- 著者
- Kazuhiro WATANABE Kotaro IMAMURA Akiomi INOUE Yasumasa OTSUKA Akihito SHIMAZU Hisashi EGUCHI Hidehiko ADACHI Asuka SAKURAYA Yuka KOBAYASHI Hideaki ARIMA Norito KAWAKAMI
- 出版者
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
- 雑誌
- Industrial Health (ISSN:00198366)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.58, no.2, pp.107-131, 2020 (Released:2020-04-02)
- 参考文献数
- 58
- 被引用文献数
- 5 9
Although the eudemonic perspective seems to be a promising in considering vocational identity among working population, well-being at work has been discussed primarily in terms of subjective/hedonic well-being. This study aimed to develop a new tool to measure eudemonic well-being at work (The University of Tokyo Occupational Mental Health [TOMH] well-being 24 scale)and investigate its validity in a collectivist culture. Two online surveys were conducted with a total of 1,760 workers in Japan. We created 89 potential items from existing scales. An exploratory factor analysis indicated eight factors for the dimensions of measurement. After item selection based on item response theory, the factor structure with three items from each of the eight dimensions indicated an excellent fit for another sample. Cronbach’s α and intra-class coefficients ranged from 0.671 to 0.845. The scores of the tool were more strongly associated with subjective well-being in the work context rather than well-being in general. In addition, the participants in the group demonstrating a higher risk for mental illness and a more stressful work environment indicated significantly lower scores, even after adjusting for general eudemonic well-being. The new measurement may be useful both for academic and practical applications for measuring eudemonic well-being at work, independent from general eudemonic well-being.
- 著者
- Kotaro Imamura Yumi Asai Kazuhiro Watanabe Akizumi Tsutsumi Akihito Shimazu Akiomi Inoue Hisanori Hiro Yuko Odagiri Toru Yoshikawa Etsuko Yoshikawa Norito Kawakami
- 出版者
- Japan Society for Occupational Health
- 雑誌
- Journal of Occupational Health (ISSN:13419145)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.60, no.4, pp.298-306, 2018-07-20 (Released:2018-07-25)
- 参考文献数
- 29
- 被引用文献数
- 16
Objectives: This retrospective cohort study evaluated the impact of the Stress Check Program, a recently introduced national policy and program aimed at reducing psychological distress among Japanese workers. Methods: A baseline survey was conducted from November 2015 to February 2016, the period when Japan began enforcing the Stress Check Program. A one-year follow-up survey was conducted in December 2016. In the follow-up survey, two exposure variables were collected: having taken the annual stress survey, and experiencing an improvement in the psychosocial work environment. Psychological distress was assessed using the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) at baseline and 1-year follow-up. The two exposure variables were used to define four groups: "Neither", "Stress survey (SS) only", "Psychosocial work environment improvement (WI) only", and "Both". BJSQ results were analyzed using repeated measures general linear modeling (GLM). Results: The study included 2,492 participants: 1,342 in the "Neither" group, 1,009 in the "SS only" group, 76 in the "WI only" group, and 65 in the "Both" group. Overall time-group interaction effects were not significant. The "Both" group showed significantly greater improvements in psychological distress than the "Neither" group (p = 0.02) at the 1-year follow-up, although the effect size was small (d = -0.14). Conclusions: Combination of the annual stress survey and improvement in psychosocial work environment may have been effective in reducing psychological distress in workers, although the effect size was small.
- 著者
- Natsu Sasaki Hiroki Asaoka Reiko Kuroda Kanami Tsuno Kotaro Imamura Norito Kawakami
- 出版者
- Japan Society for Occupational Health
- 雑誌
- Journal of Occupational Health (ISSN:13419145)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.63, no.1, pp.e12227, 2021 (Released:2021-07-25)
- 参考文献数
- 15
- 被引用文献数
- 67
Objectives: This study aimed to compare the longitudinal change of the psychological distress of healthcare workers (HCWs) with non-HCWs during the repeated outbreaks of the COVID-19 in Japan.Methods: The data were retrieved from the Employee Cohort Study in the Covid-19 pandemic in Japan study. An online survey was conducted on March 2020 (T1), on May 2020 (T2), on August 2020 (T3), and on November 2020 (T4). Psychological distress was measured by the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire. A mixed-model repeated-measures ANOVA was conducted as an indicator of the group differences.Results: A total sample of analysis was n = 996 (HCWs, n = 111; non-HCWs, n = 885). HCWs consisted of physicians/nurses/midwives and other HCWs (eg, pharmacists, clinical laboratory technicians) in the clinical settings (n = 19; 17% and n = 61; 55%, respectively), and HCWs not working in the clinical settings (n = 31; 28%). Being HCWs were associated with a significant increase in psychological distress from T1 to T2, T3 and T4 (P = .001, P = .002, P < .001; respectively).Conclusions: The mental health of HCWs deteriorated through the COVID-19 outbreaks compared with non-HCWs. HCWs are continuously the important targets to provide mental health support.
- 著者
- Natsu Sasaki Reiko Kuroda Kanami Tsuno Kotaro Imamura Norito Kawakami
- 出版者
- Japan Epidemiological Association
- 雑誌
- Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.JE20200499, (Released:2020-11-07)
- 参考文献数
- 8
- 被引用文献数
- 1 13
- 著者
- Kazuto Kuribayashi Kotaro Imamura Masahito Tokita Akihito Shimazu Norito Kawakami
- 出版者
- Japan Society for Occupational Health
- 雑誌
- Environmental and Occupational Health Practice (ISSN:24344931)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.2019-0020-OA, (Released:2020-03-20)
- 参考文献数
- 41
Objectives: To preliminarily determine the effects of an Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for the stress management of new graduate nurses on improving depressive symptoms and other psychological outcomes using a pre-post experimental design. Methods: A 6-week, six-lesson Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program was developed through an extensive interviewing of nurses. The program utilized major cognitive behavioral therapy skills (self-monitoring, cognitive restructuring, assertiveness, problem-solving, and relaxation). We administered the Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program to participants who were at 5 months after starting their job. At baseline and post-intervention, we measured the primary outcome of depressive symptoms along with the secondary outcomes of psychological distress, dysfunctional attitude, and knowledge of and self-efficacy for the components of cognitive behavioral therapy. Results: Twenty-three new graduate nurses were recruited, although only 21 actually took part in the program. Twelve (57%) participants completed all six lessons, and about one-third of participants completed less than three lessons. At post-intervention, only 12 of the 21 participants had completed the post-intervention survey. The program failed to show significant intervention effects on depressive symptoms, psychological distress, and dysfunctional attitude, but it did show significant or marginally significant improvements in knowledge of and self-efficacy for most cognitive behavioral therapy components. Conclusions: The relatively low intensity of the program may explain the null findings. This suggests a need for further improvement of the content and mode of delivery. Nevertheless, the program was able to improve knowledge of and self-efficacy for most cognitive behavioral therapy components.
- 著者
- Natsu Sasaki Reiko Kuroda Kanami Tsuno Kotaro Imamura Norito Kawakami
- 出版者
- Japan Epidemiological Association
- 雑誌
- Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.31, no.1, pp.93-96, 2021-01-05 (Released:2021-01-05)
- 参考文献数
- 8
- 被引用文献数
- 13