Associations between work-related stressors and QALY in a general working population in Japan: a cross-sectional study

Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin - Tập 94 - Trang 1375-1383 - 2021
Yui Hidaka1, Kotaro Imamura1, Kazuhiro Watanabe2, Akizumi Tsutsumi2, Akihito Shimazu3, Akiomi Inoue4, Hisanori Hiro5, Yuko Odagiri6, Yumi Asai1, Toru Yoshikawa7, Etsuko Yoshikawa8, Norito Kawakami1
1Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
3Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan
4Institutional Research Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Fukuoka, Japan
5Center for Research and Practice on Occupational Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan
6Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
7National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan, Kawasaki, Japan
8Faculty of Nursing, Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan

Tóm tắt

To investigate an association between quality-adjusted life years (QALY) and work-related stressors (job strain, effort/reward imbalance, and poor support from supervisor and coworkers), and estimate loss in QALY caused by these stressors. A cross-sectional study investigated data from a third-wave survey (in December 2017) of a 2-year prospective cohort study of Japanese workers. At baseline (first-wave survey), 5000 participants were recruited from workers who registered with an internet survey company. A total of 2530 participants responded to the second-wave survey 1 year later. Participants were then further recruited to the third-wave survey. An online questionnaire collected information regarding health-related quality of life (measured by EQ-5D-5L), job strain, supervisor and coworker support (Brief Job Stress Questionnaire), effort/reward imbalance (Effort/reward Imbalance Questionnaire), and demographic variables (age, sex, education, occupation, work contract, smoking, and alcohol drinking). Multiple linear regression analysis of the QALY score calculated from responses to EQ-5D-5L was employed on standardized scores of the work-related stressors and adjusted for demographic variables (SPSS version 26). Data of 1986 participants were analyzed. Job strain (unstandardized coefficient, b =  − 0.013, p < 0.01) and effort/reward imbalance (b =  − 0.011, p < 0.01) and coworker support (b = 0017, p < 0.01) were significantly associated with QALY score in the fully adjusted model. Job strain, effort/reward imbalance, and poor coworker support may be associated with a reduced QALY score among workers. A substantial impairment in QALY associated with the work-related stressors indicates that workplace interventions targeting work-related stressors may be cost-effective.

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