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Work-related factors related to forgetting to take oral diabetes medication during the working day among Japanese male employees with diabetes

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Abstract

Aim

This study aimed to explore the work-related factors related to forgetting to take oral diabetes medication during the working day among Japanese employees with diabetes.

Methods

This worksite-based study was designed to clarify the important work-related factors for preventing the aggravation of diabetes among working-age people and support for coexisting diabetes treatment and work (Ryoritsu Shien). This cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2018. The participants were full-time employees with type 2 diabetes aged over 40 years who took oral diabetes medication during the working day. The participants were classified into forgetting and non-forgetting groups. Their characteristics and work-related factors were evaluated using a self-administered questionnaire and specific health checkup data.

Results

Of the 93 employees with diabetes, 22 (23.7%) were classified into the forgetting group. After adjusting for confounding factors, irregular meal times during the working day was positively associated with forgetting to take oral diabetes medication during the working day [multivariable-adjusted odds ratio (OR), 7.08; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.38–36.32, irregular vs. regular]. Skipping meals during the working day was positively associated with forgetting to take oral diabetes medication during the working day (multivariable-adjusted OR 3.55, 95% CI 1.14–11.09 presence vs. absence).

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that irregular meal times and skipping meals during the working day are important factors related to forgetting to take oral diabetes medication during the working day among Japanese male employees with diabetes.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant Number: 18H03118).

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  1. Department of Fundamental Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing, Osaka Prefecture University, 3–7–30, Habikino, Osaka, 583–8555, Japan

    Nao Sonoda, Chieko Hatamochi, Yoshie Sugimoto, Maiko Shikama, Meng Li & Akiko Morimoto

  2. Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, 565–0871, Japan

    Soichiro Watanabe & Yuko Ohno

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NS designed this study, acquired data, performed the data analyses, and wrote the manuscript. SW and YO designed this study, acquired data, performed data interpretation, and contributed to editing the manuscript. CH, YS, MS, and ML performed data interpretation and contributed to editing the manuscript. AM designed this study, acquired data, performed data interpretation, and contributed to editing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the 2013 Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent or substitute for it was obtained from all patients for being included in this study. The study protocol was written in accordance with the 2013 Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Osaka University (approval date, December 24, 2017; approval no., 17233) and Osaka Prefecture University (approval date, March 2, 2018; approval no., 29–62). Informed consent was obtained from all participants who were included in the study.

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Sonoda, N., Watanabe, S., Ohno, Y. et al. Work-related factors related to forgetting to take oral diabetes medication during the working day among Japanese male employees with diabetes. Diabetol Int 13, 253–261 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13340-021-00532-3

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