Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion/Recovery Scale (OFER) and Health and Well-Being Outcomes for Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review

This article presents a systematic review conducted according to the PRISMA standards, considering Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and APA PsycArticles databases. The aim of the review was to systematize recent scientific evidence regarding relationships emerged in the literature between the different dimensions of the Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery Scale (OFER) and measures of health/well-being/burnout. From 524 records, 13 papers were included. Acute fatigue and Chronic fatigue were inversely associated with well-being and health outcomes: life and job satisfaction, meaning in work, quality of life, physical and mental health, and directly associated with job dissatisfaction and burnout. Conversely, Intershift Recovery was positively associated with life and job satisfaction, meaning in work, quality of life, physical and mental health, and inversely with job dissatisfaction and burnout. These findings open future perspectives for research and intervention for sustainable development, answering to the challenges of Sustainable Development Goal 3 “Good Health and Well-being”.