A prospective cohort study of presenteeism and increased risk of unemployment among Japanese workers during COVID-19 pandemic

IF 2.6 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Occupational Health Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI:10.1093/joccuh/uiad015

Y. Fujino, M. Okawara, A. Hino, K. Muramatsu, T. Nagata, S. Tateishi, M. Tsuji, A. Ogami, T. Ishimaru, for The Coronawork Project

{"title":"A prospective cohort study of presenteeism and increased risk of unemployment among Japanese workers during COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Y. Fujino, M. Okawara, A. Hino, K. Muramatsu, T. Nagata, S. Tateishi, M. Tsuji, A. Ogami, T. Ishimaru, for The Coronawork Project","doi":"10.1093/joccuh/uiad015","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Objectives: Presenteeism adversely affects workers' quality of life, leading to further deterioration of their health and affecting their ability to continue working. Unemployment is one of the most serious consequences for workers experiencing presenteeism. A worker's ability to work depends on the degree of mismatch between the health status, and job demands and work factors. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected workers' experiences of presenteeism as well as their employment status. We examined the association between presenteeism and risk of job resignations and unemployment among Japanese workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n Methods: A prospective study of 27,036 Internet monitors was conducted, starting in December 2020, with 18,560 (68.7%) participating in the follow-up by December 2021. The Work Functioning Impairment Scale (WFun) was used to measure the degree of work function impairment.\n Results: The group with the highest WFun scores had higher odds ratios (ORs) for both retirement and unemployment for health reasons than the group with the lowest WFun scores. ORs were 2.99 (95%CI: 2.48-3.62, p<0. 001) and 1.82 (95%CI: 1.65-2.00, p<0.001), respectively.\n Conclusions: Workers with work functioning impairment were at increased risk of resignation or unemployment. Management strategies for workers with work functioning impairment are needed to reduce their disadvantages in employment.","PeriodicalId":16632,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health","volume":" 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Occupational Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/joccuh/uiad015","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Objectives: Presenteeism adversely affects workers' quality of life, leading to further deterioration of their health and affecting their ability to continue working. Unemployment is one of the most serious consequences for workers experiencing presenteeism. A worker's ability to work depends on the degree of mismatch between the health status, and job demands and work factors. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected workers' experiences of presenteeism as well as their employment status. We examined the association between presenteeism and risk of job resignations and unemployment among Japanese workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A prospective study of 27,036 Internet monitors was conducted, starting in December 2020, with 18,560 (68.7%) participating in the follow-up by December 2021. The Work Functioning Impairment Scale (WFun) was used to measure the degree of work function impairment. Results: The group with the highest WFun scores had higher odds ratios (ORs) for both retirement and unemployment for health reasons than the group with the lowest WFun scores. ORs were 2.99 (95%CI: 2.48-3.62, p<0. 001) and 1.82 (95%CI: 1.65-2.00, p<0.001), respectively. Conclusions: Workers with work functioning impairment were at increased risk of resignation or unemployment. Management strategies for workers with work functioning impairment are needed to reduce their disadvantages in employment.

查看原文本刊更多论文

关于 COVID-19 大流行期间日本工人旷工和失业风险增加的前瞻性队列研究

目的：旷工会对工人的生活质量产生不利影响，导致他们的健康状况进一步恶化，并影响他们继续工作的能力。失业是旷工对工人造成的最严重后果之一。工人的工作能力取决于健康状况与工作要求和工作因素之间的不匹配程度。COVID-19 大流行影响了工人的缺勤经历及其就业状况。我们研究了 COVID-19 大流行期间日本工人的旷工与辞职和失业风险之间的关联。研究方法从 2020 年 12 月开始，对 27,036 名互联网监测者进行了前瞻性研究，其中 18,560 人（68.7%）参加了 2021 年 12 月的随访。采用工作功能障碍量表（WFun）测量工作功能障碍程度。结果显示与 WFun 分数最低的群体相比，WFun 分数最高的群体因健康原因退休和失业的几率比（ORs）都更高。OR值分别为2.99（95%CI：2.48-3.62，p<0.001）和1.82（95%CI：1.65-2.00，p<0.001）。结论工作功能受损的工人辞职或失业的风险增加。有必要为工作能力受损的工人制定管理策略，以减少他们在就业方面的不利因素。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of Occupational Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

3.30%

发文量

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The scope of the journal is broad, covering toxicology, ergonomics, psychosocial factors and other relevant health issues of workers, with special emphasis on the current developments in occupational health. The JOH also accepts various methodologies that are relevant to investigation of occupational health risk factors and exposures, such as large-scale epidemiological studies, human studies employing biological techniques and fundamental experiments on animals, and also welcomes submissions concerning occupational health practices and related issues.