Customized interventions improved employees' experience of recovery during the workday.

Background: There is a lack of research regarding factors promoting recovery during the workday and effective interventions.

Objective: To evaluate how different intervention activities may impact employees' experiences of recovery at the workplace.

Methods: Customized intervention activities based on qualitative results and a participatory approach were integrated among the employees at six primary health care centres (PHCCs; n = 166) during one year.

Strengthened workplace relationships facilitate recovery at work - qualitative experiences of an intervention among employees in primary health care.

Background: The literature on workplace interventions focusing on recovery is scarce; hence this study intends to expand that knowledge. An intervention was run for one year, aiming at increasing the experience of recovery during the workday among primary health care employees. During the intervention, different forms of recovery activities were integrated into the daily work at six primary health care centres.

Is it possible to gain energy at work? A questionnaire study in primary health care.

Objectives: The area of regenerative work is still close to unexplored. The aim was to explore the possibility for employees to gain energy at work.

Methods: Questionnaire to all employees (n = 599) from different professions in public and private primary health care centers in one health care district in Sweden.

Variation, companionship and manageability important for recovery during working hours: A qualitative focus group study.

Background: Lack of recovery from everyday strains and demands is connected to increased levels of stress-related problems and development of ill-health. There is much research on how to handle and prevent fatigue and stress in leisure time, but research on working time is more scarce. A recent study found that employees' experience of recovery during working hours was related to high self-rated health.

Recovery, work-life balance and work experiences important to self-rated health: A questionnaire study on salutogenic work factors among Swedish primary health care employees.

Background: There is a lack of information on positive work factors among health care workers.

Objective: To explore salutogenic work-related factors among primary health care employees.

Method: Questionnaire to all employees (n = 599) from different professions in public and private primary health care centers in one health care district in Sweden.