Identifizierung und Prüfung von Instrumenten zur Durchführung der Gefährdungsbeurteilung psychischer Belastung in Unternehmen

Abstract

Identification and evaluation of tools for implementing psychosocial risk assessment at the workplace Objective: One difficulty for companies in the implementation of psychosocial risk assessments in the workplace lies in the selection of suitable tools for assessing work-related psychosocial stress factors. The aim of the project was to identify psychosocial risk assessment tools and to develop and apply criteria for examining these tools. Methods: The first step was to conduct a search for tools by using the BAuA-Toolbox, PSYNDEX, Google Scholar and websites of accident insurance providers. The second step was to develop criteria for examining the inclusion of tools and criteria for further evaluation. Existing quality policies and feedback from experts were considered in the process. All the identified tools were then examined independently by two reviewers using the developed criteria. Results: Overall, 170 tools were identified. Six criteria that tools must meet in order to be included were developed: 1. goal orientation through the assessment of psychosocial stress, 2. and 3. user orientation through comprehensible information for the application and the analysis, 4. user orientation for respondents through, e.g. comprehensible questionnaires, 5. involvement of employees in the psychosocial risk assessment process and 6. empirically tested validity and reliability. Eleven further evaluation criteria regarding information on possible areas of application, consideration of work patterns from the Joint German Occupational Safety and Health Strategy (GDA) and support in deriving measures are used as information for the presentation of the tools. Overall, 51 tools were included. The majority determine psychosocial stress by means of a questionnaire (n = 24), workshop (n = 13) or observational interview (n = 12). Conclusions: The search results show the existing variety of psychosocial risk assessment tools in German-speaking countries. The criteria developed for examining these instruments can be confirmed by comparable projects and significantly reduced the number of tools included. These will be made available to companies in an online tool. Keywords: occupational safety and health – risk assessment – psychosocial stress – assessment tools – inclusion and evaluation criteria