miller Health Occupational Health and Fitness

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140. OSNGHG FEBRUARY 2010

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John Miller conducted a Health Management program for The Group in February 2010.

8 people, 6 men and 2 women completed the following profiles: -

■ Health, Fitness and Wellbeing

■ Musculo-skeletal risk

■ Diet

■ Chemical intake

■ Stress risk

■ Career satisfaction

The results are presented in graphic format, with commentary.

Click here to read what the assessments are all about

HEALTH, FITNESS AND WELLBEING PROFILE

The Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile provides people with a very good idea of how well the various systems of the body are functioning, particularly the

• the mind

• autonomic nervous system

• immune system

• digestive system

• circulatory system

• elimination system

• musculo-skeletal system.

	Symptom	None		Not much			A fair bit			A lot
1.	Headaches including migraines	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
2.	Lack of energy and vitality	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
3.	Candida - jock itch, thrush, tinea ...	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
4.	Poor sleep. If on tablets score 10	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
5.	Snoring &/or sleep apnoea. Score 10 if using a mask	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
6.	Crook back, stiff neck, sore shoulders, dicky knee RSI ...	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
7.	Frequent colds, flu, sinus	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
8.	Unsettled stomach, reflux (Score 10 if on medication)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
9.	Overweight - 1 point for every 2Kg	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
10.	Irritable bowel, constipation	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11.	Asthma	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
12.	Low level of aerobic fitness	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
13.	Chest pain, palpitations	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
14.	Rashes, itchiness, skin outbreaks, psoriasis ...	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
15.	Mouth ulcers, cold sores	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
16.	Elevated blood pressure. Score 0 on pills	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
17.	Elevated blood cholesterol. Score o if on pills	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
18.	Elevated blood glucose. Score 0 if on medication	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
19.	Shakes, nervous ticks, mannerisms	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
20.	Grinding teeth	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
21.	Alcoholic drinks per day (2 pts/drink)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
22.	Smoking. (1 pt/cigarette/day)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
23.	Caffeine (1 pt/cup per day)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
24.	Anxious about life, insecure, apprehensive	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
25.	Sad or depressed (On medication, score 0)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
26.	In wrong job for now	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
27.	Under-appreciated at work	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
28.	Have poor work/life balance	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
29.	Unhappy with family life	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
30.	Unhappy with financial status	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Score

The score of a normal, fit and healthy human being is less than 20

Higher scores are symptomatic of dysfunction of one or more body systems.

People with high levels of stress usually score well over 100.

For people with a score of more than 80, the ‘background noise’ of their life is becoming louder and louder. It is hard to concentrate on your work when body systems are dysfunctional.

We know a fit and healthy group when we see the majority of scores below 40. This was not the case with this group. By and large higher scores are usually a reflection of

• low levels of fitness

• an inability to deal with what life and work are serving up to people.

Remember, it is not what happens, but how we deal with what happens that determines our level of stress.

Classification of average scores: Excellent - less than 40. Good - 41 - 50. Fair 51-60. Poor - over 60.

This profile is described as poor. The average score was 70. Anyone scoring more than 80 is putting up with a lot of 'background noise'.

HEALTH CLIMATE SURVEY

Based on scores received in the Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile we've compiled a Health Climate Survey. Scores on each item have ranked - the higher the score the worse the problem. We added the scores for each item. The results appear in the table below.

	Symptoms/ issues / concerns	% of people scoring over 5
	Snoring, sleep apnoea	63
	Poor sleep	50
	Lack of Energy	38
	Crook back, sore shoulders	38
	Reflux, unsettled stomach	38
	Overweight	38
	Irritable bowel, constipation etc	38
	Shortness of breath from asthma	38
	Low level of fitness	38
	Wrong job	38
	Financial status	38
	Candida	25
	Frequent colds, flu, sinus	25
	Elevated blood pressure	25
	Elevated cholesterol	25
	Anxious	25
	Under appreciated at work	25
	Work-life balance	25
	Unhappy family life	25
	Mouth ulcers	13
	Alcohol	13
	Smoking	13
	Caffeine	13
	Headaches	0
	Chest pain, palpitations	0
	Itchy, rashes, psoriasis	0
	Elevated glucose	0
	Shakes, nervous mannerisms	0
	Grinding teeth	0
	Depressed	0

We registered those scores of 5 and over as being a symptom, issue or concern, the most pressing of which have been highlighted.

Perception

Based on people's perception (where they gave a particular symptom a score of 5 or more, and backed up by objective scores) the key issues are

	Depression and anxiety There is an epidemic of depression in our community and we encourage all organisations to target depression. Nobody gave themselves a score of 5 or more on the depression question, indicating risk that needs to be dealt with. No people were on anti-depressant medication.

•	Blood pressure Nobody was on blood pressure medication. Blood pressure is a symptom of body system dysfunction relating directly to - lack of aerobic fitness - being over weight - being stressed.

•	Cholesterol 2 people were on cholesterol-lowering medicine. An elevated cholesterol level is not caused by a lack of Lipitor. Now lets move heaven and earth to assist this person to give it away altogether.

CAREER SATISFACTION PROFILE

The parameters in the profile relate to a mix of factors influences by the participant, management and their colleagues.

• How close are you to doing the job you’d really like to be doing?

• Are you in the right job for now?

• Is work giving you life or sucking life out of you?

• Are you focused on your career options?

• Do you get good feedback from your manager?

• Do you receive an appropriate financial reward?

• Do you feel you and your work are valued and appreciated?

• Do you work for an organisation that cares about people?

• Do you enjoy the company of the people you work with?

• What’s the level of morale like in your work group?

Normally, when results on the overall career profile are less than 70/100, people agree that they’re not in the right job. Certainly those scoring less than 60 have sufficient issues relating to career management as to seriously consider going somewhere else.

SCORING GUIDELINES

Excellent, scoring 8 or more

Good, scoring 7 or more

Fair, scoring 5 or 6

Poor, scoring less than 5

‘Pass mark’ on all parameters 7/10.


	This is a fair to average score.	With 2 exceptions this is a good result. Now to find the people who are not happy and assist them to get the job they'd love to be doing.

	Work is probably about as stressful as you want it to be. Walk away. Make appointments for your Self that allow you to get on with your work unhindered by interruptions. Find the job you'd love to do. Get yourself organised. Come in on Saturday and clear the back log.	A good result. For those who scored 7/10 it didn't matter.

	This is a patchy result. Too many people gave their manager a score of less than 7. That's not good. Of all our profile questions, this one is usually the worst answered. In this organisation there's some extra work for managers. For staff our recommendation is always to manage up. Take your manager out for morning tea once a month and talk about yourself and your work. If you're the manager take your staff out for morning tea once a month and talk to them about their work. And before you go, ask them, 'What else have you got to talk to me about.?'	With 2 exceptions, these people are pretty satisfied with what they sell themselves for. If you're not happy, you're selling yourself short. Log onto Seek and get your suit dry cleaned!

	With 1 exception this is not a bad result.	With 1 exception this is a good result. The aim is to have all staff recording a score of 7 or more.

	This is a good score. In the main, people like working with each other. We rarely see scores like this.	Two graphs here, the good and the bad. Morale is poor. IYou've got sdix months to get everyone back over 7/10

Average score: 71. There are two results here as well. For those scoring less than 60, there is a strong suggestion they're not in the right job. The situation may be redeemable.

The Buddha and Confucius both said 'Find the job you'd love to do and you don't have to do another days work in your life.'

RECOMMENDATIONS

See the generic list of recommendations that cover all our profiles.