Job Satisfaction, Common Cold, and Sickness Absence Among White-Collar Employees: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Irie M ; Nakata A ; Ray T ; Swanson, Naomi G. ; Takahashi M
• Description:
  The purpose of this study is to examine the independent association of job satisfaction with common cold and sickness absence among Japanese workers. A total of 307 apparently healthy white-collar employees (165 men and 142 women), aged 22-69 (mean 36) yr, completed a questionnaire survey during April to June, 2002. Global job satisfaction was measured by a 4-item scale from the Japanese version of a generic job stress questionnaire with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction. Information about whether the employees had a common cold (within the past 6 months) and sickness absence (within the past 12 months) was self-reported. Hierarchical log-linear Poisson regression analysis controlling for confounders revealed that greater job satisfaction was inversely correlated with days (B=-0.116; p<0.001) and times (B=-0.058; p=0.067) of common cold and days (B=-0.160; p<0.001) and times (B=-0.141; p<0.001) of sickness absence. Our findings suggested that poor job satisfaction is associated with both common cold and sickness absence. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Absenteeism Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Job Satisfaction Common Cold Generic Job Stress Questionnaire Humans Japan Job-stress Sickness Absence Statistical-analysis Stress White-collar Employee
• ISSN:
  0019-8366
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  116-121
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037596
• Citation:
  Ind Health 2011 Jan; 49(1):116-121
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Akinori Nakata Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-C24, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Email:
  cji5@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Industrial Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3e01ba6cbcba9c6c73d094e731acdcefb1eb1942d8a846fba1cd038cbc9ee564a515999465d7b0701badf43ff128d45067cffb6ef29870268fa3fcb3ff5212ec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188666/cdc_188666_DS1.pdf
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