Abstract
Aim
This study aimed to identify lifestyle habits related to presenteeism among Japanese company employees by sex.
Subject and methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted using data of lifestyle habits from self-administered questionnaires during specific health checkups, of presenteeism assessed using the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) short form, and of health insurance claims for 12,476 employees of a Japanese company in 2016. Multiple regression analysis was conducted for each sex, with HPQ score as the objective variable, lifestyle habits as the explanatory variables, and age, job position, department, and medical treatment as adjustment variables.
Results
Both sexes demonstrated associations between presenteeism and lifestyle habits, such as insufficient sleep, lack of regular exercise, and eating late-evening meals. Insufficient sleep exhibited the strongest relationship. Furthermore, presenteeism was associated with additional factors specific to each sex, including slow walking speed, current smoking, skipping breakfast in men, and fast eating speed in women.
Conclusion
Insufficient sleep, lack of regular exercise, and eating late-evening meals critical for presenteeism among Japanese employees of both sexes. However, other lifestyle habits related to presenteeism differed between men and women. Men tended to exhibit more lifestyle habits related to presenteeism compared to women.
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Tsuchida, M., Monma, T., Ozawa, S. et al. Relationships between lifestyle habits and presenteeism among Japanese employees. J Public Health (Berl.) (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-02136-4
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