An investigation into the effects of vacations on the health status in male white-collar workers |
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Authors: | Kimio Tarumi Akihito Hagihara Kanehisa Morimoto |
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Institution: | (1) Sectiont of Postgraduate Guidance, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Yahatanishi-ku, 807-8555 Kitakyusyu;(2) Department of Health Services Management and Policy, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka;(3) Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita |
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Abstract: | There are many stress factors in occupational settings, and the lack of vacations could be one of factors in the context of
work stress. The authors have been studying the relationship between workload and employee health. This time, an investigation
into the effects of leisure vacations on worker health status using male white-collar employees aged 20–60 years engaged in
a manufacturing company was conducted. The subjects were questioned on work stress factors including vacations and modifiers
in their occupational settings, and on psychological and physiological stress reactions; that is, how often they were able
to take leisure vacations every year, their average working hours a day and work stress factors from the Demand-Control-Support
model. The questions also examined other factors concerning the employees such as type-A behavior and lifestyles as modifiers,
diseases of the employees, physical complaints, feelings about sleep, perceived stress, job and life satisfaction, and stress
reactions as measured by physiological examination. Correlation and logistic regression analysis were conducted with the 551
eligible subjects. The results were as follows: Leisure vacation was decreasingly related to some of psychological stress
reactions after adjustment was made for working hours and for modifiers. Less vacation was increasingly related to the workers’
diseases especially among the employees aged 20–34, though the association was not statistically significant. Vacations did
not show obvious association with physiological measures. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness and possibility of
leisure vacation in controlling fatigue and maintaining the health of workers. Vacation should always be taken into consideration
as a stress factor in a survey of the health problems of white-collar workers. |
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Keywords: | Vacation Leisure Stress Working hours Lifestyle |
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