Wada Koji, Moriyama Mio, Narai Rie, Tahara Hiroyuki, Kakuma Ritsuko, Satoh Toshihiko, Aizawa Yoshiharu
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa, Japan.
Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi. 2007 May;49(3):103-9. doi: 10.1539/sangyoeisei.49.103.
Chronic disease has a significant impact on workers' productivity. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of chronic health conditions, the work impairment score, and the total lost working hours absent at companies in Japan. Eligible participants were all 544 workers of 4 manufacturing companies in the Kanto area. The Stanford Presenteeism Scale that was developed by Merck & Co., Inc and Stanford University was translated into Japanese and was given to the workers at a periodic health examination between April and June 2006. A total of 433 workers completed the questionnaire, and 48.9% of the participants reported having one or more chronic health conditions which affected their work performance. Allergy (13.3%) was the highest primary chronic health condition followed by back/neck disorders (9.7%). The work impairment score was higher for individuals with depression and migraine/chronic headache. The total lost working hours due to the primary chronic health conditions were 1.4% of the total working hours among the participants. The total lost working hours was highest for those with allergy followed by back/neck disorders and depression. These results should make it possible to develop an occupational health program that can reduce the effects of chronic health conditions on work performance.
慢性病对员工的生产力有重大影响。本研究的目的是确定日本企业中慢性健康状况的患病率、工作受损评分以及总的缺勤工时。符合条件的参与者为关东地区4家制造企业的全部544名员工。由默克公司和斯坦福大学共同开发的斯坦福出勤主义量表被翻译成日语，并于2006年4月至6月期间在定期健康检查时发放给员工。共有433名员工完成了问卷调查，48.9%的参与者报告患有一种或多种影响其工作表现的慢性健康状况。过敏（13.3%）是最主要的慢性健康状况，其次是背部/颈部疾病（9.7%）。抑郁症患者和偏头痛/慢性头痛患者的工作受损评分更高。主要慢性健康状况导致的总缺勤工时占参与者总工时的1.4%。因过敏导致的总缺勤工时最高，其次是背部/颈部疾病和抑郁症。这些结果应有助于制定一项职业健康计划，以减少慢性健康状况对工作表现的影响。
