Matoba Tsunetaka, Ishitake Tatsuya, Noguchi Ryo
Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, 830-0011 Kurume, Japan.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2003 May;76(4):302-8. doi: 10.1007/s00420-002-0412-7. Epub 2003 Mar 11.
To clarify how unemployment affects health and life style in Japanese unemployed persons.
A group of 768 workers over 40 years of age in a large shoemaking company were dismissed because of sudden bankruptcy. Every 6 months after they had left the company, a survey with questionnaires was performed on 473 of them, who had organized an association. The questionnaires contained queries about somatic and mental symptoms and life style, including sleep, diet, exercise, smoking and drinking habits. The data from 263 of 473 subjects responding to four consecutive surveys every 6 months were analyzed in detail.
The subjects kept their health and daily life style in good condition. This might have been due to the financial support of unemployment benefit. When the right to unemployment benefit expired, mood disorders occurred. In daily life, the prevalence rates of smoking and drinking consumption hardly changed in all subjects, and physical exercise was also habitually undertaken. The motivation for re-employment was remarkably enhanced by family economic crisis.
Health, except for mental status, and life style of the unemployed persons were maintained in good condition. Mood disorders may result from prolonged jobless situations and cessation of the right to unemployment benefit.
阐明失业如何影响日本失业者的健康和生活方式。
一家大型制鞋公司的768名40岁以上工人因突然破产而被解雇。在他们离开公司后的每6个月，对其中473名组织了一个协会的工人进行问卷调查。问卷包含有关躯体和精神症状以及生活方式的问题，包括睡眠、饮食、运动、吸烟和饮酒习惯。对473名受试者中连续4次每6个月回复一次调查的263名受试者的数据进行了详细分析。
受试者的健康和日常生活方式保持良好状态。这可能归因于失业救济金的经济支持。当失业救济金权利到期时，出现了情绪障碍。在日常生活中，所有受试者的吸烟和饮酒消费患病率几乎没有变化，体育锻炼也习惯性地进行。家庭经济危机显著增强了再就业的动机。
失业者的健康（精神状态除外）和生活方式保持良好状态。情绪障碍可能由长期失业状况和失业救济金权利的终止导致。
