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{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.S21002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.S21002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"63 5","pages":"212"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39450601","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":"","authors":"","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.S21001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.S21001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"63 5","pages":"179-211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39450600","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 two-year program to promote participatory workplace environmental improvements at small enterprises with fewer than ten employees].","authors":"Hitomi Kurogi,&nbsp;Jiro Moriguchi,&nbsp;Haruyuki Uchida,&nbsp;Fumiko Ohashi,&nbsp;Chiyo Igarashi,&nbsp;Yuko Odagiri,&nbsp;Akihito Shimazu,&nbsp;Akizumi Tsutsumi,&nbsp;Noriko Nishikido,&nbsp;Takashi Haratani,&nbsp;Etsuko Yoshikawa,&nbsp;Toru Yoshikawa,&nbsp;Norito Kawakami","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-022-E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-022-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to determine the influence of participatory workplace environmental improvement program on reducing job stress and workers' psychological distress at small enterprises (i.e., less than 10 employees). Furthermore, this study aimed to clarify important factors for success of this program as well.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The model program was tested in a small enterprise with eight employees between October 2014 and January 2017. Moreover, five employees participated in the annual work environment improvement workshops for two consecutive years. During both years, the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (80-item version) was used to measure work-related stress before (baseline) and after (post-three months and post-12 months) the workshops. To assess the extent of an intervention effect, the questionnaire data were analyzed using the Friedman test and the multiple comparison test annually. In addition, continuous data were analyzed during the two years. The statistical significance of the differences across time was determined at the p < .10 cutoff value because the number of participants was small. The effect size was also calculated. The participants were interviewed regularly.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For both years, the employees implemented action plans within one month of completing the workshops. In the first year, the data for the Friedman test indicated a significant change in role conflict, job resources (workgroup-level), respect for individuals, fair personnel evaluations, work-self balance (positive), workplace social capital, and job satisfaction. In the multiple comparison test, significant changes manifested in role conflict and workplace social capital. In the second year, significant changes were found regarding role conflict and fair personnel evaluations for the Friedman test, demonstrating significant changes in role conflict in the multiple comparison test. As per the two-year survey results, the Friedman test indicated significant changes in role conflict, respect for individuals, and fair personnel evaluations, while the multiple comparison test demonstrated no significant changes. Over time, favorable changes were found regarding role conflict in the first year; however, undesirable changes were found regarding the other statistically significant items. The interviews revealed both positive and negative opinions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study found the effects of the participatory workplace environment improvement program to be limited. Thus, the program should be improved to reduce its adverse effects as well as the participants' negative opinions.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"62 6","pages":"249-260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37982672","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 questionnaire survey on Japanese workers' views of the work-treatment balance system].","authors":"Machi Suka,&nbsp;Takashi Yamauchi,&nbsp;Hiroyuki Yanagisawa","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-006-E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-006-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine Japanese workers' acceptance and perceptions of the work-treatment balance system proposed by the Japanese Government.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A questionnaire survey was conducted among 120,000 Japanese workers. Participants were asked about their acceptance of the work-treatment balance system and their attitudes toward disclosing health problems and seeking support in the workplace.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only 7% and 27% of participants accepted the work-treatment balance system and a consultation desk for employees having difficulties at the workplace, respectively. The proportion of those who preferred not to disclose a health problem in the workplace (31%) exceeded those who preferred to do so (15%). Multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that acceptance of the work-treatment balance system and a consultation desk at the workplace was significantly associated with attitudes toward disclosing health problems. Those who worked in smaller workplaces (less than 300 employees) and were employed in sales/customer service, manufacturing, and driving/delivery were significantly less likely to indicate a willingness to disclose a health problem in the workplace.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most workers have little understanding of the work-treatment balance system. Further knowledge of the work-treatment balance system must be promoted by both the Government and companies.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"62 6","pages":"261-270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37931917","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 a public program at the 28th Annual Conference of Occupational Health Professionals: Multiple disciplines considering the importance of occupational health nurses].","authors":"Satoru Kanamori,&nbsp;Mari Kusumoto,&nbsp;Chikako Shirata,&nbsp;Saori Yasukura,&nbsp;Noriko Tanaka,&nbsp;Wakana Harada","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-030-S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-030-S","url":null,"abstract":"Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Chiba, Japan EXA CORPORATION, Kanagawa, Japan ABeam Consulting Ltd., Tokyo, Japan ex-KenVid Co., Ltd, Chiba, Japan Doctor's Program in Public Health Nursing, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan (産衛誌 2020; 62(6): 271–278) doi: 10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-030-S","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"62 6","pages":"271-278"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37931916","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":"[Work environment that support workers with diseases to maintain a work-treatment balance in Ishikawa prefecture: relationship with company scale and type of industry].","authors":"Yuko Morikawa,&nbsp;Masaji Tabata,&nbsp;Yoshiko Koyama,&nbsp;Satomi Ikeuchi,&nbsp;Motoko Nakashima","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-005-E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-005-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We investigated the support environments in companies in Ishikawa prefecture that aim to maintain a balance between work and treatment of their employees' diseases. The relationships between these strategies, company size, and type of industry were examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In 2016, as a part of a survey, questionnaires were sent to 1,491 companies with ≥ 50 employees. Of the 688 companies who responded (response rate, 46.1%), 624 companies who provided complete main survey data were included in the final analysis. The questionnaire acquired responses on systems for arranging working hours and sick leave, the role of occupational health physicians, and the outcomes of support that was offered over the last 3 years. The targeted diseases were mental health problems, such as depression, and physical diseases. Responses were compared according to the size of the company and type of industry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 409 companies (65.5%) reported their experiences of helping employees maintain a balance between treatment and work over the last 3 years. Employees with depression received the most support. In 36.7% of the companies, some employees had retired due to their disease over the last 3 years, with the highest proportion in medical care and welfare businesses. Further, 66% of the companies had a support system to help employees with diseases, and the proportion of companies with flexible working hours and sick leave increased with the number of employees. The proportion of companies with shorter working hours and hourly paid leave was lower in the manufacturing industry and transportation/traffic business. The proportion of companies in which an occupational health physician interviewed employees who took sick leave and returned to work was 22%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Almost 70% of the companies reported supporting workers during their disease treatment. There were some differences in arranging these support systems between companies of varying sizes and type of industry. The enablement of companies to support workers with diseases so that they keep working and receive treatment requires consideration of company characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"62 5","pages":"183-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37524245","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":"[Dependence of the extraction efficiency of activated carbon adsorbents for work environment measurement on the concentration of organic solvents].","authors":"Hironobu Abiko","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-023-W","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-023-W","url":null,"abstract":"労働安全衛生法に基づく作業環境測定での有機ガス (厳密には,室温付近において液体である有機溶剤からの 蒸発により発生するものは有機溶剤蒸気とする定義があ るが,以降では既に気化した有機溶剤を指す語句として 有機ガスと記述する.)の測定方法には,活性炭などの捕 集剤が充填された捕集管(サンプリング・チューブ)と 吸引ポンプにより一定時間の濃縮捕集を行った後,管の 内部より捕集剤を取り出して,二硫化炭素をはじめとす る各種の有機溶媒で対象の有機ガス成分をこれから抽出 し,ガスクロマトグラフで測定を行う固体捕集法があ る.この方法における現状の課題のひとつとして,測 定対象である有機ガスの種類や濃度の低さによっては捕 集剤からの抽出効率(脱着率)が低下し,測定の精度に 影響を生じることが指摘されている. 以前に筆者は本誌等において,近年の日本国内での実 際の捕集管製品に用いられた各種の活性炭捕集剤,およ び一般の市場へ供給される高比表面積の成形活性炭を使 用して,活性炭試料の多孔性と脱着率との関係について 検討した結果を報告した .そこでは,高比表面積の活 性炭は表面積の発達による吸着能の強さが抽出を妨げる ために,特に低濃度の有機ガスでの高い脱着率を得るた めには適さないと考えられた.また,同程度の比表面積 の場合,石油系球状活性炭は椰子殻活性炭よりも安定し て良好な脱着率を示した.以上は脱着率の改善を捕集剤 の観点から検討することを目的としたものであったが, 前述の通り脱着率は測定の対象である有機溶剤の種類に よっても大きく変化することが以前から指摘されており, これらの関係についての調査・研究と議論は現在もなお 続いている.しかし,作業環境測定の対象となる有機溶 剤の種類は非常に多く,それぞれの脱着率を様々な種類 の捕集管および捕集剤に関して検討することは極めて大 きな労力と時間を要する作業である. ここで,これまでに報告されている活性炭捕集剤の脱 着率の測定結果については,ほとんどの場合に各有機溶 剤に対する具体的な平均値や標準偏差を一覧表として示 すかたちで議論が進められている.しかし,それらの 詳細な数値を別個の新たな作業環境測定にそのまま適用 できるかどうかについては難しい点が多いと考えられる. つまり,これらの脱着率は同一の捕集管製品,また同一 の捕集剤を用いた場合であったとしても,測定に用いる 分析機器(ガスクロマトグラフ)での個々の製品の特性 に基づく違い,使用する抽出溶媒(脱着溶媒)の違い, さらに一連の作業に対する測定者の習熟度の違いなどの 測定におけるさまざまな要素によって値に違いが生じる ことが予想されるためである.以上の観点より今後のこ れらのデータの活用においては,複数の実験および測定 者による結果を相互に比較したうえで,測定機器や実験 器材,測定条件の違いなどに起因する影響の出来るだけ 少ない,より普遍的な傾向を見出していくことが望まし く重要ではないかと考えられる. ここで本稿では,過去の活性炭捕集管(捕集剤)によ る脱着率の報告値を各有機ガス成分の濃度を基準として グラフ化し,それぞれの濃度に対する値の変化の傾向の 比較を試みた.その結果,それらの傾向についてはおお まかな区分がなされるように見受けられた.以降にその 結果を報告する. 産衛誌 2020; 62(5): 192–197","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"62 5","pages":"192-197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-023-W","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37840610","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":"[Factors influencing work continuation of cancer patients immediately after diagnosis].","authors":"Tomoyo Mukai,&nbsp;Ikuharu Morioka","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-018-B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-018-B","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>In recent years, efforts made by cancer patients to balance their work schedules and treatment regimens have gained increasing attention. Such workers tend to resign when diagnosed with cancer. A particularly prominent issue is that many of these employees resign immediately after diagnosis. This study aimed to clarify factors influencing continuation of employment from the period immediately after diagnosis up to the first treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study aims were explained to 68 employees, who were 20‒64 years and had received a definitive diagnosis of cancer in the last two years. After obtaining informed consent, structured interviews were conducted.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Informed consent was obtained from 61 patients, of which 60 (98.4%) wished to continue working after diagnosis. Of these 60 patients, 15 (25.0%) had not been working (including those on leave) and 45 (75.0%) had continued employment. The latter comprised the continuation group. There were no significant differences in attributes, company type and size, nor in employment status between the two groups. Subjects in the continuation group sought significantly more consultation for the questionnaire item \"Disease, treatment, and symptoms,\" whereas significantly less consultation was sought for the item \"Concerning expenses such as medical bills and living costs.\" The number of those who had disclosed their illness to colleagues was significantly higher in the continuation group, while the number of those hoping for a \"Probationary period for returning to work\" and complaining of \"Prejudice and misunderstanding of cancer patient's continuation of work\" was significantly smaller in the continuation group. The number of those who had undergone surgery and who received a score of 0 to 1 (light work acceptable) on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status was significantly higher in the continuation group. As for other factors that had influenced subjects' decision to continue working or not, subjects described two situational attitudes: first, \"Gratitude for understanding, consideration, and encouragement of superiors and colleagues\" and second, \"Impossibility of thinking about work immediately after diagnosis.\"</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Results revealed that continuation of work immediately after diagnosis was related to the stage of the patient's cancer, their general condition, and whether they had undergone surgery or not. Support from superiors and/or colleagues at the workplace was also beneficial. Medical staff should therefore provide patients with support in overcoming the crisis in which they feel the continuation of work immediately after diagnosis to be an impossibility, and to assist them in making an informed choice regarding their employment status.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"62 5","pages":"173-182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37626516","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 and problem of occupational health and safety of occupational diving workers in Malaysia].","authors":"Yoshitaka Morimatsu,&nbsp;Hideharu Nishikiori,&nbsp;Yoshinori Okahara,&nbsp;Yasushi Kojima,&nbsp;Satoshi Kinoshita,&nbsp;Mihoko Mori,&nbsp;Michiko Hoshiko,&nbsp;Tatsuya Ishitake","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-021-W","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-021-W","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"62 4","pages":"165-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37582125","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":"[Systems and human resource development for occupational health in India: Effective occupational health management for Japanese enterprises with overseas branches].","authors":"Tomohiro Ishimaru,&nbsp;Haruna Hirosato,&nbsp;Takahiro Mori,&nbsp;Naoto Ito,&nbsp;Ko Hiraoka,&nbsp;Rina Minohara,&nbsp;Shigeyuki Kajiki,&nbsp;Masamichi Uehara,&nbsp;Yuichi Kobayashi,&nbsp;Koji Mori","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-014-E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-014-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to collect and assess information about occupational health in India, for Japanese enterprises.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a preliminary survey through literature reviews and internet search engines. We then conducted interview-based surveys at a central government agency, an international organization, the Japanese embassy, educational and research institutions, and Japanese enterprises in India. This information was categorized into: (1) organizations, legal and inspection systems in occupational health, (2) occupational health management and specialists in workplaces, (3) occupational health-related activities in workplaces resulting from legal obligations, and (4) healthcare and workers' compensation systems.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Indian Ministry of Labour and Employment is primarily responsible for occupational safety and health. There are four main acts of legislation covering occupational safety and health in the factories, ports, mines, and construction sites. The Factories Act, 1948, mandates the establishment of an occupational health center and a safety committee in the factories; the appointment of factory medical officers and safety officers. These medical officers must possess an Indian medical degree, and undertake a three months' course to obtain an Associate Fellow of Industrial Health certificate. The rules and regulations under this act differ in each Indian state. Low-wage workers are registered with a medical insurance scheme. Most workers are covered by workers' compensation schemes, although the number of reported occupational injuries are low.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Japanese enterprises should consider the local conditions of occupational health in India because of the different legalities and occupational health status in each state. Regardless of the Factories Act, 1948, stipulating a variety of occupational health-related activities, inadequate legal compliance is suspected to be common because of the ineffective labor inspection requirements and a shortage of specialists on human resources. The study also revealed a deficient social security system. Therefore, the internal educational support for specialists, external support from the company headquarters in Japan, and the local institutions in India; and the systemic support for effective occupational health-related activities are required for improving the status of occupational health in the factories in India.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"62 3","pages":"136-145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2019-014-E","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37482544","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}