title: Job-stress and medical consultation rates for physical illness among blue collar workers of an electrical factory in Japan: a four-year prospective follow-up study.
abstract: To investigate the relationship between job-stress and medical consultation rates for physical illness, a prospective study was conducted for male blue workers of an electrical factory in Japan. 8 job-stress variables and 8 possible confounders were assessed by means of mailed questionnaires in the initial study; 375 workers without medical history of illness were followed for four years; they were interviewed once a year and medical consultations for physical illness were recorded. Age-adjusted rates of medical consultation during the four-year period were significantly higher in the subjects with higher job-dissatisfaction scores than in those with lower job-dissatisfaction scores (p less than 0.05). The results of the multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that job-dissatisfaction together with age and education was significantly correlated with medical consultation (p less than 0.05). The results suggest that job-dissatisfaction is a potential factor for medical consultation in Japanese blue collar workers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haratani
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masumoto
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D005251:Fees, Medical; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology