Development of support tools based on the caseness status of workers with a mental health problem

Organizational Justice and Cognitive Failures in Japanese Employees

“…22 To date, one prospective study has examined the association of organizational justice (mainly interactional justice) with cognitive function and revealed that low organizational justice had an impact on cognitive decline. 23 All of the previous studies on the association of psychosocial working conditions with cognitive function introduced above measured cognitive function using neuropsychological testing; however, in the field of occupational health practice, where caseness as well as illness is important, 24 it is necessary to focus not only on cognitive decline but also on the behavioral problems that arise from such decline in the ''real world.'' We therefore focused on cognitive failures, which can be defined as cognitive-based errors resulting from problems with memory, attention, or action, occurring in a simple task that a person should normally perform without mistakes.…”

“…All of the previous studies on the association of psychosocial working conditions with cognitive function introduced above measured cognitive function using neuropsychological testing; however, in the field of occupational health practice, where caseness as well as illness is important, 24 it is necessary to focus not only on cognitive decline but also on the behavioral problems that arise from such decline in the “real world.” We therefore focused on cognitive failures, which can be defined as cognitive-based errors resulting from problems with memory, attention, or action, occurring in a simple task that a person should normally perform without mistakes 25 . To date, two studies have examined the association of psychosocial work conditions (eg, task-related stressors, job control, role clarity, and insecurity at work) with cognitive failures 26,27 .…”