Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Adaptation to management philosophy and refraining from seeking medical care in Japanese employees: a one-year prospective cohort study
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Adaptation to management philosophy and refraining from seeking medical care in Japanese employees: a one-year prospective cohort study
Adaptation to management philosophy and refraining from seeking medical care in Japanese employees: a one-year prospective cohort study
Subject
Adaptation, management philosophy, refraining, medical care, Japanese employees
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Introduction: Due to the growing interest in health and productivity
management, an increasing number of companies have adopted the
“pursuit of well-being” or “maintenance and promotion of health” of
employees as their management philosophy (MP). We examined the
association between adaptation to MP and refraining from seeking
medical care (RSMC) among Japanese employees in a single company
following the MP of “pursuit of employees’ well-being”.
Material and methods: We surveyed 2,797 employees (2,064 men
and 733 women) from two factories of a Japanese manufacturing
company following the MP of “pursuit of employees’ well-being”. We distributed a self-administered questionnaire assessing the adaptation to MP (three items adapted from Wang [2009]) and potential confounders. At one-year follow-up, we measured RSMC with a single question, “In the past year, have you ever refrained from visiting a hospital, clinic, acupuncturist, or dentist despite your sickness (including a slight cold or cavity) or injury?” We conducted multiple logistic regression analyses.
Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, a significant
association emerged between lower adaptation to MP and RSMC
(OR=1.16 [95% CI: 0.93–1.45] and 1.34 [95% CI: 1.04–1.72] for the
middle- and the low-tertile group of adaptation to MP, respectively,
p for linear trend=0.018).
Conclusions: To encourage employees to seek medical care when
they are not feeling well, it is essential for companies to not only
set forth the “pursuit of employees’ well-being or health” as their
MP but also to put that philosophy into practice and to spread it
throughout the company.
management, an increasing number of companies have adopted the
“pursuit of well-being” or “maintenance and promotion of health” of
employees as their management philosophy (MP). We examined the
association between adaptation to MP and refraining from seeking
medical care (RSMC) among Japanese employees in a single company
following the MP of “pursuit of employees’ well-being”.
Material and methods: We surveyed 2,797 employees (2,064 men
and 733 women) from two factories of a Japanese manufacturing
company following the MP of “pursuit of employees’ well-being”. We distributed a self-administered questionnaire assessing the adaptation to MP (three items adapted from Wang [2009]) and potential confounders. At one-year follow-up, we measured RSMC with a single question, “In the past year, have you ever refrained from visiting a hospital, clinic, acupuncturist, or dentist despite your sickness (including a slight cold or cavity) or injury?” We conducted multiple logistic regression analyses.
Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, a significant
association emerged between lower adaptation to MP and RSMC
(OR=1.16 [95% CI: 0.93–1.45] and 1.34 [95% CI: 1.04–1.72] for the
middle- and the low-tertile group of adaptation to MP, respectively,
p for linear trend=0.018).
Conclusions: To encourage employees to seek medical care when
they are not feeling well, it is essential for companies to not only
set forth the “pursuit of employees’ well-being or health” as their
MP but also to put that philosophy into practice and to spread it
throughout the company.
Creator
Akiomi Inoue, Hisashi Eguchi, Yuko Kachi, Akizumi Tsutsumi
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
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Akiomi Inoue, Hisashi Eguchi, Yuko Kachi, Akizumi Tsutsumi, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Adaptation to management philosophy and refraining from seeking medical care in Japanese employees: a one-year prospective cohort study,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 5, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2363.
Adaptation to management philosophy and refraining from seeking medical care in Japanese employees: a one-year prospective cohort study,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 5, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2363.