Annu Haapakangas, Annina Ropponen, Elina Tulenheimo-Eklund, Virpi Ruohomäki, Kari Reijula
{"title":"Associations of Perceived Privacy at the Workplace With Short Sickness Absences in a Cohort of Finnish Office Workers.","authors":"Annu Haapakangas, Annina Ropponen, Elina Tulenheimo-Eklund, Virpi Ruohomäki, Kari Reijula","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003287","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003287","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate perceived task privacy in 2022 associated with short (1-3 days) self-certified sickness absence (SA) in 2023.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective cohort of 1400 Finnish office workers with survey data in 2022 about, for example, task privacy, telework, and office type were linked with employer-owned register data of SA in 2022-2023. Poisson regression models were used to obtain risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Each one-unit increase in task privacy was associated with a less likely short SA (risk ratio, 0.83-0.89; 95% confidence interval, 0.74-0.97), also across the amount of telework in 2022. The association was only statistically significant in activity-based offices.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Each one-unit increase in perceived task privacy at the office was associated with less likely short, self-certified, 1-3 days SA. Task privacy is an important factor to be considered in offices.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e127-e131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11801456/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142820531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Margaret M McCarthy, Krista O'Neill, Judy Zhong, Yuhe Xia, Sean P Heffron
{"title":"Using the EPIS Framework to Implement a Physical Activity Promotion Intervention at a Large Academic Healthcare System.","authors":"Margaret M McCarthy, Krista O'Neill, Judy Zhong, Yuhe Xia, Sean P Heffron","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003286","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003286","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to describe the implementation of a workplace health promotion to address low levels of physical activity (PA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework, we implemented and evaluated a 10-week workplace step-count challenge to promote PA. All health system employees invited to participate. Data were collected on the exploration, preparation, and implementation phases.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During exploration, we recognized inadequate PA among employees. Meetings with key personnel were held to determine details of the health promotion and obtain support. We pursued a step-count PA intervention, capitalizing on employee ownership of smartphones with accelerometers. Vendors to host the intervention were evaluated. All employees were invited to participate. Participants received weekly messages about improving PA and notifications of weekly challenges. Exit interviews provided feedback and suggestions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A workplace health promotion focused on employee PA is feasible using EPIS.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e123-e126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142815426","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":"Association Between Presenteeism and Mistreatment at the Workplace During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: A 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study.","authors":"Naoya Sawamoto, Makoto Okawara, Ryutaro Matsugaki, Ayako Hino, Tomohisa Nagata, Seiichiro Tateishi, Mayumi Tsuji, Shinya Matsuda, Yoshihisa Fujino","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003267","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Workers were subject to both presenteeism and workplace mistreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to examine their association during the pandemic in Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An internet-based, 1-year prospective cohort study was conducted from 2020 to 2021. The Work Functioning Impairment Scale (WFun) as an indicator of presenteeism at baseline and workplace mistreatment experience at follow-up were assessed. Multilevel logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate their association.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis of 18,170 subjects showed that those with moderate and severe work function impairment were significantly associated with workplace mistreatment compared with those with less impairment (adjusted odds, 1.89 [95% CI, 1.67-2.14; P < 0.001] and 3.00 [95% CI, 2.69-3.35; P < 0.001], respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Increasing severity of baseline presenteeism was associated with increasing likelihood of workplace mistreatment. Efforts to reduce presenteeism may help reduce workplace injustice and improve morale.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"126-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980874","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}
Joo Hee Jung, Yu Min Lee, Jongin Lee, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim, Hyun A Cho, Mo-Yeol Kang
{"title":"Occupational Factors Influencing Turnover Intention in Working Women With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.","authors":"Joo Hee Jung, Yu Min Lee, Jongin Lee, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim, Hyun A Cho, Mo-Yeol Kang","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003274","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to identify the occupational factors that influence turnover intention among working women with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study targeted 410 working women with LUTS from a 2022 survey. Occupational characteristics, including working hours, shift work, bathroom accessibility, sitting time, musculoskeletal strain, job stress, and emotional labor, were assessed through a structured self-reported questionnaire using validated tools. Multiple logistic regression was applied to analyze the association of these factors with turnover intention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women who worked >52 hours per week had an odds ratio of 2.02 for turnover intention compared to those who worked fewer hours. Higher job stress and emotional labor scores also were associated with increased turnover intention.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Women with LUTS have higher turnover intention due to vulnerability to long hours, job stress, and emotional labor.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e96-e102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980898","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":"Effects of the Maternal Work Environment on Psychological Distress During Pregnancy: A Cross-sectional Research-The Japan Environment and Children's Study.","authors":"Sumitaka Kobayashi, Yasuaki Saijo, Mariko Itoh, Naomi Tamura, Maki Tojo, Hiroyoshi Iwata, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Yoshiya Ito, Reiko Kishi","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003276","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003276","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>As part of the \"Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS),\" a national prospective birth cohort study, we examined the association between the maternal work environment and psychological distress during pregnancy in Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Employing a cross-sectional design, we analyzed data from 42,797 participants, originally collected between 2011 and 2014. Associations between the maternal work environment and psychological distress (Kessler 6) were examined using generalized estimation equation models adjusted for confounding factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Pregnant women who worked ≥51 hours/week had a 1.19-fold higher odds ratio (OR) of psychological distress than those who worked 36 to 40 hours/week (95% confidence intervals [CIs], 1.07-1.32). Pregnant women who worked ≥5 days/month of shift work had a 1.11-fold higher OR of psychological distress than those who worked 0 days/month (1.00-1.24).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We observed an association between the maternal work environment and psychological distress during pregnancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"89-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980797","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}
Nancy Zhong, Kirsten Wohlars, Mary Lee-Wong, Robert Promisloff, Niloofar Mirsaidi, Lawrence Amsel, Anthony Szema
{"title":"Predicting Health Access During Critical Public Health Crises: An Analysis of Medical Office Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Nancy Zhong, Kirsten Wohlars, Mary Lee-Wong, Robert Promisloff, Niloofar Mirsaidi, Lawrence Amsel, Anthony Szema","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003284","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003284","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study explores how ambulatory medical practices adapted their policies in response to the global COVID-19 crisis. Practice and provider characteristics were used to build an artificial intelligence model that predicts future medical practice closures during critical events.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We surveyed 261 outpatient medical practices and collected information on clinician age, gender, the protective measures implemented, closure status, and utilization of telemedicine services. These data were used to build an artificial intelligence model that predicts practice closure in future critical public health events.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Responses varied by specialty, location, and physician characteristics. These factors predicted closure status in 85.45% of test cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This paper demonstrates that practice characteristics can assist in predicting medical practice responses to public health events.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e132-e135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787516","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":"Prospective Associations Between Organizational Changes and Health Outcomes Among French Employees Who Remained in Employment.","authors":"Isabelle Niedhammer, Sandrine Bertrais","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003273","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to explore the prospective associations of organizational changes with health outcomes among employees who remained in employment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study relied on the prospective data of the national French working conditions survey collected from employees and their employers in 2013, 2016, and 2019. The study sample included 4480 private sector employees. Organizational changes were assessed by the employers. The two health outcomes, collected from the employees, were psychological well-being and self-reported health. The prospective associations between organizational changes and health outcomes were studied using multilevel mixed-effects linear and robust Poisson regression models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No association was found between organizational changes and well-being and self-reported health.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study did not find significant prospective associations between organizational changes and two health outcomes among employees who remained in employment. More high-quality research is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"83-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142981065","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":"Impact of Family Cohabitation Status and Work-From-Home on Sleep Problems Among Japanese Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study.","authors":"Rintaro Fujii, Makoto Okawara, Ryutaro Matsugaki, Kiminori Odagami, Ayako Hino, Seiichiro Tateishi, Mayumi Tsuji, Reiji Yoshimura, Shinya Matsuda, Yoshihisa Fujino","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003275","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003275","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This cross-sectional study examined the impact of family cohabitation status and work-from-home (WFH) on sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online survey of 27,036 Japanese workers assessed WFH frequency, family cohabitation, and trouble sleeping to estimate odds ratios (ORs) for sleep problems from December 22 to 26, 2020.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In multivariate analysis, WFH had no significant benefit for trouble sleeping ≥3 months. Interactions were observed between WFH and cohabitation with elementary school children (OR = 1.26, P = 0.049 for trouble sleeping ≥3 months) and with family members in need of care (OR = 1.39, P = 0.013 for trouble sleeping ≥3 days/week; OR = 1.37, P = 0.02 for trouble sleeping ≥3 months).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study suggests that the sleep disadvantage during the pandemic may have resulted from WFH with specific cohabitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e103-e108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980859","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}
Steven J Wurzelbacher, Edward F Krieg, Alysha R Meyers, Paul T Bushnell, Nhut Van Nguyen, Chih-Yu Tseng
{"title":"Evaluating Injury and Illness Trends in Federal and Postal Service Employees Using Workers' Compensation Claims Data 2007-2022.","authors":"Steven J Wurzelbacher, Edward F Krieg, Alysha R Meyers, Paul T Bushnell, Nhut Van Nguyen, Chih-Yu Tseng","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003270","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003270","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to understand federal workplace injury/illness trends.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Over 1.5 million federal and Postal Service employee workers' compensation (WC) claims from 2007 to 2022 were linked to employment data and analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 2007 to 2019, falls, slips, trips represented the highest proportion of claims (30.7%), followed by overexertion and bodily reaction (24.4%), unclassified (16.4%), contact with objects and equipment (13.1%), violence and other injuries by persons or animals (8.8%), transportation incidents (4.0%), exposure to harmful substances or environments (2.5%), and fires and explosions (0.24%). From 2020 to 2022, COVID-19 drove a major shift to exposure to harmful substances or environments representing the highest proportion of claims (44.3%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Claims data represent a potentially rich data source that employing agencies can use to focus prevention and treatment of injury/illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"132-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980830","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 Socioecological Approach to Work Performance: A Pilot Study Among Workers With Chronic Skin Diseases.","authors":"Ziv Karni-Efrati, Laliv Egozi, Asher Pardo","doi":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003265","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JOM.0000000000003265","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Chronic skin diseases (CSD) may lead to productivity losses. This mixed-methods study investigated symptom severity, social challenges, need for workplace accommodation, sick leave, and their association with perceived impaired work performance (IWP) among workers with CSD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were collected from April to June 2023. Participants (n = 102) completed an online questionnaire sent from the Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene and almost 20% were interviewed. The analyses included logistic regression and structural equation models and a thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of participants, 72.3% reported perceived IWP. The need for workplace accommodation and sick leave duration were directly associated with IWP. These findings were integrated with common themes based on a socioecological approach.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>By working together to address personal, interpersonal, organizational, and societal aspects associated with CSD, occupational physicians and stakeholders can alleviate perceived IWP.</p>","PeriodicalId":94100,"journal":{"name":"Journal of occupational and environmental medicine","volume":" ","pages":"115-125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980754","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}