Funada Midori, Noguchi Shingo, Matsugaki Ryutaro, Odagami Kiminori, Hino Ayako, Tateishi Seiichiro, Tsuji Mayumi, Yatera Kazuhiro, Matsuda Shinya, Fujino Yoshihisa
Center for Stress-Related Disease Control and Prevention, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Front Public Health. 2025 Apr 10;13:1558282. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1558282. eCollection 2025.
Research has not fully determined the impact of the infection control practices adopted in workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic on employees' feelings of loneliness. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between these control measures and employees' loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, including their relationship with perceived organizational support (POS).
A prospective cohort study was conducted via an internet-based questionnaire. Of the 27,036 responses, data from 10,562 were analyzed. Workplace infection control practices were divided into four groups based on the number of practices adopted by participants. The odds ratios (ORs) of loneliness associated with each workplace infection control practice were calculated using multilevel logistic regression analysis.
Among the participants, 22.1, 23.6, 22.2, and 32.1% worked at companies that implemented 0-2, 3-5, 6-7, and 8 or more infection control practices, respectively. Loneliness was reported by 6.3% of the participants. After adjustments for sex and age, the OR of the group with the fewest infection control practices was 1.91 (95% CI: 1.54-2.37, < 0.001) compared with the group with the most practices adopted. Adjusting the model for household income, education, occupation, telecommuting frequency, and family cohabitation decreased the OR for the group with the fewest infection control practices adopted to 1.54 (95% CI: 1.20-2.99, = 0.001). After adjustments for either POS, these associations became non-significant.
Proactive infection control practices at work were positively associated with workers' experiences of loneliness. Conversely, loneliness owing to fewer infection control practices was attenuated after adjusting for POS.
研究尚未完全确定新冠疫情期间工作场所采取的感染控制措施对员工孤独感的影响。本研究旨在阐明这些控制措施与新冠疫情期间员工孤独感之间的关系，包括它们与感知到的组织支持（POS）的关系。
通过基于互联网的问卷调查进行前瞻性队列研究。在27036份回复中，分析了10562份数据。根据参与者采取的感染控制措施数量，将工作场所感染控制措施分为四组。使用多水平逻辑回归分析计算与每种工作场所感染控制措施相关的孤独感优势比（OR）。
在参与者中，分别有22.1%、23.6%、22.2%和32.1%在实施了0 - 2项、3 - 5项、6 - 7项以及8项或更多感染控制措施的公司工作。6.3%的参与者报告有孤独感。在对性别和年龄进行调整后，与采取最多感染控制措施的组相比，采取最少感染控制措施的组的OR为1.91（95%CI：1.54 - 2.37，P < 0.001）。对家庭收入、教育程度、职业、远程办公频率和家庭同居情况进行模型调整后，采取最少感染控制措施的组的OR降至1.54（95%CI：1.20 - 2.99，P = 0.001）。在对POS进行任何一项调整后，这些关联变得不显著。
工作场所积极的感染控制措施与员工的孤独感经历呈正相关。相反，在对POS进行调整后，因感染控制措施较少导致的孤独感有所减轻。
