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Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program
The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan recommends that an occupational physician (OP) play an important role in implementing the stress-check program since 2015. This study aimed to compare the activities and encountered difficulties of Japanese part-time OPs in 2008 and 2016, and to in...
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National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31666461 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2019-0116 |
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author | MORIGUCHI, Jiro SAKURAGI, Sonoko KITAGAWA, Yasushi MATSUI, Michinori MORI, Youichi OHASHI, Fumiko IKEDA, Masayuki |
author_facet | MORIGUCHI, Jiro SAKURAGI, Sonoko KITAGAWA, Yasushi MATSUI, Michinori MORI, Youichi OHASHI, Fumiko IKEDA, Masayuki |
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description | The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan recommends that an occupational physician (OP) play an important role in implementing the stress-check program since 2015. This study aimed to compare the activities and encountered difficulties of Japanese part-time OPs in 2008 and 2016, and to investigate the effects of the stress-check program. Questionnaires were sent via mail to 946 part-time OPs in Kyoto prefecture in 2016. Completed questionnaires were returned by 181 OPs who were private practitioners or physicians in hospitals, and served as OPs on a part-time basis. In 2016, OPs utilized long hours for activities related to general health examination and to stress-check. Hours for specific health examination, health and hygiene education, health promotion activity, development of a comfortable workplace, and guidance of workers on sick leave reduced from 2008 to 2016. A total of 62% OPs frequently encountered difficulties in the stress-check-related activities in 2016. Many OPs also reported difficulties in the mental health care and the prevention of health hazard due to overwork both in 2008 and 2016. Enforcement of the stress-check program in 2015 changed the activities of part-time OPs in Japan. OPs should be given opportunities to gain more information in this area. |
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spelling | pubmed-72867102020-06-11 Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program MORIGUCHI, Jiro SAKURAGI, Sonoko KITAGAWA, Yasushi MATSUI, Michinori MORI, Youichi OHASHI, Fumiko IKEDA, Masayuki Ind Health Field Report The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan recommends that an occupational physician (OP) play an important role in implementing the stress-check program since 2015. This study aimed to compare the activities and encountered difficulties of Japanese part-time OPs in 2008 and 2016, and to investigate the effects of the stress-check program. Questionnaires were sent via mail to 946 part-time OPs in Kyoto prefecture in 2016. Completed questionnaires were returned by 181 OPs who were private practitioners or physicians in hospitals, and served as OPs on a part-time basis. In 2016, OPs utilized long hours for activities related to general health examination and to stress-check. Hours for specific health examination, health and hygiene education, health promotion activity, development of a comfortable workplace, and guidance of workers on sick leave reduced from 2008 to 2016. A total of 62% OPs frequently encountered difficulties in the stress-check-related activities in 2016. Many OPs also reported difficulties in the mental health care and the prevention of health hazard due to overwork both in 2008 and 2016. Enforcement of the stress-check program in 2015 changed the activities of part-time OPs in Japan. OPs should be given opportunities to gain more information in this area. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan 2019-10-31 2020-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7286710/ /pubmed/31666461 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2019-0116 Text en ©2020 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | Field Report MORIGUCHI, Jiro SAKURAGI, Sonoko KITAGAWA, Yasushi MATSUI, Michinori MORI, Youichi OHASHI, Fumiko IKEDA, Masayuki Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program |
title | Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in
Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program |
title_full | Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in
Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program |
title_fullStr | Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in
Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in
Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program |
title_short | Comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in
Japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program |
title_sort | comparative study on the activities of part-time occupational physicians in
japan between 2008 and 2016: effects of the stress-check program |
topic | Field Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31666461 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2019-0116 |
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