Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health最新文献

{"title":"[Selecting measurement subject workers for evaluation using a personal sampling method: a case involving analytical chemistry experiments at a university laboratory].","authors":"Shinobu Yamamoto, Akito Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Miyauchi","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-020-C","DOIUrl":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-020-C","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":" ","pages":"85-89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10673565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Comparison of exposure concentrations estimated using CREATE-SIMPLE with actual measurements].","authors":"Shinobu Yamamoto, Hajime Hori, Hiroyuki Miyauchi","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-019-C","DOIUrl":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-019-C","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":" ","pages":"26-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10185807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[The past and future of occupational health nursing research in Japan].","authors":"Keiko Kono, Chihiro Takezawa, Yuki Goto","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-018-A","DOIUrl":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-018-A","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to review the trends in \"occupational health nursing research\" conducted in Japan and determine research areas that need strengthening eventually.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All articles published in Ichushi Web since 1903 were searched using the keywords \"occupational health nursing\" and \"research.\" The 486 papers identified were extracted and categorized according to type and publication year. The research content of 194 original and review papers was categorized according to whether they addressed practical methods and abilities.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>According to publication type, out of the 486 papers, 230 (47.3%) were conference proceedings, whereas 194 (39.9%) were original and review papers. Among practical methods-related papers, 107 (55.2%), 86 (44.3%), and 1 (0.5%) were on general, health, and work environment management, respectively, whereas none addressed work management and occupational health education. Among practical ability-related papers, 125 (64.4%), 23 (11.9%), and 46 (23.7%) were on knowledge, technology, and competency, respectively. The overview of annual trends showed that the papers of all types have increased progressively. While conference proceedings accounted for 80% of the papers until 1992, recent proportions have shown a decrease to < 50%. Conversely, original papers accounted for < 20% of the papers early on, but observed a progressive increase, with recent proportions of > 40%. Regarding content, almost no papers addressed work environment management, work management, and occupational health education. Additionally, practical ability-related papers highlighted that although some research on technologies and competencies has been conducted, some areas remain inadequately addressed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In Japan, occupational health nursing papers have been steadily increasing since the first conference proceeding was published in 1980. Among papers addressing practical methods, those related to general management were most common, of which occupational health management accounted for approximately 80%, indicating efforts aimed at the development of occupational health nursing through research. Moreover, limited papers addressed work environment management, work management, and occupational health education, suggesting the need for future research. Among papers addressing practical ability, > 60% were related to knowledge, with research on competencies was only > 20%, suggesting the need for further research eventually.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9917669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Development and validation of the University of Tokyo Occupational Mental Health leadership checklist among occupational health specialists].","authors":"Asuka Sakuraya, Kanami Tsuno, Akiomi Inoue, Yasumasa Otsuka, Hisashi Eguchi, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuki Arakawa, Norito Kawakami, Yuka Kobayashi","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2022-015-E","DOIUrl":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2022-015-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Recently, occupational health specialists (OHS) are expected to exert leadership to develop high-quality occupational health activities. This study aimed to develop and investigate the reliability and validity of a scale to measure leadership preparation among OHS (The University of Tokyo Occupational Mental Health [TOMH] Leadership Checklist; TLC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on literature reviews and interviews among OHS, we created potential items consisting of 54 items with six factors (10 items for self-awareness, 10 items for situational awareness, 9 items for vision, 12 items for mindset, 3 items for performance of one's duties, and 10 items for relationship-building). An online survey was conducted with 300 OHS in Japan to verify the scale's reliability and validity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Consequent to the exploratory factor analysis, using the principal factor method and promax rotation, 51 items across the following five factors were identified; \"self-awareness\", \"situational awareness\", \"vision\", \"mindset\", and \"performance of one's duties\". The confirmatory factor analysis showed good fit indices; CFI = 0.877, SRMR = 0.050, and RMSEA = 0.072. Cronbach's α ranged from 0.93-0.96. Additionally, the scores of the TLC were significantly positively correlated with work engagement, job satisfaction, and self-efficacy; contrastingly, they were significantly negatively correlated with psychological distress (p < .05). Furthermore, the participants who had experience leadership without authority indicated significantly higher scores of the TLC and its subscales than those who did not (p < .001).</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusions: </strong>The newly developed TLC appeared to have acceptable levels of reliability and validity. It would be beneficial for OHS to show good leadership.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":" ","pages":"31-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10185337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Current Issues of Laws Concerning HIV/AIDS Control in the Workplace].","authors":"Masashi Masuda, Yuzuru Ikushima, Tomohiro Ishimaru, Mayumi Imahashi, Hideto Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Yokomaku","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-007-W","DOIUrl":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-007-W","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":" ","pages":"366-369"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9746370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Evaluation of self-administered questionnaire items used in regular health check-ups at the workplace by occupational health professionals].","authors":"Kazunori Ikegami, Hajime Ando, Hiroka Baba, Shingo Sekoguchi, Hidetaka Yoshitake, Ryosuke Sugano, Hiroki Nozawa, Masayuki Hasegawa, Akira Ogami","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2022-025-E","DOIUrl":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2022-025-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Currently, there is no standardized questionnaire for regular workplace health check-ups in Japan. We considered that there are several issues associated with this, including the possibility that the questionnaire items are not useful for occupational health staff. Therefore, our study aimed to examine the questionnaire items required in regular health check-ups from the occupational health practice perspective and prepare a draft of a standardized medical questionnaire. The ultimate goal is to promote integrated management and utilization of the health-related information obtained from the questionnaire in the future.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This non-interventional study, conducted from February 2018 to November 2020, examined the questionnaire items for the regular health check-up using the Delphi method. Twenty-two occupational health professionals, including occupational physicians and nurses with qualifications in occupational health, participated in the study. The self-administered questionnaires used by contracted industrial health associations across Japan were obtained, and items from all questionnaires were extracted. A survey questionnaire was then developed, consisting of eight primary headings: \"personal attributes,\" \"work-related information and work history,\" \"life history and subjective symptoms,\" \"current and past medical history,\" \"family history,\" and \"pregnancy status,\" with a total of 589 items. Participants were asked to rate the degree of necessity for each item, excluding the items in \"personal attributes\" and \"pregnancy status.\" The items with low ratings were excluded, and the remaining items were redesigned and distributed to the participants with the tabulated results. This process was repeated three times to allow the participants to rate the necessity of the items consistently. The questionnaire items with a consensus ratio exceeding 70% on the third try were adopted. The final adopted questionnaire items were again reviewed by the participants and agreed upon by all.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 85 items were adopted under five primary headings, including 12 items for \"work-related information and work history,\" 11 for \"life history,\" 22 for \"subjective symptoms,\" 37 for \"current medical history,\" and three for \"past medical history.\"</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The items for the regular health check-up were finally adopted under the primary headings of \"work-related information and work history,\" \"subjective symptoms,\" and \"current medical history.\" We assumed that these items provide an overview of health information that can be utilized in occupational health practice. Based on our findings, there is a need to develop a standardized questionnaire for regular health check-ups and to consider the management and utilization of workers' health information.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":" ","pages":"347-354"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9633807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Efforts to improve workplaces considering for older workers: A questionnaire survey focusing on company size in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan].","authors":"Ikuharu Morioka, Tatsuya Takeshita, Kazuhisa Miyashita, Akira Fujiyoshi, Zentaro Ikuta","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-002-E","DOIUrl":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-002-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The \"Guidelines for Ensuring the Safety and Health of Older Workers (hereafter referred to as \"Guidelines\"),\" formulated in 2021, require employers to implement measures that proactively prevent occupational accidents among older workers. This study aimed to clarify the status of awareness of the Guidelines and workplace improvement efforts with consideration of older workers, focusing on company size.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Overall, 780 businesses in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, were randomly selected from a Wakayama Occupational Health Support Center workplace list. Anonymous self-administered questionnaires were distributed by mail. The questionnaires comprised questions about the workplace, status of awareness of the Guidelines, comprehensive management of safety and health, considerations for working conditions, workers, workload reduction, work posture, work environment, and safety and health.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred and seventy-one businesses (effective response rate: 21.9%) provided questionnaires with complete responses. For the Guidelines, 39.0% of small-sized (less than 50 employees) businesses answered, \"never even heard of the name,\" while many medium-sized (50-99 employees) and large-sized (100 or more employees) businesses answered that they had heard of the name but did not exactly know about it (33.3% of medium-sized businesses and 47.8% of large-sized businesses). Regarding the system that subsidizes the expenses required for the improvement of a working environment for older workers to work safely and securely (hereinafter referred to as the subsidy system), many businesses of all sizes answered that they had \"never even heard of the name.\" In the comprehensive management of safety and health, half of the businesses of all sizes had developed a system that made it easy to consult about the risk against occupational accidents of older workers. Regardless of size, more than half of businesses were able to consider working conditions and workers. However, there were only a few items where more than half of the businesses considered workload reduction, work posture, work environment, and safety and health, regardless of business size. It became clear that workplace improvement had not progressed very much.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results suggest that to promote workplace improvement that considers older workers, it is necessary to disseminate the Guidelines and proactively take on workplace improvement by utilizing the subsidy system.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":" ","pages":"355-365"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9677112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[A cross-sectional study of physical activity promotion projects and organizational factors in the workplace].","authors":"Kayo Kawamata,&nbsp;Satoru Kanamori,&nbsp;Yuko Kai,&nbsp;Mari Kusumoto,&nbsp;Satomi Sato,&nbsp;Hiroshige Jinnouchi","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2022-017-E","DOIUrl":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2022-017-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The benefits of physical activity are well-recognized but physical activity promotion projects (PAPP) are not well implemented in workplaces, resulting in an evidence-practice gap. This study identified the organizational factors associated with PAPP in the workplace in Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A self-administered questionnaire survey was postal mailed to 3,266 listed companies (with ≥ 50 employees) in Japan. The items surveyed included the presence or absence of PAPP and 29 organizational factors. Organizational factors were also extracted from interviews with corporate health managers. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) was applied. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted with the presence or absence of PAPP as the objective variable, each quartile group (Q1-Q4) of the total number of relevant organizational factors as the explanatory variable, and the basic workplace attributes as the covariate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis covered 301 workplaces. Of these, 98 (32.6%) had implemented PAPP. The adjusted odds ratio for PAPP for each group based on Q1 was 1.88 (0.62-5.70) for Q2, 3.38 (1.21-9.43) for Q3, and 29.69 (9.95-88.59) for Q4. The association between each organizational factor and PAPP was high for the constructs in the 'inner setting' of the CFIR. The observed adjusted odds ratios for these items were: 'there is a precedent for PAPP' 12.50 (6.42-24.34), 'there is a budget for the health department' 10.36 (5.24-20.47), 'understanding of the health department manager' 8.41 (4.43-15.99), 'understanding of workplace management' 7.63 (4.16-14.02), 'employee 7.31 (3.42-15.64), and 'requests from employees' 7.31 (3.42-15.64).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was a quantity-response relationship between the number of applicable organizational factors and PAPP. It has been suggested that the expansion of organizational factors may lead to PAPP. In particular, the creation of an internal atmosphere and the promotion of understanding among the people concerned may be useful.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":" ","pages":"260-267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9133418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Overview of occupational diseases induced by trichloroethylene and associated basic research].","authors":"Tamie Nasu Nakajima,&nbsp;Yuki Ito,&nbsp;Hisao Naito,&nbsp;Michihiro Kamijima","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-010-A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2023-010-A","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To provide an overview of the pathogenesis of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) and hypersensitivity syndrome (HS) caused by trichloroethylene (TCE) and the basic research into their toxicity.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>We reviewed previously published research articles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PCI clustered in Japan in the 1980s is a rare disease characterized by cyst-like distention of gas in the intestinal wall, which can be secondary or primary. No TCE users were found in the former group, whereas approximately 71% of the latter group were TCE users, suggesting the involvement of TCE exposure in primary PCI. However, the pathogenesis was unclear. TCE is metabolized by the drug-metabolizing enzyme CYP2E1, and intermediate immunocomplexes with CYP2E1 may be involved in hepatotoxicity. HS clustered in the southern part of China since early 2000 is a systemic skin-liver disorder involving anti-CYP2E1 autoantibodies and HLA-B*13:01 polymorphisms, with elevated cytokines and reactivation of Human Herpesvirus 6.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>PCI and HS, occupational diseases caused by TCE, were clustered in Japan and southern China, respectively. HS was mediated by immune system disorders and genetic polymorphisms, whereas their relevance to PCI occurrence remained unknown.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"65 4","pages":"171-182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9878015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Current status of collaboration with public health services by occupational health nurses, and related factors].","authors":"Yuko Mitsuhashi,&nbsp;Mikako Arakida,&nbsp;Noriko Nishikido","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2022-016-B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2022-016-B","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The Japanese government launched a project to facilitate collaboration between public health services and occupational health services with the aim of promoting overall health and wellbeing. However, collaboration at the practitioner level, including professionals who develop health support activities, has not yet been achieved. This study was conducted to clarify the actual state of collaboration between public health services and occupational health nurses as well as the factors related to their experiences with such collaboration. It also aimed to gather suggestions for promoting collaboration between occupational health nurses and public health and occupational health services.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A self-administered questionnaire-based survey was conducted in 2017, targeting 2,574 occupational health nurses belonging to the Japan Society for Occupational Health. Survey items included basic attributes, recognition of the need for collaboration and the reasons behind it, whether or not they had collaboration experience, and self-study and learning experiences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 756 nurses surveyed, 34.0% had experience collaborating with public health services and 80.8% felt such collaboration was necessary. Experience of collaboration was related to the number of years of experience as an occupational health nurse, experience reading guidelines and participating in workshops and study groups organized by public health services, opportunities to receive guidance, and recognition of the need for collaboration.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Because only a few respondents had experience collaborating with public health services and some did not even recognize the need for such collaboration, it was deduced that occupational nurses might have few opportunities to collaborate with public health services and may find it difficult to recognize the need for such collaboration. This finding suggests that occupational nurses may be able to promote collaboration with public health services by reinforcing learning from life events. A mechanism should be created to obtain information on public health services. Furthermore, opportunities can be provided for those with experience in collaboration to communicate with those with no experience through specific examples of such teamwork.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"65 4","pages":"183-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9876404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}