Workplace social capital and refraining from seeking medical care in Japanese employees: a 1-year prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined the association of workplace social capital (WSC), including structural and cognitive dimensions, with refraining from seeking medical care (RSMC) among Japanese employees.

Design

One-year prospective cohort study.

Setting and participants

We surveyed 8770 employees (6881 men and 1889 women) aged 18-70 years from 12 firms in Japan using a self-administered questionnaire comprising the WSC scale and the items on potential confounders (ie, age, educational attainment and equivalent annual household income) at baseline (from April 2011 to March 2013).

Outcome measures

At a 1-year follow-up, we measured RSMC using a single-item question 'In the past year, have you ever refrained from visiting a hospital, clinic, acupuncturist or dentist despi

SUBMITTER: Inoue A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7401998 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature