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Association between work schedules and motivation for lifestyle change in workers with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between work schedules and motivation for behavioural change of lifestyle, based on the transtheoretical model (TTM) in workers with overweight or obesity.

Design

A cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

A healthcare examination centre in Japan.

Participants

Between April 2014 and March 2016, we recruited 9243 participants who underwent healthcare examination and met the inclusion criteria, namely, age 20-65 years, body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m² and full-time workers.

Exposure

Night and shift (night/shift) workers were compared with daytime workers in terms of motivation for behavioural change.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was action and maintenance stages of change (SOC) for lifestyle in TTM. In a subgroup analysis, we investigated interactions between characteristics, including age, sex, BMI, current smoking, alcohol habits, hours of sleep and working hours.

Results

Overall, 1390 participants (15.0%) were night/shift workers; night/shift workers were younger (median age (IQR): 46 (40-54) vs 43 (37-52) years) and the proportion of men was lesser (75.4 vs 60.9%) compared with daytime workers. The numbers of daytime and night/shift workers in the action and maintenance SOC were 2113 (26.9%) and 309 (22.2%), respectively. Compared with daytime workers, night/shift workers were less likely to demonstrate action and maintenance SOC (adjusted OR (AOR): 0.85, 95% CI: 0.74 to 0.98). In a subgroup analysis that included only those with long working hours (≥10 hours/day), results revealed a strong inverse association between night/shift work and action and maintenance SOC (AOR: 0.65, 95% CI: 0.48 to 0.86). A significant interaction was observed between long working hours and night/shift work (P for interaction=0.04).

Conclusions

In workers with overweight or obesity, a night/shift work schedule was associated with a lower motivation for behavioural change in lifestyle, and the association was strengthened in those with long working hours.

SUBMITTER: Tanikawa Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7213847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association between work schedules and motivation for lifestyle change in workers with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional study in Japan.

Tanikawa Yukihiro Y Kimachi Miho M Ishikawa Minoru M Hisada Tomoichiro T Fukuhara Shunichi S Yamamoto Yosuke Y

BMJ open 20200430 4

<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the association between work schedules and motivation for behavioural change of lifestyle, based on the transtheoretical model (TTM) in workers with overweight or obesity.<h4>Design</h4>A cross-sectional observational study.<h4>Setting</h4>A healthcare examination centre in Japan.<h4>Participants</h4>Between April 2014 and March 2016, we recruited 9243 participants who underwent healthcare examination and met the inclusion criteria, namely, age 20-65 years, body ...[more]

PMID: 32354776

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Project description:BackgroundThe professionalism of hospital workers in Japan was challenged by the pandemic (H1N1) 2009. To maintain hospital function under critical situations such as a pandemic, it is important to understand the factors that increase and decrease the willingness to work. Previous hospital-based studies have examined this question using hypothetical events, but so far it has not been examined in an actual pandemic. Here, we surveyed the factors that influenced the motivation and hesitation of hospital workers to work in Japan soon after the pandemic (H1N1) 2009.MethodsSelf-administered anonymous questionnaires about demographic character and stress factors were distributed to all 3635 employees at three core hospitals in Kobe city, Japan and were collected from June to July, 2009, about one month after the pandemic (H1N1) in Japan.ResultsOf a total of 3635 questionnaires distributed, 1693 (46.7%) valid questionnaires were received. 28.4% (N = 481) of workers had strong motivation and 14.7% (N = 249) had strong hesitation to work. Demographic characters and stress-related questions were categorised into four types according to the odds ratios (OR) of motivation and hesitation to work: some factors increased motivation and lowered hesitation; others increased motivation only; others increased hesitation only and others increased both motivation and hesitation. The strong feeling of being supported by the national and local governments (Multivariate OR: motivation; 3.5; CI 2.2-5.4, hesitation; 0.2; CI 0.1-0.6) and being protected by hospital (Multivariate OR: motivation; 2.8; CI 2.2-3.7, hesitation; 0.5; CI 0.3-0.7) were related to higher motivation and lower hesitation. Here, protection included taking precautions to prevent illness among workers and their families, providing for the care of those who do become ill, reducing malpractice threats, and financial support for families of workers who die on duty. But 94.1% of the respondents answered protection by the national and local government was weak and 79.7% answered protection by the hospital was weak.ConclusionsSome factors have conflicting effects because they increase both motivation and hesitation. Giving workers the feeling that they are being protected by the national and local government and hospital is especially valuable because it increases their motivation and lowers their hesitation to work.

Dataset Information

Association between work schedules and motivation for lifestyle change in workers with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional study in Japan.

Objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Exposure

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Association between work schedules and motivation for lifestyle change in workers with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional study in Japan.

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