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Document ID (ISN)106086
CIS number 07-230
ISSN - Serial title 0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Year 2006
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Kondo K., Kobayashi Y., Hirokawa K., Tsutsumi A., Kobayashi F., Haratani T., Araki S., Kawakami N.
Title Job strain and sick leave among Japanese employees: A longitudinal study
Bibliographic information Mar. 2006, Vol.79, No.3, p.213-219. 27 ref.
Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the association between job stress and sickness absenteeism among Japanese workers. Subjects included 448 men and 81 women who had taken no sick leave in the year preceding the baseline (1997). All were observed until 1999. Data on socio-demographic variables, occupations, health-related behaviour, job content and the number of absences due to sickness were collected by means of self-administered questionnaires. Data were subjected to logistic regression analyses. Compared to the lowest tertile of the ratio of demand to control (job strain), the highest tertile was significantly associated with an increased risk of sickness absence of five days or more per year (odds ratio 3.02) at follow-up. A dose-response relationship also was found. However, individual variables of job demand, job control, and worksite social support were not significantly associated with the risk of sickness absenteeism.
Descriptors (primary) Japan; stress factors; psychology of work organization; sickness absenteeism
Descriptors (secondary) questionnaire survey; sex-linked differences; long-term study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceJapan
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Mental stress and burnout
Psychology of work organization
Psychological factors