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lementation of health promotion and the effects of physical ohranjanje in krepitev zdravja | maintaining and promoting health
activity on burnout reduction of pedagogical workers
Urška Simnovčič Pišek1, Miha Marinšek2
1 Gimnazija Litija, Bevkova 1 c, 1270 Litija
2 University of Maribor, Faculty of Education, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor,
Slovenia
Introduction: This paper presents some of the results of a pilot study on the
implementation of health promotion and the effects of physical activity on re-
ducing burnout in teachers. Workplace health promotion programs are de-
signed to maintain and enhance the physical and mental health and well-being
of employees. In Slovenia, the employer must provide the necessary resources
and monitor health promotion activities. The teaching profession is demand-
ing and causes problems in physical and mental health, which is mainly reflect-
ed in poor work in the classroom, greater sick leave or even leaving the profes-
sion. Therefore it is important to provide teachers with appropriate support
for physical activity that improves health. The study was conducted to deter-
mine which health promotion activities affect the maintenance of physical ac-
tivity and predict the reduction of burnout.
Methods: The pilot survey involved 40 high school teachers, with the majori-
ty of respondents being women (82.5%) aged 41-50 (52.5%). The data was col-
lected using questionnaires: IPAQ, short and adapted long versions, MBI–ES,
and a questionnaire designed to measure the design and implementation of the
Workplace Health Promotion Action Plan. We measured the level of general
physical activity in teachers and compared differences in general physical activ-
ity level (STDS) with respect to emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization
(DP) and personal fulfillment (AP), using Spearman’s correlation coefficient of
association between EE, DP, AP and general physical activity level. We exam-
ined the relationship between EE domains by multiple regression analysis; DP,
AP and health promotion activities.
Results: The results of measuring the factors of general physical activity showed
that the most physically active teachers are between 41 and 50 years old (52.5%).
Most of all respondents are moderate in physical activity, on average they main-
tain physical activity by walking and sit on average only 9 hours a week. The re-
sults show that as STDS increases, personal fulfillment increases and with in-
creasing frequency of physical activity teachers’ emotional exhaustion decreases.
Through multiple regression analysis we designed health promotion models to
predict EE (23%), DP (39%), and AP (23.7%) rates. Health promotion variables
and socio-demographic variables were used as predictors.
Discussion and conclusion: The analysis of the burnout state has showed that
teachers, on average, reach high levels of emotional exhaustion and interme-
diate levels of depersonalization and personal fulfillment. We estimate that a
comprehensively designed, properly implemented and evaluated health pro-
motion action plan provides employees with sufficient motivation to take care
of their good psycho-physical well-being through regular physical activity and
healthy nutrition. This benefits all participants in the work process as well as
their families. Implementing workplace health promotion is a long-term invest-
ment for employee health.
Key words: exercise, stress, health promotion
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activity on burnout reduction of pedagogical workers
Urška Simnovčič Pišek1, Miha Marinšek2
1 Gimnazija Litija, Bevkova 1 c, 1270 Litija
2 University of Maribor, Faculty of Education, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor,
Slovenia
Introduction: This paper presents some of the results of a pilot study on the
implementation of health promotion and the effects of physical activity on re-
ducing burnout in teachers. Workplace health promotion programs are de-
signed to maintain and enhance the physical and mental health and well-being
of employees. In Slovenia, the employer must provide the necessary resources
and monitor health promotion activities. The teaching profession is demand-
ing and causes problems in physical and mental health, which is mainly reflect-
ed in poor work in the classroom, greater sick leave or even leaving the profes-
sion. Therefore it is important to provide teachers with appropriate support
for physical activity that improves health. The study was conducted to deter-
mine which health promotion activities affect the maintenance of physical ac-
tivity and predict the reduction of burnout.
Methods: The pilot survey involved 40 high school teachers, with the majori-
ty of respondents being women (82.5%) aged 41-50 (52.5%). The data was col-
lected using questionnaires: IPAQ, short and adapted long versions, MBI–ES,
and a questionnaire designed to measure the design and implementation of the
Workplace Health Promotion Action Plan. We measured the level of general
physical activity in teachers and compared differences in general physical activ-
ity level (STDS) with respect to emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization
(DP) and personal fulfillment (AP), using Spearman’s correlation coefficient of
association between EE, DP, AP and general physical activity level. We exam-
ined the relationship between EE domains by multiple regression analysis; DP,
AP and health promotion activities.
Results: The results of measuring the factors of general physical activity showed
that the most physically active teachers are between 41 and 50 years old (52.5%).
Most of all respondents are moderate in physical activity, on average they main-
tain physical activity by walking and sit on average only 9 hours a week. The re-
sults show that as STDS increases, personal fulfillment increases and with in-
creasing frequency of physical activity teachers’ emotional exhaustion decreases.
Through multiple regression analysis we designed health promotion models to
predict EE (23%), DP (39%), and AP (23.7%) rates. Health promotion variables
and socio-demographic variables were used as predictors.
Discussion and conclusion: The analysis of the burnout state has showed that
teachers, on average, reach high levels of emotional exhaustion and interme-
diate levels of depersonalization and personal fulfillment. We estimate that a
comprehensively designed, properly implemented and evaluated health pro-
motion action plan provides employees with sufficient motivation to take care
of their good psycho-physical well-being through regular physical activity and
healthy nutrition. This benefits all participants in the work process as well as
their families. Implementing workplace health promotion is a long-term invest-
ment for employee health.
Key words: exercise, stress, health promotion
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