Citation

Ronchetti M, Di Tecco C, Russo S, Castaldi T, Vitali S, Autieri S, Valenti A, Persechino B, Iavicoli S. Safety Sci. 2015; 80: 310-316.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ssci.2015.08.005

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Introduction
In the past few years much progress has been made in European Union in recognizing the importance of the work-related stress risk, and in adopting specific measures to assess such type of risk. In Italy, the legislative framework on occupational health and safety confirmed the obligation to assess the risk for work-related stress, according to the European Framework Agreement.
Material and methods
The Italian Workers' Compensation Authority developed a methodology for the assessment of work related-stress risk as an integrated management risk approach comprising two main assessment tools: a checklist for measuring objective and observational risk indicators and a validated questionnaire to collect employees' perceptions. This study aimed to explore the convergence degree among the results of the two assessment tools in a sample of 137 companies.
Results
By applying the univariate ANOVA the mean values of the questionnaire were compared to the levels of risk obtained in the preliminary assessment. The analyses highlighted that when the risk is higher in the preliminary assessment, there is an increase in the perceptions of the risk factors. In line with Cohen's methodological guidelines findings revealed moderate values. Finally, the analysis of discrepancies shows a good concordance level among the results of the two assessment phases.
Conclusions
The study highlighted the effectiveness and reliability of the INAIL's methodology. Such process enables companies to use two complementary tools for a more complete definition of the risk factors, in order to develop interventions.