Healthy Workplaces: The Effects of Nature Contact at Work on Employee Stress and Health
Healthy Workplaces: The Effects of Nature Contact at Work on Employee Stress and Health
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DOI：
10.1177/00333549111260s116
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发表时间：
2011-05-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Weiler, Robert
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作者：
Largo-Wight, Erin;Chen, W. William;Weiler, Robert
目标。培养健康的工作场所是全面促进工作场所健康的一个重要方面。健康工作场所暴露对员工健康结果的影响值得研究关注。迄今为止，尚不清楚工作场所的自然接触是否与员工的压力和健康有关。本研究旨在探讨工作中接触自然对员工压力和健康的影响。方法。东南大学办公室工作人员（n=503，回复率30%）参与了横断面研究。我们采用包含16项的工作场所环境调查问卷——自然接触问卷，首次全面衡量工作中的自然接触情况。感知压力问卷和 13 个既定的健康和行为项目评估了因变量、一般感知压力、与压力相关的健康行为以及与压力相关的健康结果。结果。自然接触与压力以及自然接触与一般健康问题之间存在显着的负相关关系。结果表明，随着工作日自然接触的增加，感知压力和普遍的健康抱怨减少。结论。研究结果表明，接触大自然是一种健康的工作场所接触方式。增加工作中的自然接触可能会提供一种简单的基于人群的方法来加强工作场所的健康促进工作。未来的研究人员应该测试接触自然的工作场所压力干预措施的有效性。
Objectives. Cultivating healthy workplaces is a critical aspect of comprehensive worksite health promotion. The influence of healthy workplace exposures on employee health outcomes warrants research attention. To date, it is unknown if nature contact in the workplace is related to employee stress and health. This study was designed to examine the effects of nature contact experienced at work on employee stress and health.Methods. Office staff at a southeastern university (n=503, 30% response rate) participated in the cross-sectional study. We used a 16-item workplace environment questionnaire, the Nature Contact Questionnaire, to comprehensively measure, for the first time, nature contact at work. The Perceived Stress Questionnaire and 13 established health and behavioral items assessed the dependent variables, general perceived stress, stress-related health behaviors, and stress-related health outcomes.Results. There was a significant, negative association between nature contact and stress and nature contact and general health complaints. The results indicate that as workday nature contact increased, perceived stress and generalized health complaints decreased.Conclusions. The findings suggest that nature contact is a healthy workplace exposure. Increasing nature contact at work may offer a simple population-based approach to enhance workplace health promotion efforts. Future researchers should test the efficacy of nature-contact workplace stress interventions.