Cargando…

Social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan: A 6‐year follow‐up study from the JAGES

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social participation (type/pattern) and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan who have worked in the company. METHODS: Longitudinal data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluati...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kanamori, Satoru, Kondo, Naoki, Takamiya, Tomoko, Kikuchi, Hiroyuki, Inoue, Shigeru, Tsuji, Taishi, Kai, Yuko, Muto, Go, Kondo, Katsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8012407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33792124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12216
_version_ 1783673362328846336
author Kanamori, Satoru
Kondo, Naoki
Takamiya, Tomoko
Kikuchi, Hiroyuki
Inoue, Shigeru
Tsuji, Taishi
Kai, Yuko
Muto, Go
Kondo, Katsunori
author_facet Kanamori, Satoru
Kondo, Naoki
Takamiya, Tomoko
Kikuchi, Hiroyuki
Inoue, Shigeru
Tsuji, Taishi
Kai, Yuko
Muto, Go
Kondo, Katsunori
author_sort Kanamori, Satoru
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social participation (type/pattern) and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan who have worked in the company. METHODS: Longitudinal data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study were used in this study. Functionally independent individuals aged 65 years and older in Japan were surveyed. Work and community organizations (local community, hobbies, and sports) were used as social participation. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to calculate mortality hazard ratios. RESULTS: Analysis was carried out on 19 260 participants. A total of 2870 deaths occurred during the 6‐year follow‐up period. Those in companies with 49 or fewer employees had the highest prevalence of work participation and the lowest participation in any community organization. Regardless of company size, the mortality risk was significantly lower for participants in any social participation (eg, the hazard ratio for participation in a hobby organization among those with a company size of 49 employees or fewer was 0.74, 95% CI: 0.65‐0.85) compared to nonparticipants whose company size was 49 or fewer employees. CONCLUSIONS: In Japan, although older men who have worked for small companies may have fewer benefits, their social participation may reduce their mortality risks. To avoid increasing health inequalities, it is necessary to create an environment in which they are more likely to participate in social activities.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8012407
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-80124072021-04-02 Social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan: A 6‐year follow‐up study from the JAGES Kanamori, Satoru Kondo, Naoki Takamiya, Tomoko Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shigeru Tsuji, Taishi Kai, Yuko Muto, Go Kondo, Katsunori J Occup Health Original Articles OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social participation (type/pattern) and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan who have worked in the company. METHODS: Longitudinal data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study were used in this study. Functionally independent individuals aged 65 years and older in Japan were surveyed. Work and community organizations (local community, hobbies, and sports) were used as social participation. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to calculate mortality hazard ratios. RESULTS: Analysis was carried out on 19 260 participants. A total of 2870 deaths occurred during the 6‐year follow‐up period. Those in companies with 49 or fewer employees had the highest prevalence of work participation and the lowest participation in any community organization. Regardless of company size, the mortality risk was significantly lower for participants in any social participation (eg, the hazard ratio for participation in a hobby organization among those with a company size of 49 employees or fewer was 0.74, 95% CI: 0.65‐0.85) compared to nonparticipants whose company size was 49 or fewer employees. CONCLUSIONS: In Japan, although older men who have worked for small companies may have fewer benefits, their social participation may reduce their mortality risks. To avoid increasing health inequalities, it is necessary to create an environment in which they are more likely to participate in social activities. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8012407/ /pubmed/33792124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12216 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Occupational Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japan Society for Occupational Health This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Articles
Kanamori, Satoru
Kondo, Naoki
Takamiya, Tomoko
Kikuchi, Hiroyuki
Inoue, Shigeru
Tsuji, Taishi
Kai, Yuko
Muto, Go
Kondo, Katsunori
Social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan: A 6‐year follow‐up study from the JAGES
title Social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan: A 6‐year follow‐up study from the JAGES
title_full Social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan: A 6‐year follow‐up study from the JAGES
title_fullStr Social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan: A 6‐year follow‐up study from the JAGES
title_full_unstemmed Social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan: A 6‐year follow‐up study from the JAGES
title_short Social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in Japan: A 6‐year follow‐up study from the JAGES
title_sort social participation and mortality according to company size of the longest‐held job among older men in japan: a 6‐year follow‐up study from the jages
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8012407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33792124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12216
work_keys_str_mv AT kanamorisatoru socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages
AT kondonaoki socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages
AT takamiyatomoko socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages
AT kikuchihiroyuki socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages
AT inoueshigeru socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages
AT tsujitaishi socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages
AT kaiyuko socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages
AT mutogo socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages
AT kondokatsunori socialparticipationandmortalityaccordingtocompanysizeofthelongestheldjobamongoldermeninjapana6yearfollowupstudyfromthejages