Prevention of work-life-informal care disbalance among working informal carers Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Current interventions as of 17/10/2023:
The WIC participatory approach is a stepwise process led by occupational professionals or company social workers who facilitate the participants (i.e. caregiv
Sponsors
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Working at least 20 hrs per week at participating organization; 2. Providing informal care to someone within their social environment (no minimum hrs of informal care required); 3. Having given informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Working for less than 20 hours at the participating organization; 2. A contract that ends before the follow-up measurement at 7 months; 3. Currently on sick leave for more than two weeks consecutively; 4. Not proficient in Dutch language; 5. Not mentally capable to fill in a valid questionnaire; 6. Going on pregnancy or parent leave before follow-up measurement at 7 months; 7. Currently in legal conflict with their employer.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is work-life-informal care disbalance, measured by two negative interference scales of the of the Survey Work-home Interference Nijmegen (SWING; Geurts et al. 2005), which is a valid and reliable instrument. Measurement will be at baseline, 4 months and 7 months follow-up. 1. Negative interference of the combination of work and informal care on the personal/home life of working carers, will be measured by an adapted version of the SWING work-to-home interference scale. Following Boezeman et al. (2018), the SWING work-to-home interference scale will be transformed into a work/care-to-social and personal life interference scale by replacing the word ‘work’ with ‘combining work and care’ in the items and by broadening the scale item content to social life. 2. Negative interference of informal care on work, measured with the adapted negative home-work interference scale of the SWING questionnaire (Geurts et al, 2005). Following Boezeman et al. (2018) we replace the word ‘home’ with ‘care situation’ in the scale items. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 17/10/2023: Secondary outcomes will be measures at baseline, 4 months and 7 months: 1. Distress, measured with the 16-item distress scale of the 4DSQ questionnaire (Terluin et al, 2006). 2. Social support from supervisors and colleagues, measured using 7 items adapted from the Dutch National Monitor Work and Informal Care (Nationale Werk & Mantelzorg monitor, 2021). 3. Perceived burden of combining work and informal care and role overload, measured by 2 items adapted from the EDIZ-plus questionnaire (de Boer et al, 2012). Covariates, measured at baseline: 1. Socio-demographic variables, including gender, age, and educational level will be recorded with factual questions. 2. Caregiving situation will be recorded with factual questions, e.g. amount of caregiving hours, number of care recipients and caregiving tasks. 3. Work-related factors will be measured, including weekly working hours and occupational group. Also, physical and psychosocial risk factors, including job demands, support from others, and autonomy will be measured, by means of Job Content Questionnaire (Karasek, 1998), and the ResQ-Care questionnaire (Wuttke, 2021). 4. General health and impairments, will be recorded by means of 1 item in the RAND-36 questionnaire (Van der Zee, 1996) and 2 items in the Dutch Informal Care Study questionnaire (SCP, 2019). _____ Previous secondary outcome measures: Secondary outcomes will be measures at baseline, 4 months and 7 months: 1. Distress, measured with the 16-item distress scale of the 4DSQ questionnaire (Terluin et al, 2006). 2. Social support from supervisors and colleagues, measured using 7 items adapted from the Dutch National Monitor Work and Informal Care (Nationale Werk & Mantelzorg monitor, 2021). 3. Use of support services, inside and outside of work. Measured by 2 items adapted from the Dutch National Monitor Work and Informal Care (Nationale Werk & Mantelzorg monitor, 2021). 4. Perceived burden of combi | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed