Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health最新文献

{"title":"[A short-form scale for quality of working life among caregivers].","authors":"Kazuyuki Iwakiri, Midori Sotoyama, Masaya Takahashi, Xinxin Liu, Fuyuki Oyama","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2021-024-C","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2021-024-C","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 3","pages":"131-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39275465","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":"[Secondhand smoke exposure in a car].","authors":"Hiroshi Yamato, Ying Jiang, Ryo Tomonaga, Toshiki Fujimoto, Tsuneo Nakagawa, Tomoyasu Hirano","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2021-015-E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2021-015-E","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE\u0000The Health Promotion Act was revised in 2018 and prohibits smoking inside taxis and buses. However, there is no regulation for smoking in the business vehicles of companies or private cars. This paper examined exposure to secondhand smoke in vehicles with digital dust monitors.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIAL AND METHODS\u0000A cigarette was smoked inside of a five-seat car, and particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) concentrations were measured at front and rear seats.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000The concentration of PM2.5 reached 3,500 μg/m3 with all windows closed and decreased to approximately 3,000 μg/m3 when driver's window and passengers' windows were opened by 10 cm. However, the PM2.5 concentration did not decrease to levels below 1,500 μg/m3 with all windows fully opened.\u0000\u0000\u0000DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION\u0000To prevent exposure to secondhand smoke, smoking should not be allowed inside any vehicle when non-smokers are present.","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 3","pages":"146-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39111742","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":"[Transition and future tasks of occupational health practice in small and mid-sized companies in the city of Sapporo].","authors":"Asami Fukushima,&nbsp;Toshiyuki Hara,&nbsp;Yumiko Uesaka,&nbsp;Shuji Sato,&nbsp;Yosihisa Fujino","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2021-018-E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2021-018-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to examine the present state of activities of occupational health physicians (OHPs) and companies' opinions about them.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Questionnaires, to be answered anonymously, were sent to 1,898 companies with ≥ 50 employees. We analyzed the data according to type of industry and the size of the company.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We received 692 responses. First, we compared the data with the results of a previous study we had conducted in 2003. The percentage of companies that employed OHPs was found to have increased from 77% to 97%. The implementation rate of work place inspection conducted by OHPs had increased from 41% to 65%, and the attendance rate of health committees increased from 24% to 56%. Regarding overtime, we found that the percentage of workers who did more than 80 hours of overtime work per month had decreased from 29% to 7%, but in the transportation industry the high rate of 38% was maintained. Stress assessments were conducted by 98% of the companies with ≥ 50 employees.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study determined the present situation in companies, with regard to recent law revisions. Stress assessments are carried out more frequently, the number of workers doing overtime has decreased, and measures against second-hand smoke are being promoted. In addition, we found an increase in the frequency of work place inspection and attendance of health committees, but in one-third of the companies these were not carried out.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 3","pages":"152-162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39275464","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 of a Scale for Practical Competence Assessment of Occupational Health Nurses in Contracted Industrial Health Agencies for Primary Mental Health Prevention].","authors":"Kazue Takeguchi","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-040-E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-040-E","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Occupational health nurses in contracted industrial health agencies are expected to provide small- and medium-sized companies with high-quality health promotion activities, primarily in terms of mental health prevention, in terms of the implementation of these health activities, practical competence is required to not only build support systems in the workplace, but in the affiliated agencies as well. This study aimed to develop a self-assessment scale of practical competence of occupational health nurses working in contracted industrial health agencies primarily aimed at the prevention of mental health problems.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>A draft scale was prepared based on previous qualitative research and results obtained via literature reviews. A questionnaire survey was administered to 555 occupational health nurses from 111 facilities in order to verify the validity and reliability of the scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Exploratory factor analysis of the responses from the 169 nurses, using maximum likelihood estimation and promax rotation, was performed. As a result, 26 items across the following four factors were identified: \"the ability to operate a chain of health promotion activities in accordance with the policies and needs of workplaces,\" \"the ability to consolidate partnerships with workplaces,\" \"the ability to maintain the foundation of health promotion activities of the affiliated agency,\" and \"the ability to draw support needs from workers.\" After confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and which resulted in the removal of four items, the resulting 22 items (across the four factors) had goodness of fit indices as follows: GFI = 0.874, AGFI = 0.838, CFI = 0.962, and RMSEA = 0.050.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>The developed scale appeared to have certain levels of reliability and validity in its use as a scale for the practical competence assessment of occupational health nurses working in contracted industrial health agencies primarily aimed at preventing mental health problems. Thus, the scale can be used as a self-assessment tool that can help occupational health nurses working in contracted industrial health agencies to review their daily activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 2","pages":"96-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38953581","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 effects of writing and reading aloud the positive events that take place in the workplace on work engagement and the occupational stress of care workers in welfare facilities for long-term elderly care: A crossover trial].","authors":"Sachiyo Kawamura,&nbsp;Ikuharu Morioka","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-028-B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-028-B","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>A number of earlier studies have pointed out that care workers in nursing homes for the elderly experience high levels of stress. In recent years, work engagement has been attracting attention as a concept that focuses on the positive psychological aspects of workers. In this study, we examined whether writing and reading aloud positive events that take place in the workplace would be useful as a measure to improve work engagement and to reduce occupational stress among care workers in such facilities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants included 57 care workers (across 13 groups) working at seven welfare facilities in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A crossover trial with two groups the intervention and control groups was used. The intervention group wrote about positive events, and read them aloud for each group at the morning assemblies and other gatherings. The control group continued work as usual. The survey spanned eight weeks. The questionnaire items were sourced from the Japanese version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ), and included items concerning participants' biographical attributes. The number of positive events that the participants individually wrote about and the frequency of listening to reading about them was asked for at the end of the intervention period. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between the number of written accounts or the frequency of listening to readings and the amount of change in the scores of the subscales.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median number of positive events that the participants individually wrote about was three (interquartile range 1-5). The number of those who answered that the frequency of listening to readings was rare was 22 (38.6%). Significant differences in the changes in the scores between the two groups were recognized in terms of \"absorption,\" a subscale of the UWES, and the \"work control,\" \"work worth,\" and \"family support,\" subscales of the BJSQ. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that the number of written accounts was associated with the amount of change in absorption and the amount of change in work worth. The frequency of how often the participants listened to the readings was not related to the amount of change across any of the four subscales.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Writing about positive events during work could enhance \"absorption\" of UWES and improve \"work worth\" of BJSQ. It is suggested that writing and reading aloud positive events that take place in the workplace is one of the measures to improve \"absorption\" and \"work worth\" among care workers in welfare facilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 2","pages":"81-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38986419","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":"[Occurrence of physical and mental disorders among Vietnamese technical intern trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic and current status of correspondence].","authors":"Yoshitaka Morimatsu,&nbsp;Mihoko Mori,&nbsp;Naoyuki Ogasawara,&nbsp;Masashi Nakata,&nbsp;Tatsuya Ishitake","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-048-D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-048-D","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 1","pages":"22-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25340933","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 of the risk assessment system for preventive measures against COVID-19 at the workplace].","authors":"Chii Shimizu,&nbsp;Toshio Tahara,&nbsp;Yasuhisa Ohtani","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-053-D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-053-D","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 1","pages":"26-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25523280","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":"[Occupational health activities under a state of emergency concerning COVID-19 in Japan].","authors":"Yusaku Morita,&nbsp;Tetsuro Ishizawa,&nbsp;Shigeyuki Kajiki,&nbsp;Sonoko Sakuragi,&nbsp;Yukiko Sawada,&nbsp;Setsuko Taneichi,&nbsp;Go Muto,&nbsp;Koji Kandabashi","doi":"10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-052-S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.2020-052-S","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 1","pages":"42-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25427570","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.S22001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.S22001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 5","pages":"253-285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33482653","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.64-1-e1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/sangyoeisei.64-1-e1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40039,"journal":{"name":"Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health","volume":"64 1","pages":"e1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39862850","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}