Relationship of airflow limitation severity with work productivity reduction and sick leave in a Japanese working population

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to reveal the association between airflow limitation (AL) severity and reduction with work productivity as well as use of sick leave among Japanese workers. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,378 workers who underwent a lung function test during a he...

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Autores principales: Onoue, Ayumi, Omori, Hisamitsu, Katoh, Takahiko, Kubota, Kenichi, Nonami, Yoshio, Ogata, Yasuhiro, Inoue, Hiromasa
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27042045
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S99786
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author Onoue, Ayumi
Omori, Hisamitsu
Katoh, Takahiko
Kubota, Kenichi
Nonami, Yoshio
Ogata, Yasuhiro
Inoue, Hiromasa
author_facet Onoue, Ayumi
Omori, Hisamitsu
Katoh, Takahiko
Kubota, Kenichi
Nonami, Yoshio
Ogata, Yasuhiro
Inoue, Hiromasa
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to reveal the association between airflow limitation (AL) severity and reduction with work productivity as well as use of sick leave among Japanese workers. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,378 workers who underwent a lung function test during a health checkup at the Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Health Care Center. AL was defined as forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity of <0.7. Workers completed a questionnaire on productivity loss at work and sick leave. The quality and quantity of productivity loss at work were measured on a ten-point scale indicating how much work was actually performed on the previous workday. Participants were asked how many days in the past 12 months they were unable to work because of health problems. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the associations between AL severity and the quality and quantity of productivity loss at work as well as use of sick leave. RESULTS: Compared with workers without AL, workers with moderate-to-severe AL showed a significant productivity loss (quality: odds ratio [OR] =2.04, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12–3.71, P=0.02 and quantity: OR =2.19, 95% CI: 1.20–4.00, P=0.011) and use of sick leave (OR =2.69, 95% CI: 1.33–5.44, P=0.006) after adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, smoking status, hypertension, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, sleep duration, work hours per day, and workplace smoking environment. CONCLUSION: AL severity was significantly associated with work productivity loss and use of sick leave. Our findings suggested that early intervention in the subjects with AL at the workforce might be beneficial for promoting work ability.
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spelling pubmed-48012092016-04-01 Relationship of airflow limitation severity with work productivity reduction and sick leave in a Japanese working population Onoue, Ayumi Omori, Hisamitsu Katoh, Takahiko Kubota, Kenichi Nonami, Yoshio Ogata, Yasuhiro Inoue, Hiromasa Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis Original Research BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to reveal the association between airflow limitation (AL) severity and reduction with work productivity as well as use of sick leave among Japanese workers. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,378 workers who underwent a lung function test during a health checkup at the Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Health Care Center. AL was defined as forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity of <0.7. Workers completed a questionnaire on productivity loss at work and sick leave. The quality and quantity of productivity loss at work were measured on a ten-point scale indicating how much work was actually performed on the previous workday. Participants were asked how many days in the past 12 months they were unable to work because of health problems. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the associations between AL severity and the quality and quantity of productivity loss at work as well as use of sick leave. RESULTS: Compared with workers without AL, workers with moderate-to-severe AL showed a significant productivity loss (quality: odds ratio [OR] =2.04, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12–3.71, P=0.02 and quantity: OR =2.19, 95% CI: 1.20–4.00, P=0.011) and use of sick leave (OR =2.69, 95% CI: 1.33–5.44, P=0.006) after adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, smoking status, hypertension, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, sleep duration, work hours per day, and workplace smoking environment. CONCLUSION: AL severity was significantly associated with work productivity loss and use of sick leave. Our findings suggested that early intervention in the subjects with AL at the workforce might be beneficial for promoting work ability. Dove Medical Press 2016-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4801209/ /pubmed/27042045 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S99786 Text en © 2016 Onoue et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Ogata, Yasuhiro
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Relationship of airflow limitation severity with work productivity reduction and sick leave in a Japanese working population
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title_fullStr Relationship of airflow limitation severity with work productivity reduction and sick leave in a Japanese working population
title_full_unstemmed Relationship of airflow limitation severity with work productivity reduction and sick leave in a Japanese working population
title_short Relationship of airflow limitation severity with work productivity reduction and sick leave in a Japanese working population
title_sort relationship of airflow limitation severity with work productivity reduction and sick leave in a japanese working population
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27042045
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S99786
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