Suzuki Jun, Kobayashi Yuta, Takahashi Hiyori, Tozuka Hiroki, Takai Shunsuke, Ikeda Ryoukichi, Tabuchi Takahiro, Katori Yukio
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan.
JMA J. 2025 Jul 15;8(3):753-765. doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2024-0430. Epub 2025 Jun 13.
Hearing loss is a major problem that negatively impacts human life worldwide. Although factors associated with hearing loss have been widely studied, the impact of hearing loss on social aspects such as work performance in the working-age population remains unclear. To investigate the social and somatic problems associated with hearing loss in working-age individuals, we analyzed data from the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey (JACSIS), including a questionnaire concerning social aspects, mental health, physical health, and subjective hearing loss.
We used the JACSIS 2023 data set, which includes data from 33,000 participants. After excluding participants with inappropriate responses and including those aged 20-64 years, data from 20,691 participants were used for further analysis. We compared various characteristics of the hearing loss group (moderate-to-severe subjective hearing loss) with those of the control group (no subjective hearing loss).
A total of 13,745 participants (male: 6,461; female: 7,284) were included in the control group, and 313 participants (male: 150; female: 163) were included in the hearing loss group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that both male and female participants in the hearing loss group exhibited higher incidences of tinnitus, presenteeism, somatic symptoms, and dyslipidemia compared with the control group. Additionally, subjective hearing loss was one of the independent explanatory variables for presenteeism in the working-age population.
Our findings indicate significant associations between moderate-to-severe subjective hearing loss and various work-related and somatic factors in a working-age population, and encourage future research to assess whether subjective hearing loss independently contributes to presenteeism in the working-age population.
听力损失是一个严重影响全球人类生活的主要问题。尽管与听力损失相关的因素已得到广泛研究，但听力损失对社会方面的影响，如对劳动年龄人口工作表现的影响仍不明确。为了调查劳动年龄个体中与听力损失相关的社会和身体问题，我们分析了日本新冠疫情与社会互联网调查（JACSIS）的数据，包括一份关于社会方面、心理健康、身体健康和主观听力损失的问卷。
我们使用了JACSIS 2023数据集，其中包含来自33000名参与者的数据。在排除回答不当的参与者并纳入年龄在20 - 64岁之间的参与者后，来自20691名参与者的数据用于进一步分析。我们将听力损失组（中度至重度主观听力损失）的各种特征与对照组（无主观听力损失）的特征进行了比较。
对照组共有13745名参与者（男性：6461名；女性：7284名），听力损失组有313名参与者（男性：150名；女性：163名）。多变量逻辑回归分析显示，与对照组相比，听力损失组的男性和女性参与者耳鸣、出勤主义、躯体症状和血脂异常的发生率更高。此外，主观听力损失是劳动年龄人口出勤主义的独立解释变量之一。
我们的研究结果表明，在劳动年龄人口中，中度至重度主观听力损失与各种与工作相关和身体方面的因素之间存在显著关联，并鼓励未来的研究评估主观听力损失是否独立导致劳动年龄人口的出勤主义。
