A cohort study on.the influence of working in foreign countries on stress and lifestyle

出国工作对压力和生活方式影响的队列研究

• 批准号: 08670456
• 负责人: NAKAMURA Kenichi
• 金额: $ 1.54万
• 依托单位: Showa University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 1996 至 1998
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-08670456/
• 关键词: epidemiology; cohort study; trade company; occupational stress; lifestyle; Job Content Questionnaire; dietary survey; General Health Questionnaire; 標本調査

BACKGROUND : After World War II, Japanese industry has been globalized. Nowadays, more than 300,000 Japanese are working in foreign countries. The aim of this cohort study was to investigate the influence of working in foreign countries on changes in lifestyles and occupational stress among Japanese workers.METHODS : A cohort of 194 male workers who belonged to a trade company and had been sent to foreign countries and 256 male workers in domestic sites was followed for one year on average. At both baseline and follow-up, the data of the lifestyles and occupational stress was gathered by self-rating questionnaires. The data was separately analyzed by strata of two age-groups of 37 years or less and 38 years or more, and the changes were compared between workers in foreign countries and in domestic sites by age-groups.RESULTS: Compared to workers in domestic sites, workers in foreign countries had different changes between baseline and follow-up as follows : Among workers aged 37 or less, the prevalence of regular exercise and earlier mealtime of supper, rates of lower intake of miso-soup, green tea, fish, tofu, and vegetables, and rates of higher intake of beverage and oily food increased. The job demand assessed by the Job Content Questionnaire decreased among them. Among workers aged 38 or more, the prevalence of habit of regular exercise and earlier mealtime of supper, taking supper out of home more frequently, lowering alcohol consumption, and eating between meals more frequently, rates of lower intake of miso-soup, green tea, fish, tofu, and vegetables, and rates of higher intake of potatoes increased. Among them, scores of the 20-items General Health Questionnaire increased.CONCLUSION : Changes of lifestyles and occupational stress for one year in foreign countries differed from in domestic sites. The changes also differed between age groups.

背景：第二次世界大战后，日本工业已经全球化。如今，超过30万日本在国外工作。这项队列研究的目的是调查在国外工作对日本工人生活方式和职业压力变化的影响。方法：194名属于贸易公司的男性工人组成，已被送往国外，256在国内现场的男性工人平均遵循一年。在基线和随访中，生活方式和职业压力的数据是由自我评价问卷收集的。通过两个年龄组分别分别分析了37岁以下和38岁或38岁以上的年龄组，并通过年龄组比较了外国工人和国内地点的工人之间的变化。 ，外国的工人在基线和随访之间发生了不同的变化，如下所示：在37岁以下的工人中，定期运动的患病率和晚餐的早期进餐时间，味道少量摄入量，绿茶，鱼，豆腐的摄入率较低，蔬菜，饮料和油性食品的摄入量增加。工作内容问卷评估的工作需求减少了。在38岁或以上的工人中，定期运动的习惯和晚餐时间更早的习惯，更频繁地将晚餐带出家，降低饮酒量以及在饭菜之间的饮食频率更高，较低的味道味o，绿茶的摄入率较低，鱼类，豆腐和蔬菜以及较高的马铃薯摄入量的速率增加。其中，共有20项一般健康问卷的评分有所增加。结论：外国一年的生活方式和职业压力的变化与国内场所不同。年龄组之间的变化也有所不同。