title: The Relocation of a Health Care Department's Impact on Staff: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
abstract: This survey compares certain quality of work-life factors between a relocated work group and a control group.
  
  
  
  A self-administered, cross-sectional survey was conducted 12 months after five departments (304 workers) had been relocated between two public health sites. The survey explored the workers' psychosocial job characteristics, their perceived health, and psycho-organizational constraints. The results compared both the relocated and control groups by using univariate and then multivariate statistical analyzes.
  
  
  
  When compared with the control group (n = 272), the relocated group (n = 180) showed a higher prevalence of psychosocial job characteristic "isostrain." The relocated group showed greater psycho-organizational constraints regarding the organizations favoring communication and team relationships.
  
  
  
  It seems that staff relocation can provoke a sense of uncertainty and isolation. Perhaps better communication might have reduced this and deter possible negative health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: APHM, Groupe hospitalier Timone, Service de médecine et santé au travail (Bellagamba, Dr Michel, Mr Alacaraz-Mor, Dr Giovannetti, Dr Merigot, Dr Guibert, Prof Lehucher-Michel); Aix-Marseille Univ, SPMC EA 3279 (Bellagamba, Mr Alcaraz-Mor, Dr Guibert, Prof Lehucher-Michel); APHM, Hôpital de la Conception, Service d'évaluation médicale, Marseille (Dr Lagouanelle); and Aix-Marseille Univ, LPS EA 849, Aix-en-Provence, France (Dr Lagouanelle).
authors.forename: Gauthier
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellagamba
authors.forename: Lucas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alcaraz-Mor
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giovannetti
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Merigot
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lagouanelle
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guibert
authors.forename: Marie-Pascale
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lehucher-Michel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035501:Uncertainty; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*