TABLE 4.
Supplemental measures added to survey by design team
| Measure | What measure assesses and original source | Design team action | # of DT survey items | Corresponding focus group theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health-related behaviors or attitudes | ||||
| Smoking cigars or pipe | Pipe and cigar smoking habitsa | Created by DT | 1 | Theme 8 |
| Chewing tobacco | Tobacco chewing habitsa | Created by DT | 1 | Theme 8 |
| Gambling | Gambling habitsa | Created by DT | 1 | Theme 8 |
| Consuming alcohol | Consumption of alcohol (from the Personal Wellness Profile [PWP])43,63 | Selected by DT | 1 | Theme 8 |
| Consuming caffeine | Consumption of caffeinea | Created by DT | 1 | Theme 8 |
| Accessing health care | Behavior related to seeking and receiving health carea | Created by DT | 5 | Theme 8 |
| Suppressing emotions | Behavior of controlling emotion by not expressing it (Emotion Regulation Questionnaire)64 | Selected by DT | 4 | Theme 2 |
| Interpersonal dominance and caring | Attitudinal/behavioral posture of caring and dominance (8 items Bem Sex Role Inventory Short Form)65,66 | Selected by DT | 8 | Theme 2 |
| Fatalistic thinking about health | Attitude that some health issues are within or outside of personal control (4 items from FATE Index)67 | Selected by DT | 4 | Theme 7 |
| Physical or psychosocial work exposures | ||||
| In-facility supervisor communication | Frequency of interaction among supervisors in facility (4 items from Team Climate Inventory)68 | Selected by DT | 4 | Theme 6 |
| Masculine organizational culture | Perception that organization identifies with masculine values/beliefs (6 items, Organizational Femininity Instrument)69 | Selected by DT | 6 | Theme 2 |
| Exposure to/effect of traumatic work events | 9 items on frequency of exposure to work-related traumatic incidents and 9 items on worker perceptions of the effecta | Created by DT | 18 | Theme 5 |
| Meaningful work | Perception that work role has value (3 items Psychological Empowerment measure)70 | Selected by DT | 3 | Theme 6 |
| Physical or psychosocial family exposures | ||||
| Family health climate | Worker perception that family environment is supportive of healthy lifestyle practicesa | Created by DT | 4 | Theme 4 |
| Work outcomes | ||||
| Behavior-based work-family conflict | Conflict when behavior required in one role is incompatible with behavioral expectations in another role (4 items from Multidimensional Measure of Work-Family Conflict)71 | Selected by DT | 4 | Theme 3 |
| Work information | ||||
| DOC facility/locationb | Assigned DOC facilitya | Created by DT | 1 | |
| Overtime hours | Usual number of overtime hours worked per weeka | Created by DT | 1 | Theme 11 |
| Attitudes related to health, income, retirement, overtime | ||||
| Retirement thoughts | Extent to which worker is motivated by thoughts about retirementa | Created by DT | 1 | Theme 12 |
| Current and post-retirement health | Expected level of health after retirement versus todaya | Created by DT | 2 | Theme 12 |
| Current and post-retirement happiness | Expected level of happiness after retirement versus todaya | Created by DT | 2 | Theme 12 |
| Attitudes related to health, longevity, and retirement | Attitudes about delaying health until retirement, and prioritizing overtime and earnings over healtha | Created by DT | 6 | Themes 11 & 12 |
| Proximity to retirement | Anticipated age of retirementa | Created by DT | 1 | Theme 12 |
| Retirement financial confidence | Worker’s expectation that they can meet financial needs in retirement72 | Selected by DT | 1 | Theme 11 |
| Retirement financial situation | Worker’s expectation of their standard of living after retirement72 | Selected by DT | 1 | Theme 11 |
| Other | ||||
| Use of social mediab | Forms of social media used most frequentlya | Created by DT | 1 | … |
| Advice to new recruits about the job | Advice for new recruits about staying a healthy/happy person in a corrections careera | Created by DT | 1 | … |
Note: Total # supplemental items = 83.
Abbreviation: DT, Design Team.
Indicates DT original item.
Indicates DT included item to gather information for planning interventions.