Medarbetares upplevelser kring outnyttjat friskvårdsbidrag: en kvalitativ intervjustudie

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Background: Increased use of wellness allowance among employees could be a key tool to promote health and well-being which could reduce the risk of illnesses, enhance productivity and keep a work-life balance. The purpose of this study was to investigate and gain an increased understanding of the underlying factors and the employees' experience of unused wellness allowance. Methods: This is a qualitative study with semi-structured interviews. A qualitative content analysis was conducted to analyze the interview data through the meaning unit, condense meaning unit and category. Results: Four main categories were found based on content analysis: (1) aspects regarding wellness allowance, (2) organizational culture with the subcategory’s topic of conversation and dissemination of information, (3) attitudes regarding wellness allowance and (4) obstacles to physical activity. The main result of the study was about the employees' attitudes to the wellness allowance. There are obstacles for the employees regarding physical activity and the organizational culture has a contributing factor to the utilization of the wellness allowance. Conclusion: This study found that there is no negative experience with the wellness allowance from the respondents' perspective. The organizational culture can be considered as a factor in why employees do not choose to use the wellness allowance. The respondents themselves were not familiar with what they can use their wellness allowance for.