Industrial HealthPub Date : 2024-11-26Epub Date: 2024-07-30DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0092
Rachael E Potter, Michael Ertel, Maureen F Dollard, Stavroula Leka, Aditya Jain, Loic Lerouge, Irene Houtman, Birgit Aust, Won-Jun Choi, Nicholas Crooks, John Fitzgerald, Siti Nurani Hassan, Andrea Kirk-Brown, Takenori Mishiba, Ashley Spetch, Ulrich Stoetzer, Pieter VAN Dijk
{"title":"Joint ICOH-WOPS & APA-PFAW global roundtable perspectives: exploring national policy approaches for psychological health at work through the 'National Policy Index' lens.","authors":"Rachael E Potter, Michael Ertel, Maureen F Dollard, Stavroula Leka, Aditya Jain, Loic Lerouge, Irene Houtman, Birgit Aust, Won-Jun Choi, Nicholas Crooks, John Fitzgerald, Siti Nurani Hassan, Andrea Kirk-Brown, Takenori Mishiba, Ashley Spetch, Ulrich Stoetzer, Pieter VAN Dijk","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0092","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Worker psychological health is a significant global imperative that requires national policy action and stakeholder engagement. While national policy is a critical lever for improving worker psychological health, some countries are more progressive than others in relation to policy development and/or implementation. At the Joint Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health, Scientific Committee on Work Organization and Psychosocial Factors and the Asia Pacific Academy for Psychosocial Factors at Work in Tokyo (September 2023), a Global Roundtable was held that to initiate international dialogue and knowledge exchange about national policy approaches for work-related psychological health. The Global Roundtable involved experts from diverse regions alongside an engaged audience of congress attendees and facilitators. Qualitative data were analysed against the five components of the National Policy Index tool comprising, policy priority, specific laws, nation-wide initiatives, sector-oriented initiatives, national survey and/or studies. Analysis revealed that while work-related psychological health is a policy priority across many countries, at the same time, there are global gaps in both legislation specificity and active regulation across different countries. For future policy development across countries, it will be beneficial to continue and deepen international discourse and for countries to share their approaches with others.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"353-366"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11611528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141859600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Industrial HealthPub Date : 2024-11-26Epub Date: 2024-10-03DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0094
Fuad Hamsyah, Akihito Shimazu, Jari J Hakanen
{"title":"How work engagement and workaholism relate to individuals' and their intimate partners' mental well-being: a test of the spillover-crossover model among Indonesian dual-earner couples.","authors":"Fuad Hamsyah, Akihito Shimazu, Jari J Hakanen","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0094","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0094","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the relationship between work engagement, workaholism, and mental well-being of individuals and their intimate partners. This association was explored in the context of Indonesian dual-earner couples, using the Spillover-Crossover Model (SCM). The study examined how work-to-family spillover (i.e. work-to-family conflict and facilitation) and recovery experiences (i.e. psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery, and control) mediate these relationships. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 186 Indonesian dual-earner couples with preschool children. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model and bootstrap method was conducted to evaluate the indirect relationships. As hypothesized, among male and female workers, work engagement was positively related to individual's mental well-being through work-to-family facilitation and recovery experiences. In contrast, workaholism was negatively related to individual's mental well-being through work-to-family conflict and recovery experiences excluding psychological detachment. Individual's mental well-being, in turn, was positively related to intimate partner's mental well-being. These findings suggested that work engagement and workaholism were related to intimate partner's mental well-being differently. These results further supported the SCM, suggesting that higher work engagement could increase workers' and their intimate partners' mental well-being through work-to-family facilitation and their recovery experiences, while workaholism acts oppositely.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"377-391"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11611538/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142365140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk factors for resignation from work during pregnancy among Japanese women: a cross-sectional, multicenter questionnaire survey.","authors":"Kyoko Namimatsu, Jun Takeda, Motoki Endo, Yuito Ueda, Shintaro Makino, Takeshi Tanigawa, Atsuo Itakura","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2023-0202","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2023-0202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was to investigate the employment status of pregnant women in Japan and identify risk factors associated with resigning from work during pregnancy. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 975 postpartum women in Tokyo and its suburbs, focusing on those who were employed during pregnancy. Women who were employed when they became pregnant were selected and divided into two groups: those who did not resign and those who resigned; the groups were analyzed separately. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to examine associations between employment resignation and risk factors. The analysis revealed that 79% continued working, while 8.1% resigned. Risk factors for resignation included non-regular employment (OR: 13.1, 95% CI: 6.6-25.9), fewer employees (OR: 3.4, 95% CI: 1.8-6.4), and shorter employee tenure (OR: 2.4, 95% CI: 1.1-5.2). Non-regular employment status, a smaller number of employees, and shorter employee tenure were identified as risk factors for working women resigning from their job during pregnancy. In work situations and work environments that encourage pregnant women to leave the workforce, developing systems to improve these conditions for pregnant employees may help women to progress in the labor force.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"429-437"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11611529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140944195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How changes in laughter predict work engagement and workaholism: reciprocal relationships among Japanese employees.","authors":"Akihito Shimazu, Keiko Sakakibara, Fuad Hamsyah, Michiko Kawada, Daisuke Miyanaka, Masahito Tokita","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0135","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0135","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Laughter is related to better well-being in daily life. Previous cross-sectional research among employees showed a positive relationship between laughter and work-related well-being (i.e., work engagement). However, longitudinal and even bidirectional relationships have not been yet explored. This study thus investigated the longitudinal and reciprocal relationships of laughter, with work engagement and workaholism as positive and negative aspects of work-related well-being. Specifically, we conducted two-wave web-based surveys among Japanese employees via an Internet survey company with a one-year interval, and 855 valid data were analyzed. The hypotheses were then tested using structural equation modeling. The results showed that increases in laughter during the previous year were positively and negatively related to future work engagement and workaholism, respectively. In addition, through changes in laughter, the initial work engagement led to future work engagement (gain cycle), whereas initial workaholism led to future workaholism (loss cycle). These findings suggest that laughter and work-related well-being influence each other reciprocally rather than unidirectionally. This underlines the importance of studying reversed as well as regular causal effects in the relationship between laughter and employee well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"392-401"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11611533/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Industrial HealthPub Date : 2024-11-26Epub Date: 2024-07-04DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0093
{"title":"Global Accord for Worker Mental Health: Tokyo Declaration on National Policy Commitments.","authors":"","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0093","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0093","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"352"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11611532/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141497882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A longitudinal study of the influence of work characteristics, work-family status, and social activities on problem drinking: the Japanese civil servants study.","authors":"Takashi Shigeno, Takashi Tatsuse, Michikazu Sekine, Masaaki Yamada","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2023-0190","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2023-0190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Problem drinking causes a decline in labor productivity among working population. This study examined whether work characteristics, work-family status, and social activities are associated with future problem drinking behavior among Japanese civil servants. A total of 1,535 participants (men: 63.1%, women: 36.9%) with no problem drinking behavior were followed up from 2014 to 2019. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the factors associated with future problem drinking behavior. During the five-year follow-up period, the cumulative incidence of problem drinking was 9.6% and 5.8% in men and women, respectively. In both men and women, frequent drinking around three times a week or more and alcohol consumption of two units or more at baseline were associated with future problem drinking. In men, compared with low-grade employees, high-grade employees were less likely to become problem drinkers (OR: 0.56, 95% CI: 0.33-0.95). Shift workers were significantly associated with the incidence of problem drinking (OR: 2.96, 95% CI: 1.46-6.00). In women, poor own work performance was significantly associated with problem drinking (OR: 5.30, 95% CI: 1.57-17.86). In conclusion, disadvantaged work characteristics are associated with the development of problem drinking. To prevent problem drinking, attention should be paid to poor work characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"417-428"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11611530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140943626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The husband's mental health is affected by the wife's happiness, but not vice versa: a longitudinal observation.","authors":"Noboru Iwata, Akihito Shimazu, Takeo Fujiwara, Kyoko Shimada, Masahiro Tokita, Izumi Watai, Norito Kawakami","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0118","DOIUrl":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The psychological states of wives and husbands are thought to influence each other to varying degrees. However, relatively little is known from a longitudinal observation about the effects of spouses' psychological distress and well-being on their mental health. To address this question, we analyzed the TWIN Study II dataset using a three-wave annual survey of the psychological distress and happiness of 379 dual-income families. A group-based trajectory modeling analysis was conducted to identify psychological distress patterns and happiness over time, while estimating the effects of spouses' psychological distress and happiness and their own job demands, control, and support as time-varying covariates. The two- or three-group trajectory model best fit husbands' and wives' psychological distress and happiness trajectories. Husbands' trajectories of psychological distress and happiness were significantly influenced by wives' happiness as well as their own job demands and/or support, whereas wives' happiness and psychological distress were not.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":"402-406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11611531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Industrial HealthPub Date : 2024-11-21DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0138
Fran Pilkington-Cheney, Ashleigh Filtness, Cheryl Haslam, Karl A Miller
{"title":"Predicting the use of sugar and caffeine as countermeasures to sleepiness in London bus drivers.","authors":"Fran Pilkington-Cheney, Ashleigh Filtness, Cheryl Haslam, Karl A Miller","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sleepiness is a significant workplace safety hazard and prevalent in shift workers including bus drivers. Several aspects of professional driving can result in shortened sleep and increased sleepiness, which has the potential to result in workplace injuries, incidents and crashes. Caffeine is an effective sleepiness countermeasure; however, private and professional drivers also report using potentially ineffective countermeasures such as sugar. By identifying factors which predict use of specific countermeasures (e.g., sugar, caffeine), educational initiatives could be targeted towards encouraging effective use. A subset of data was analysed from a driver sleepiness survey with London bus drivers (n=1,335). Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were conducted to determine which factors separately predicted use of sugar (n=238) or caffeine (n=238) as a sleepiness countermeasure. Being female, having higher self-reported sleep quality and waking indexes and actively doing something to stay awake were predictive of sugar use. Age, sleeping pill use and actively doing something to stay awake were the strongest predictors of caffeine. However, many predictors from the univariate analyses were the same for both sugar and caffeine. Although tailored initiatives could be developed, broader education relating to managing sleepiness should be implemented for all bus drivers to encourage effective countermeasure use.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142681806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Industrial HealthPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0141
Mai Iwanaga, Norito Kawakami
{"title":"Long-term impact of being bullied at school on job satisfaction among middle-aged workers: findings from a 50-year prospective study of the 1958 British Birth Cohort.","authors":"Mai Iwanaga, Norito Kawakami","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>School bullying victimization may deteriorate job satisfaction as well as life satisfaction. This study assessed the effects of school bullying on job satisfaction in middle-age. We used data collected in 1965 (when the participants were aged 7 yr), 1969 (11 yr), and 2008 (50 yr), from a 50-yr prospective study of the 1958 British Birth Cohort. Bullying victimization was rated via parental interviews when the participants were 7 and 11 yr of age. A combined variable of bullying victimization (never, occasionally, and frequently) at these two ages was used. A self-reported questionnaire was administered to assess job satisfaction. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses, adjusted for possible confounders, were conducted to clarify the association between school bullying and job satisfaction later in life. Of 4,879 middle-aged workers, 43% (occasionally bullied: 28%; frequently bullied: 15%) reported bullying-related victimization. No significant association was identified between school bullying and job satisfaction when job satisfaction was treated as a continuous variable; however, frequent bullying was significantly negatively associated with job satisfaction when job satisfaction was treated as a binary variable. Experiences of school bullying were more strongly reflected in life satisfaction than in job satisfaction. Future studies should examine the mechanism of this relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Industrial HealthPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2024-0155
Satu Pakarinen, Mikael Sallinen
{"title":"Workload management measures for supporting nuclear industry main control room operators and emergency response organization personnel during crises-a scoping review.","authors":"Satu Pakarinen, Mikael Sallinen","doi":"10.2486/indhealth.2024-0155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this scoping review was to provide an overview and classification of existing studies on strategies and measures to reduce the workload of nuclear industry main control room operators and emergency response organization personnel to support their wellbeing and functional capacity during crises. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) statement guidelines were followed. All the 49 studies included involved main control room operators. No studies were found on emergency response organizations. Forty studies addressed technical systems, interfaces and/or algorithms, 11 addressed guides, procedures and protocols, and three addressed training as workload management measures. Yet, only 11 studies evaluated the workload empirically. In conclusion, a large number of studies on technically oriented support measures, protocols and procedures was found. The empirical evidence on the effects of workload management measures was scarce. Further research is needed to truly evaluate the effects of these workload management strategies and measures on employees' workload, wellbeing, and functional capacity. Also, more research is needed on other measures such as management models, working hour arrangements, and social and psychological support measures. Further, the workload management of emergency response organization personnel should also be studied.</p>","PeriodicalId":13531,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}