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PSRA
The Psychosocial Risk Assessment
YOUR COMPANY’S FIGHT AGINST STRESS STARTS HERE!
The Science The Tool The Solution
What is stress?

Psychological distress is a state of emotional suffering associated with personal or professional life events, circumstances or situations that are difficult to cope with, such as demands, losses, perceived threats, etc. It often involves negative affect and physiological reactivity.

What is the impact of stress on individuals?

Distress can manifest itself in many forms. Most frequently it increases the risk of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, substance use problems, sleep problems, pain and bodily complaints such as muscle tension.

Why should we scan for stress?

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The Tool Highlights
There is no cutting corners when scanning for stress factors. The PSRA has over 100 items of analysis but will learn from the responses to key questions and will only focus on those items relevant for every individual. Deep scans have never been easier or faster!
The PSRA scans the traditional psychosocial risk scales (see here) in order to have results aligned with any other tools you have used before and to allow for appropriate benchmarking. It also brings unique and innovative additions very important for the real picture. (See scales here)
Traditional scans capture a static picture frozen in the time of completion. Important? Yes! Enough? No! That is why the PSRA was designed to reflect the situation at a given time but also forecasts different trends in how stress and psychosocial risks can develop within your company and its population.
There is an unreakable link between companies and their work-force. Companies need to aid their employees but employees also need to aid themselves in coping with stress. Hence the PSRA is innovative in generating two type of reports. An immediate one for the user with direct recommandations and another, based on aggregated data, with company-wide data and oragnisational risk profiling. (See Reporting)
No two companies are alike, and we know better than to believe in One-Size-Fits-All. The PSRA is flexible in the categories of analysis and demographic spread without impacting the results validity and its benchmarking.
Comfortable to apply. The tool is fully didigtalised and accessible online from PCs, Tablet or Smart Phones.
Comfortable to apply. The tool is fully didigtalised and accessible online from PCs, Tablet or Smart Phones.
Scales
The instrument has been modelled to meet the latest European HSE standards in terms of legal requirements and beyond. It is a comprehensive online assessment tool looking at all impact areas influencing psycho-social risk at the workplace
The PSRA is a comprehensive online assessment tool looking at multiple. impact areas influencing psycho-social risks at the workplace. It was designed around 10 major scales and 21 sub-areas of influencing factors are assessed (to be adjusted after revamp) – both traditional scales as well as innovative new ones
Clinically driven by professionals, scales are also pondered in relevance for each individual. This is an innovative feature that allows for accurate depiction of real stressors, and their perceived impact.
The forecasting items transform the PSRA’s analysis from a static one-time depiction of the status-quo within the company into a time-fluid instrument able to pick up on trends and perceived changes. Will psychosocial risks improve or worsen within your company? That is the question.
The coping module can be added to our standard PSRA scan to delve further into understanding how your workforce responds to stressors. This feature can provide vital information related to your employees’ ability to manage risks and stressful periods and to develop coherent and tailored action plans to better support them in doing so.
The traditional items of the PSRA cross-validated with the industry’s most common Stress Scans while the innovative scales of the tool add additional qualitative data to our reports. (Benchmarking for additional scales is in progress).
Reporting
  • This individual ScoreCard provides personalized feedback on all relevant dimensions
  • It give the concerned person guidelines for individual changes
  • Those potential changes can be discussed with a designated professional able to review and interpret what is needed
  • Based on ‚self-monitoring‘ guidelines the person concerned can engage in a ‚process of change‘
  • This process can be facilitated by a network of specifically trained health professionals
  • Data collection is automatized via the online process
  • Company specified categorisation of all report details such as:
    • Work groups
    Level of employment
    Gender issues
    Age categories
    Due to the high level of flexibility the instrument has, specific demographic indicators can be included at the company’s request.
  • Different types of correlations and statistical interpretations can be generated according to company needs
  • Report aligned with SHE objectives
  • Action planning addressing highlights of the findings


The Solution - Assessment

Communication Campaign to raise employee awareness on the upcoming assessment process

PSRA online access and data collection.
Personal Scorecards for all users

Statistical analysis of data and company reporting

Results presentation and consulting for further steps

Action Plan development

Tailored intervention

  • Individual follow-up with an expert to better understand the Scorecard results and receive advice on personal improvement

  • Group follow-ups focusing on specific group needs

  • Self-learning tools online access to specific tools (Mindset)

  • Resilience and Stress Management trainings

  • Re-assessments (after a given period of time) to better understand the company trends and assess the efficacy of different stress management measures that might have been implemented

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