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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS´ JOB SATISFACTION AND MENTAL HEALTH INDICATORS RESEARCH GROUP
Keywords: job satisfaction, mental health, emotional well-being, burnout, work-related stress, compassion fatigue.
Overview of Main Activities:
Job satisfaction is most often defined as a positive emotional state resulting from the realisation of a worker’s expectations and needs in the work environment, and is directly related to job performance; job satisfaction among health professionals has a direct impact on the quality of services, patient satisfaction and also patient safety. Reduced job satisfaction can lead to burnout and mental health problems (anxiety, depression). Compassion fatigue, a manifestation of traumatic stress, characterised by physical and emotional exhaustion, increased anxiety, anger, irritability, intimacy problems and irrational fears, is a contributory factor to burnout among healthcare workers. In Estonia, there is a shortage of healthcare workers and an increased movement of workers between employers or out of the profession altogether. Reduced job satisfaction may be one of the causes of this problem.
Research Group Members
ANNA-LIISA TAMM,
PhD (physical education), Research Group Leader
MAIVE MÕTTUS,
MSc (public health), doctoral student
EVA MENGEL,
PhD (sport sciences)
ENE INDERMITTE,
PhD (environmental health), University of Tartu
ÜLLE PARM,
PhD (microbiology)
Research and development activities in the Research Group
- Maive Mõttus’ doctoral thesis “Physiotherapists’ job satisfaction and mental health (including emotional well-being, burnout and compassion fatigue)” (supervisors E. Indermitte and A.-L. Tamm) aims to assess the job satisfaction and mental health indicators of Estonian physiotherapists.
Ongoing projects
- COVID-19
Articles/publications
- Changes in the Mental Health Indicators and Training Opportunities for Estonian Elite Athletes Compared to the COVID-19 Isolation Period. Authors: Tamm, Anna-Liisa; Parm, Ülle; Aluoja, Anu; Tomingas, Tuuli. Sports, 2022, 10 (5), 76. DOI: 10.3390/sports10050076.
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Estonian Elite Athletes: Survey on Mental Health Characteristics, Training Conditions, Competition Possibilities and Perception of Supportiveness. Authors: Parm, Ülle; Aluoja, Anu; Tomingas, Tuuli; Tamm, Anna-Liisa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18 (8). DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18084317.
Science Popularization
- Training Opportunities for Estonian Elite Athletes in the COVID-19 situation.
Authors: Parm, Ülle; Tomingas, Tuuli; Tamm, Anna-Liisa.
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology. Greece: COSMOS S.A, 409. - Kõrgkooli lõpetanute emotsionaalne enesetunne ja hirmud seoses tööturule siirdumisega.
Autorid: Tamm, A.-L., Seerman, S., Parm, Ü.
Tartu Tervishoiu Kõrgkooli uurimistööde kogumik XIV. (2020, 116−126). Paar OÜ.
Student Thesis Related to the Research Group
- Tuuli Tomingas. (2024). Eesti tippsportlaste emotsionaalne enesetunne COVID-19 tingitud eriolukorra ajal ja selle järgselt. Supervisors: Parm, Ü., Tamm A-L.
- Enok, G.F. (2022). Eesti elanike sotsiaalmeedia sõltuvuse esinemine vanusegrupis 18–22 eluaastat. Supervisor: Kutman, A.
