Characteristics of long working hours and subsequent psychological and physical responses: JNIOSH cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the prospective association among objectively measured average working hours (AWHs), frequency of long working hours (FLWHs; defined as ≥205 working hours/month (≥45 hours/week)) for 6 months, and workers' self-reported psychological and physical health.

Methods

The study included 15 143 workers from 5 Japanese companies. We collected monthly attendance records over 6 months before distributing a questionnaire survey on psychological/physical stress responses and work-related demographics. We then evaluated the associations of those attendance records with psychological/physical measures using analysis of covariance adjusted for sex, age, employment, job type, working conditions, work site and experience of emergency state due to COVID-

SUBMITTER: Ochiai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10313994 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature