brisson); Département des relations Industrielles (Dr Baril-Gingras); Département de médecine sociale et préventive (Drs Vézina and Brisson); Département de réadaptation, Université Laval (Drs Trudel and Bourbonnais); and CSSS de la Vieille Capitale, Québec City, Québec, Canada (Drs Vézina and Bourbonnais).
Mahée
M
Gilbert-Ouimet
Geneviève
G
Baril-Gingras
Viviane
V
Cantin
Isabelle
I
Leroux
Michel
M
Vézina
Louis
L
Trudel
Renée
R
Bourbonnais
Chantal
C
Brisson
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace