Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in          Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program

Moriguchi, Jiro; Sakuragi, Sonoko; Kitagawa, Yasushi; Matsui, Michinori; Mori, Y; Ohashi, Fumiko; Ikeda, Masayuki

doi:10.2486/indhealth.2019-0116

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“…Subjective health and mental health were also assessed using the seven-step selection questionnaire. The subjective mental health questionnaire was developed with reference to the Japanese Stress Check Program, which is currently authorized by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and is considered a standard measure for the assessment of occupational stress [ 30 , 31 ]. We selected 10 categories from the Japanese Stress Check Program to assess the subjects’ stress, anxiety, and depression levels.…”

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Association between Irregular Meal Timing and the Mental Health of Japanese Workers

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Breakfast skipping and nighttime snacking have been identified as risk factors for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. However, the effects of irregularity of meal timing on health and daily quality of life are still unclear. In this study, a web-based self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted involving 4490 workers (73.3% males; average age = 47.4 ± 0.1 years) in Japan to investigate the association between meal habits, health, and social relationships. This study identified that irregular meal timing was correlated with higher neuroticism (one of the Big Five personality traits), lower physical activity levels, and higher productivity loss. Irregular meal timing was also associated with a higher incidence of sleep problems and lower subjective health conditions. Among health outcomes, a high correlation of irregular meal timing with mental health factors was observed. This study showed that irregularity of meal timing can be explained by unbalanced diets, frequent breakfast skipping, increased snacking frequency, and insufficient latency from the last meal to sleep onset. Finally, logistic regression analysis was conducted, and a significant contribution of meal timing irregularity to subjective mental health was found under adjustment for other confounding factors. These results suggest that irregular meal timing is a good marker of subjective mental health issues.

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Association between Irregular Meal Timing and the Mental Health of Japanese Workers

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“…A higher score represented a higher degree of concern for own body. Job satisfaction and family life satisfaction are measured by the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) [ 26 ]. The BJSQ consists of 57 items used to assess job stressors, and the item score of the four-point Likert scale questions ranging from “satisfied with work” and “satisfied with family life” was extracted, with 1 (satisfied), 2 (somewhat satisfied), 3 (slightly dissatisfied), and 4 (dissatisfied).…”

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Factors Affecting Employees Work Engagement in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Weng

Jahan

Kawai

et al. 2022

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Background: Improving the labor productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is essential because of the aging population and predicted reduction in the labor force. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that employees are in good health to work for long times. In this regard, the purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between work engagement (WE) and related variables among SME employees. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the baseline data of the prospective cohort study, which included 377 employees from three SMEs headquartered in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Results: A multiple regression analysis was performed to see the associations between Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) scores and other variables. Significant associations were found with job satisfaction, age, health literacy (HL), and quality of sleep (all, p < 0.05). Additionally, there was a statistically significant difference observed in WE, quality of sleep, concern for own body, job satisfaction, and family life satisfaction (all, p < 0.001) with respect to high and low HL levels. Conclusions: The results of this study reveal that while implementing health and productivity management in SMEs to increase WE, it is best to concentrate on raising HL, job satisfaction, and sleep quality. To increase generalizability, further research could be conducted with more SMEs companies.

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“…Some physicians who specialize in occupational medicine establish independent offices [5][6][7][8][9] and provide occupational health services to many companies through contractual occupational physician agreements. Recent amendments to the Industrial Safety and Health Act to enhance the role of occupational physicians (such as measures to prevent health problems caused by long working hours and stressful work conditions and reinforcing the right to make recommendations to employers) have increased the demand for the quality of occupational physicians among employers 2,8) . The increased numbers of such independent occupational physicians are thought to be due to the greater demand among employers for occupational physicians with expertise in occupational medicine -even if they work part-time at each workplace.…”

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Corporate career support for full-time occupational physicians

Mori

Matsuyama

Fujimoto

et al. 2022

EOH-P

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Objectives: This study aimed to identify career support systems for full-time occupational physicians in large companies in Japan with an established company-wide occupational health system. Methods: We conducted interviews with the supervising occupational physicians of target companies selected using the snowball sampling method and that met the inclusion criteria: (1) a company or corporate group with over 10,000 workers; (2) an assigned occupational physician who oversaw occupational physician services for the entire company; and (3) the company had more than 10 full-time occupational physicians. Results: We obtained responses from eight companies (six manufacturing and two railroad companies). All the companies had established a system to support expertise development of occupational physicians, give them greater responsibility, and follow their development in the company. Through the interviews, efforts of each company were described in the following four areas: (1) efforts of human resource development; (2) support for maintaining and improving expertise; (3) treatment in accordance with career stage; and (4) issues related to career support in companies. Conclusions: To provide high-quality, stable occupational health services to an entire company, it is necessary to create a situation where full-time staff can contribute for a long period and develop their careers in the process.

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Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program

Cited by 4 publications

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Association between Irregular Meal Timing and the Mental Health of Japanese Workers

Association between Irregular Meal Timing and the Mental Health of Japanese Workers

Factors Affecting Employees Work Engagement in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Corporate career support for full-time occupational physicians

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