The quantity and quality of scientific evidence about the health of working women in occupational health of Japan: A scoping review

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

Journal of Occupational Health Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI:10.1002/1348-9585.12427

Kyoko Nomura, Kyoko Kitagawa, Mayumi Tsuji, Miho Iida, Mizuki Aoki, Kasane Miyauchi, Junko Hirayama, Kengo Nagashima, Toru Takebayashi, Akizumi Tsutsumi

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Abstract

Objective

We aim to investigate the quantity and quality of scientific evidence dealing with comprehensive health issues of working women in occupational health.

Methods

This scoping review of original articles that investigated comprehensive health issues of working women aged 19–64 years in Japan was published in PubMed (1967–2022) and Igaku Chuo Zasshi (or Ichu-shi, 1982–2022). Using identical broad search terms, we first identified 17 122 English and 6154 Japanese articles. We excluded those with clinically relevant topics, or ethnicity other than Japanese and included 853 English and 855 Japanese articles for review and classified them into nine research areas considered to be critical factors for women in the workforce and five study design groups to investigate the quality of the evidence accumulated.

Results

Among 853 English-language articles in PubMed, “Mental health” was the most frequent area studied, followed by “Work-related disease” and “Lifestyle-related disease.” Among 855 Japanese-language articles from Ichu-shi, “Mental health” was the most frequently studied area followed by “Work and balance,” and “Work-related disease.” “Infertility, pregnancy, and childbirth” and “Menstruation, menopause, and genital disease” were well studied in Ichu-shi but scarcely published in PubMed. “Harassment and discrimination” were sparsely reported in both databases. As for research designs, many articles in both PubMed and Ichu-shi employed descriptive or cross-sectional study designs. However, a few studies employed cohort/longitudinal or interventional studies.

Conclusion

The results underscored the need for higher-quality study designs with more scientific evidence on working women's health in the field of occupational health.

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关于日本职业健康中职业女性健康的科学证据的数量和质量：范围界定综述。

目的：我们旨在调查有关职业健康中职业妇女综合健康问题的科学证据的数量和质量。方法：对调查19-64岁职业女性综合健康问题的原创文章进行范围审查《日本的岁月》发表在PubMed（1967-2022）和Igaku Chuo Zasshi（或Ichu shi，1982-2022）上。使用相同的广义搜索词，我们首先确定了17 122篇英语文章和6154篇日语文章。我们排除了那些具有临床相关主题或除日本人以外的种族的人，纳入了853篇英语和855篇日语文章进行审查，并将其分为九个研究领域和五个研究设计小组，以调查所积累证据的质量。结果：在PubMed的853篇英文文章中，“心理健康”是研究频率最高的领域，其次是“工作相关疾病”和“生活方式相关疾病”。“不孕、怀孕和分娩”和“月经、更年期和生殖器疾病”在《一书》中有很好的研究，但在PubMed上几乎没有发表。“骚扰和歧视”在这两个数据库中的报告很少。关于研究设计，PubMed和Ichu shi的许多文章都采用了描述性或横断面研究设计。然而，少数研究采用了队列/纵向或介入研究。结论：研究结果强调，在职业健康领域，需要更高质量的研究设计，提供更多科学证据来研究职业妇女的健康。

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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%

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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.