[A literature review of support skills used by occupational health nurses in facilitating return to work for employees with mental health issues].

Hitomi Nakahata, Harumi Kato
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Abstract

Objectives: Despite efforts to promote mental health in the workplace, employee mental health challenges continue to increase. Organizations continue to face significant challenges to support employees in safely returning to work after mental health-related leaves and to ensure long-term stability without relapse. This literature-based study was performed to clarify support skills that occupational health nurses employ to facilitate return to work for employees with mental health issues.

Methods: A literature search of the Medical Central Journal Web Edition (ver. 5) was conducted using the keywords "Occupational Health Nurses" AND ("mental health" OR "mental health issues" OR "mental well-being" OR "mental illness" OR "depression" OR "depressive symptoms"), in combination with ("return-to-work support" OR "return-to-work" OR "workplace reintegration support" OR "workplace reintegration assistance"). Conference proceedings were excluded. No restrictions were placed on publication year. Two original articles and ten review articles were selected for analysis. Support skills used by occupational health nurses to support workplace reintegration were identified, grouped by target recipients (e.g., workers, family members, supervisors, and human resources), and placed into subcategories and overarching categories.

Results: Four main categories of support skills used by occupational health nurses to facilitate workplace reintegration were identified.• Support for patients to recover from illness and overcome challenges• Creating a healing environment and coordinating interactions with family and workplace• Comprehensive information gathering and assessment of whether recovery status will permit workplace reintegration• Establishing a tailored follow-up system post-reintegration based on worker and workplace needs and circumstancesDiscussion and Conclusions: Occupational health nurses support employees by helping them recognize personal challenges and build stress resilience through "supporting patient recovery from illness and helping patients overcome challenges". They utilize "thorough information gathering and assessment of recovery status for workplace reintegration" to reduce the likelihood of relapse. The support skills identified in this study were highly individualized and varied to meet the specific needs of each worker. The reviewed literature contained extensive occupation-relevant descriptions and numerous documents introducing the authors' initiatives, suggesting that these authors are experienced occupational health nurses. It remains unclear how consistently these support skills are applied and what impact years of experience or workplace environment exert on consistency. Future research should clarify the support skills used by occupational health nurses with fewer years of experience and those assisting individuals in single-person work situations, as well as explore strategies to ensure consistent application of support skills regardless of experience or workplace setting.

[关于职业卫生护士在促进有精神健康问题的雇员重返工作岗位时所使用的支持技能的文献综述]。
目标:尽管努力促进工作场所的心理健康,但员工的心理健康挑战继续增加。各组织在支持员工在与精神健康有关的休假后安全重返工作岗位并确保长期稳定而不复发方面继续面临重大挑战。本研究以文献为基础,旨在厘清职业健康护士为协助有心理健康问题的员工重返工作岗位而采用的支援技能。方法:检索《医学中心杂志网络版》的文献资料。5)使用关键词“职业卫生护士”和(“精神健康”或“精神健康问题”或“精神健康”或“精神疾病”或“抑郁”或“抑郁症状”)结合(“重返工作岗位支持”或“重返工作岗位支持”或“重返工作岗位援助”)进行。会议记录不包括在内。对出版年份没有限制。选取两篇原创文章和十篇综述文章进行分析。确定了职业卫生护士为支持重返工作场所而使用的支持技能,按目标接受者(如工人、家庭成员、主管和人力资源)分组,并将其归入子类别和总体类别。结果:确定了职业卫生护士用于促进工作场所重返社会的四种主要支持技能。•支持患者从疾病中恢复并克服挑战•创建一个治疗环境并协调与家庭和工作场所的互动•全面的信息收集和评估是否恢复状态将允许重返工作场所•根据工人和工作场所的需求和情况建立一个量身定制的重返工作场所后的随访系统职业健康护士通过“支持病人从疾病中康复并帮助病人克服挑战”,帮助员工认识到个人挑战并建立抗压能力,从而为员工提供支持。他们利用“全面的信息收集和评估康复状况,以便重新融入工作场所”来减少复发的可能性。在这项研究中确定的支持技能是高度个性化和多样化的,以满足每个工人的具体需求。所审查的文献包含大量与职业相关的描述和大量介绍作者倡议的文件,表明这些作者是经验丰富的职业卫生护士。目前还不清楚这些支持技能的应用有多一致,以及多年的经验或工作环境对一致性有什么影响。未来的研究应明确经验较少的职业卫生护士和那些在单人工作情况下协助个人的职业卫生护士使用的支持技能,并探索策略,以确保无论经验或工作场所环境如何,支持技能的一致应用。
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