Staying healthy during Covid-19 crisis

Well-being and salutogenic crafting among German and Swiss working population

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ID22945187
AuthorsRebecca Brauchli (0000-0002-4336-0861, Center of Salutogenesis, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich , Hirschengraben 84 , Zurich 8001, Switzerland), Philipp Kerksieck (0000-0001-5327-3668, Center of Salutogenesis, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich , Hirschengraben 84 , Zurich 8001, Switzerland, corresponding author), Martin Tušl (0000-0001-5466-146X, Center of Salutogenesis, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich , Hirschengraben 84 , Zurich 8001, Switzerland), Georg F Bauer (0000-0003-0232-8141, Center of Salutogenesis, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich , Hirschengraben 84 , Zurich 8001, Switzerland)
Year2023
Volume38
Issue3
Publication date2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/daac004
PMID35134907
OpenAlexW4210460463
LanguageEN
References cited32

The COVID-19 pandemic induced considerable changes regarding our working and private lives. This study aimed to examine the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 crisis on German and Swiss employees. We analyzed the impact of the crisis on working and private life, well-being and health indicators. We tried to understand how the salutogenic behavior of crafting helps to overcome adversities during the COVID-19 pandemic and to maintain well-being and health. Therefore, we conducted a follow-up online survey from 9 to 22 April 2020 among 597 employees that had participated in the first wave of the survey in June 2019. This follow-up study design offered the opportunity to compare the situation of survey participants before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. This pre–post comparison was possible through the design of our study, which allowed us to link participants in an individual, yet anonymized way from t0 to t1. Results of the study showed that the situation concerning psychosocial factors at work and in private life and several well-being and health indicators was stable or even improved. Many study variables even remarkably improved among high crafters—a group of employees who tend to regularly craft their job and private life. Our findings indicate that employees are coping with the crisis surprisingly well. Moreover, there seem to exist beneficial, salutogenic behaviors (i.e. crafting) that allow people to better cope with crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. These behaviors should be induced and promoted by interventions as they could be especially beneficial for low crafters.

Coping (psychology) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Craft · Disease · Environmental health · Geography · German · Health promotion · Pandemic · Personal protective equipment · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Public health · Salutogenesis · Working population · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Health, psychology, and well-being · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology

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