Stress Management
Occup. Med. Vbl. 49, No. 7, pp. 451-467, 1999 Copyright O 1999 Upplncott Wimams 4 Wilklra for SOM Printed In Great Britain. All rights reserved 0962-7480/99
Study to evaluate the effectiveness of stress management workshops on response to general and occupational measures of stress
R. J. L. Heron,* S. McKeown,11 J. A. Tomenson* and E. L. Teasdale*
* Corporate Health & Safety, AstraZeneca; +Health Care Services, Cheadle Royal Hospital, Cheadle, Cheshire, UK; *Epidemiology Unit, ICI PLC, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of stress management training workshops within Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. The study was of cross-sectional design, comparing groups of workshop attendees and non-attendees. In addition, self-rated well-being scores of attendees were compared with results obtained pre-workshop and 2-3 months after the workshop. Employees participating in the study were drawn from the Manufacturing, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing sites of Zeneca Pharmaceuticals located in Cheshire, United Kingdom. Three hundred and ninety persons who had participated in stress management workshops since 1988 were matched for age, gender and department with an equal number of employees who had not attended stress management workshops. Outcome measures included self-rated well-being (as measured by the 3O-questtan General Health Questionnaire), knowledge of company guidance on the management of stress in staff, and an assessment of coping strategies. Subjects who had not attended a stress management workshop were much more likely to have a poor understanding of the principles of management of stress in staff [odds ratio (OR) = 8.3; 95% confidence interval (Cl) = 3.3-21.3] and more likely to have poor coping skills (OR = 2.8; Cl = 1.3-6.1). However, mean scores for the two measures were similar In attendees and non-attendees. Self-rating of current well-being was strongly associated with the life-events score, but not related
Study to evaluate the effectiveness of stress management workshops on response to general and occupational measures of stress
R. J. L. Heron,* S. McKeown,11 J. A. Tomenson* and E. L. Teasdale*
* Corporate Health & Safety, AstraZeneca; +Health Care Services, Cheadle Royal Hospital, Cheadle, Cheshire, UK; *Epidemiology Unit, ICI PLC, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of stress management training workshops within Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. The study was of cross-sectional design, comparing groups of workshop attendees and non-attendees. In addition, self-rated well-being scores of attendees were compared with results obtained pre-workshop and 2-3 months after the workshop. Employees participating in the study were drawn from the Manufacturing, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing sites of Zeneca Pharmaceuticals located in Cheshire, United Kingdom. Three hundred and ninety persons who had participated in stress management workshops since 1988 were matched for age, gender and department with an equal number of employees who had not attended stress management workshops. Outcome measures included self-rated well-being (as measured by the 3O-questtan General Health Questionnaire), knowledge of company guidance on the management of stress in staff, and an assessment of coping strategies. Subjects who had not attended a stress management workshop were much more likely to have a poor understanding of the principles of management of stress in staff [odds ratio (OR) = 8.3; 95% confidence interval (Cl) = 3.3-21.3] and more likely to have poor coping skills (OR = 2.8; Cl = 1.3-6.1). However, mean scores for the two measures were similar In attendees and non-attendees. Self-rating of current well-being was strongly associated with the life-events score, but not related