- 著者
- Yu Odake Naoto Fukutani Kanako Shimoura Tappei Morino Natsuki Matsumura Niu Qian Yuki Shinohara Kohei Mukaiyama Momoko Nagai-Tanima Tomoki Aoyama
- 出版者
- Japan Society for Occupational Health
- 雑誌
- Environmental and Occupational Health Practice (ISSN:24344931)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.3, no.1, pp.2020-0024-OA, 2021 (Released:2021-06-25)
- 参考文献数
- 40
- 被引用文献数
- 1
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the factors for reducing monetary loss due to presenteeism by using a tailored healthcare web-application among office workers with chronic neck pain. Methods: The study was single-arm pre-post comparison study using secondary data of 130 Japanese office workers with chronic neck pain who used a tailored healthcare web-application (web-app) over 12 weeks. This data was obtained from BackTech Inc. (Kyoto, Japan), which manages the healthcare web-app. The primary outcome measure was the monetary loss due to presenteeism based on the quality and quantity method. Secondary outcome measures were intensity of physical symptoms measured by the Visual Analog Scale, frequency of web-app use obtained from the database, and the risk of depression score assessed by the Depression and Suicide Screen. Results: Eighty-six participants were included in the complete-case analysis. Monetary loss due to presenteeism and the risk of depression reduced, while physical symptoms improved significantly (p<0.01) after using the web-app. After covariate adjustment, decrease in neck pain intensity (β=0.25, confidence interval=2.34 to 32.66) and high frequency of web-app use (β=−0.24, confidence interval=−10.29 to −0.63) were significantly associated with a reduction in monetary loss due to presenteeism. Conclusion: Neck pain intensity and frequency of web-app use may be important factors for reducing monetary loss due to presenteeism among office workers with chronic neck pain who used a tailored health care web-app.
- 著者
- Yuto Tashiro Takahiko Fukumoto Daisuke Uritani Daisuke Matsumoto Shu Nishiguchi Naoto Fukutani Daiki Adachi Takayuki Hotta Saori Morino Hidehiko Shirooka Yuma Nozaki Hinako Hirata Moe Yamaguchi Tomoki Aoyama
- 出版者
- The Society of Physical Therapy Science
- 雑誌
- Journal of Physical Therapy Science (ISSN:09155287)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.27, no.11, pp.3533-3536, 2015 (Released:2015-11-30)
- 参考文献数
- 29
- 被引用文献数
- 15 16
[Purpose] This study investigated the relationship between toe grip strength and foot posture in children. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 619 children participated in this study. The foot posture of the participants was measured using a foot printer and toe grip strength was measured using a toe grip dynamometer. Children were classified into 3 groups; flatfoot, normal, and high arch, according to Staheli’s arch index. The differences in demographic data and toe grip strength among each foot posture group were analyzed by analysis of variance. Additionally, toe grip strength differences were analyzed by analysis of covariance, adjusted to body mass index, age, and gender. [Results] The number of participants classified as flatfoot, normal, and high arch were 110 (17.8%), 468 (75.6%), and 41 (6.6%), respectively. The toe grip strength of flatfoot children was significantly lower than in normal children, as shown by both analysis of variance and analysis of covariance. [Conclusion] A significant difference was detected in toe grip strength between the low arch and normal foot groups. Therefore, it is suggested that training to increase toe grip strength during childhood may prevent the formation of flat feet or help in the development of arch.