From the Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan (N.S., M.O., Y.F.); Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (K.M.); Department of Occupational Health Practice and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (K.O.); Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (K.M.); Disaster Occupational Health Center, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (S.T.); Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (M.T.); and Department of Work Systems and Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (A.O.).
J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Apr 1;66(4):339-343. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003055. Epub 2024 Jan 19.
Discriminatory treatment against those with emerging infection is a long-standing problem. The present study investigates whether workers infected or in close contact with COVID-19 were susceptible to workplace mistreatment during the pandemic in Japan.
This Internet-based cross-sectional study analyzed a total of 18,170 workers aged 20 to 60 years in Japan in December 2020. Odds ratios (ORs) for workplace mistreatment were estimated.
For workers with close contact or infection, ORs for workplace mistreatment in a model adjusted for socioeconomic factors were 7.64 (95% CI: 5.52-10.6, P < 0.001) and 10.7 (95% CI: 8.44-13.6, P < 0.001), respectively.
Workers with infection or close contact were significantly more likely to experience workplace mistreatment. Actions against workplace mistreatment for workers with emerging infection are still required.
针对新发传染病患者的歧视性待遇是一个长期存在的问题。本研究旨在调查在日本的大流行期间,感染或密切接触 COVID-19 的工人是否容易遭受工作场所虐待。
本研究于 2020 年 12 月在日本开展了一项基于互联网的横断面研究,共分析了 18170 名年龄在 20 至 60 岁之间的工人。采用调整了社会经济因素的模型估算了工作场所虐待的比值比(OR)。
在调整了社会经济因素的模型中,对于密切接触或感染的工人,工作场所虐待的 OR 分别为 7.64(95%CI:5.52-10.6,P<0.001)和 10.7(95%CI:8.44-13.6,P<0.001)。
感染或密切接触的工人更有可能遭受工作场所虐待。仍需要采取行动打击对新发传染病工人的工作场所虐待。