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. 2022 Nov 1;64(11):e695-e699.
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002670. Epub 2022 Aug 16.

A Prospective Cohort Study of Presenteeism and Increased Risk of Divorce Among Japanese Workers

Yoshihisa Fujino  1 , Makoto Okawara, Ayako Hino, Keiji Muramatsu, Tomohisa Nagata, Seiichiro Tateishi, Mayumi Tsuji, Akira Ogami, Tomohiro Ishimaru; CORoNaWork Project
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A Prospective Cohort Study of Presenteeism and Increased Risk of Divorce Among Japanese Workers

Yoshihisa Fujino et al. J Occup Environ Med. .

Abstract

Objective: We examined the association between the presenteeism and the risk of divorce among Japanese workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A prospective study of 27,036 individuals was conducted starting in December 2020, with 18,560 (68.7%) participating in the follow-up in December 2021. The Work Functioning Impairment Scale (WFun) was used to measure the degree of work function impairment.

Results: Compared with the group with the lowest WFun score, the odds ratio for the group with moderate WFun was 1.16 (95% confidence interval, 0.74 to 1.82; P = 0.525), and the odds ratio for the group with the highest WFun was 1.76 (95% confidence interval, 1.18 to 2.62; P = 0.006).

Conclusions: This study suggests that supporting workers with presenteeism has important implications not only from the perspective of labor productivity in management but also for the individual's quality of life in terms of family relationships.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: Dr Fujino has the copyright to WFun with royalties paid from Sompo Health Support Inc, outside from this work. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest associated with this article.

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