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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2021 Jan 27;64(5):414–430. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23225

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.

a

Indicates DT original item.

b

Indicates DT included item to gather information for planning interventions.