Work-related quality of life of occupational therapists in Ireland.
Victoria Hogan, Sinéad Hynes, Michael Hogan and 1 others
PMID 40336586WHAT IT FOUND
Irish occupational therapists reported work-related quality of life below NHS healthcare worker norms.
High workload and organisational constraints were linked to lower quality of life, and lower quality of life was linked to turnover intentions.
Key findings
01All work-related quality of life factor scores and the overall score were lower than published norms; the average overall score was 3.16, at the 30th percentile of NHS healthcare workers.
02In the regression model, higher organisational constraints and higher workload were linked to lower work-related quality of life.
03Work-related quality of life was significantly associated with turnover intention, with higher quality of life linked to lower turnover intention.
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What it does not show
The response rate was 6% of the total workforce, so therapists who chose to respond may differ from those who did not. The sample was mostly public sector (122 of 157 respondents), so private-sector and voluntary-sector experiences may be underrepresented. The open-ended comments came from only 68 of 157 respondents, so they reflect a subset, not the whole sample. The study measured variables at one time point, so it cannot show that workload or organisational constraints caused lower work-related quality of life.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these links as proof that workload and organisational constraints caused low work-related quality of life. The survey was cross-sectional and had a low response rate, so it describes associations in a self-selected group at one time point.