Abstract
Background: There are only a few national and international studies on the health of third-level professor lecturers at universities and colleges. Work-related diseases are important and relevant for occupational medicine. The aim of the study was to examine the mental health and work-related behavior and experience patterns of Ukrainian university lecturers in age group comparisons. Methods: Data were collected from 81 Ukrainian university lecturers (General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Questionnaire on Work-Related Behavior and Experience Patterns (AVEM)). The university lecturers were split into 4 age groups. Results: 9.9% of higher education lecturers reported impaired mental health (GHQ-12). In all, 64.8% of the total sample showed AVEM risk patterns. There were differences in age groups (third age group scoring lower than the first age group on the GHQ total score). The first age group had significantly lower opinions of the subjective importance of work on their personal lives compared to the third and fourth age group, while the second age group had significantly lower opinions compared to the fourth age group. All individuals with impaired mental health in GHQ-12 had AVEM risk patterns. Conclusions: These results offer novel insights into the health of Ukrainian university lecturers. Occupational healthcare practitioners should take them into consideration in order to initiate appropriate interventions.
Highlights
The health of teachers has been well examined in national and international studies.In contrast, the health of university lecturers is rarely studied in international studies.Working conditions at universities are a topic of much debate, though data on university lecturers from Ukraine in particular are scarce
The study shows that a minor proportion of university lecturers reported impaired mental health, and the majority of the subjects had AVEM risk patterns
Our results showed that people with a lower degree of mental health tended to a have a lower value in “inner calm and balance”, “experience of success at work”, and “satisfaction with life”
Summary
The health of teachers has been well examined in national and international studies.In contrast, the health of university lecturers is rarely studied in international studies.Working conditions at universities are a topic of much debate, though data on university lecturers from Ukraine in particular are scarce. The health of teachers has been well examined in national and international studies. The health of university lecturers is rarely studied in international studies. Working conditions at universities are a topic of much debate, though data on university lecturers from Ukraine in particular are scarce. Physical stress factors affecting university lecturers such as noise or vocal stress are important to consider [1]. There are various high mental stress factors such, as communication between students, other lecturers or supervisors, conflicts with colleagues, administrative problems, and lack of recognition of one’s own work by colleagues, supervisors or students [2]. University lecturers are involved in other fields of activity, such as the acquisition and management of
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