Association between overtime work hours and preventive dental visits among Japanese workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to examine the association between overtime work and the frequency of preventive dental visits among workers in Japan.

Methods

A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 14,847 daytime-workers. We used a logistic regression model stratified by sex and age and adjusted for marital status, occupation, education, and oral status to investigate the association between overtime work hours and the frequency of preventive dental visits.

Results

In total 1037 men (9.3%) and 511 women (13.9%) attended quarterly preventive dental visits, and 2672 men (23.9%) and 1165 women (31.8%) attended annual preventive dental visits. Overtime work was statistically significantly associated with quarterly preventive dental visits among men aged 50-59 year

SUBMITTER: Harada Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791987 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature