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Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Improves Subjective Physical State and Presenteeism: A Randomized, Open-Label Crossover Study among Healthy Office Workers

Maintaining employees’ presenteeism is a major issue in the workplace. Simple and convenient methods to improve presenteeism are required. We investigated whether administering the lactic acid bacteria Lactococcus lactis strain Plasma (LC-Plasma) can improve the performance and physical condition of...

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Autores principales: Kokubo, Takeshi, Wakai, Shimpei, Fujiwara, Daisuke, Kanauchi, Osamu, Jounai, Kenta, Ichikawa, Hisahiro, Takuma, Mihoko, Kanaya, Yoshihisa, Shiraoka, Ryohei
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Publicado: The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7333011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32676464
http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/pnf.2020.25.2.140
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author Kokubo, Takeshi
Wakai, Shimpei
Fujiwara, Daisuke
Kanauchi, Osamu
Jounai, Kenta
Ichikawa, Hisahiro
Takuma, Mihoko
Kanaya, Yoshihisa
Shiraoka, Ryohei
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Wakai, Shimpei
Fujiwara, Daisuke
Kanauchi, Osamu
Jounai, Kenta
Ichikawa, Hisahiro
Takuma, Mihoko
Kanaya, Yoshihisa
Shiraoka, Ryohei
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description Maintaining employees’ presenteeism is a major issue in the workplace. Simple and convenient methods to improve presenteeism are required. We investigated whether administering the lactic acid bacteria Lactococcus lactis strain Plasma (LC-Plasma) can improve the performance and physical condition of office workers. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1) an intake period (consumption of LC-Plasma-containing yogurt beverage) followed by a non-intake period, or 2) a non-intake period followed by an intake period. Each period lasted 4 weeks and there was a 4- week washout period between each. Assessment was conducted using the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ), the Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire and physical condition questionnaires. A total of 153 subjects were analyzed. Absolute presenteeism (as assessed by the HPQ) and vigor (as assessed by POMS) were significantly higher in the intake period than the non-intake period. The subject’s physical health (as assessed by typical common cold symptoms, physical condition, sneezing or runny noses, coughing or sore throats, and lassitude) was also superior during the LC-Plasma intake period. Our results suggest that intake of LC-Plasma for 4 weeks improves work performance through reducing the risk of infection.
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spelling pubmed-73330112020-07-15 Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Improves Subjective Physical State and Presenteeism: A Randomized, Open-Label Crossover Study among Healthy Office Workers Kokubo, Takeshi Wakai, Shimpei Fujiwara, Daisuke Kanauchi, Osamu Jounai, Kenta Ichikawa, Hisahiro Takuma, Mihoko Kanaya, Yoshihisa Shiraoka, Ryohei Prev Nutr Food Sci Article Maintaining employees’ presenteeism is a major issue in the workplace. Simple and convenient methods to improve presenteeism are required. We investigated whether administering the lactic acid bacteria Lactococcus lactis strain Plasma (LC-Plasma) can improve the performance and physical condition of office workers. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1) an intake period (consumption of LC-Plasma-containing yogurt beverage) followed by a non-intake period, or 2) a non-intake period followed by an intake period. Each period lasted 4 weeks and there was a 4- week washout period between each. Assessment was conducted using the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ), the Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire and physical condition questionnaires. A total of 153 subjects were analyzed. Absolute presenteeism (as assessed by the HPQ) and vigor (as assessed by POMS) were significantly higher in the intake period than the non-intake period. The subject’s physical health (as assessed by typical common cold symptoms, physical condition, sneezing or runny noses, coughing or sore throats, and lassitude) was also superior during the LC-Plasma intake period. Our results suggest that intake of LC-Plasma for 4 weeks improves work performance through reducing the risk of infection. The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition 2020-06-30 2020-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7333011/ /pubmed/32676464 http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/pnf.2020.25.2.140 Text en Copyright © 2020 by The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition. All rights Reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kokubo, Takeshi
Wakai, Shimpei
Fujiwara, Daisuke
Kanauchi, Osamu
Jounai, Kenta
Ichikawa, Hisahiro
Takuma, Mihoko
Kanaya, Yoshihisa
Shiraoka, Ryohei
Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Improves Subjective Physical State and Presenteeism: A Randomized, Open-Label Crossover Study among Healthy Office Workers
title Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Improves Subjective Physical State and Presenteeism: A Randomized, Open-Label Crossover Study among Healthy Office Workers
title_full Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Improves Subjective Physical State and Presenteeism: A Randomized, Open-Label Crossover Study among Healthy Office Workers
title_fullStr Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Improves Subjective Physical State and Presenteeism: A Randomized, Open-Label Crossover Study among Healthy Office Workers
title_full_unstemmed Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Improves Subjective Physical State and Presenteeism: A Randomized, Open-Label Crossover Study among Healthy Office Workers
title_short Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Improves Subjective Physical State and Presenteeism: A Randomized, Open-Label Crossover Study among Healthy Office Workers
title_sort lactococcus lactis strain plasma improves subjective physical state and presenteeism: a randomized, open-label crossover study among healthy office workers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7333011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32676464
http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/pnf.2020.25.2.140
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