Relationship of workplace exercise with work engagement and psychological distress in employees: A cross-sectional study from the MYLS study
| Autor: | Takashi Arao, Toshiya Nagamatsu, Naruki Kitano, Takashi Jindo, Yuko Kai, Kenji Tsunoda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Work productivity
Cross-sectional study BMI body mass index lcsh:Medicine 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Health Informatics MYLS Meiji Yasuda Lifestyle Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine SB sedentary behavior Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business.industry Physical activity Work engagement lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health UWES-9 Utrecht work engagement scale Psychological distress Regular Article Odds ratio Mental health PA physical activity Confidence interval OR odds ratio K6 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale Sedentary behavior Worker METs Metabolic equivalents business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine Reports Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 17, Iss, Pp-(2020) |
| ISSN: | 2211-3355 |
| Popis: | Highlights • Practice of workplace exercise was positively related to work engagement. • Relationship of workplace exercise with work engagement was independent of physical activity and sedentary behavior. • Workplace exercise, however, might not improve psychological distress. We investigated the relationship between workplace exercise and psychological distress, and work engagement, both of which are factors related to the mental health and work productivity of employees. Data from the Meiji Yasuda Lifestyle study, collected from July 2017 through December 2017, were used. Data from an annual health checkup and questionnaire were collected from the Meiji Yasuda Shinjuku Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan. The 1321 participants (mean age: 50.8 ± 9.5 years, rate of female: 68.2%, rate of white-collar workers: 64.7%) were divided into three groups based on the frequency of performing workplace exercise: less than once, once or twice, and three or more times a week. Vigor of work engagement and psychological distress were assessed using the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). Logistic regression analyses were performed to examine relationships between workplace exercise frequencies and work engagement or psychological distress. Demographic variables, health behaviors, health status, work characteristics, and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior were adjusted for odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Participants who performed workplace exercise once or twice and three or more times a week showed a significantly higher OR (OR = 1.93, 95% CI = 1.00–3.71, p = 0.049, OR = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.23–2.15, p = 0.001, respectively) for vigor of work engagement. Neither groups of workplace exercise showed a significant OR for psychological distress even when adjusted for covariates. The practice of workplace exercise is positively and independently related to vigor of work engagements of physical activity and sedentary behavior, and the association was observed regardless of the frequency of once or twice, or three or more times a week. Workplace exercise, however, does not correlate with psychological distress. Our findings indicated that workplace exercise at least once or twice a week could have practical implications for the enhancement of vigor of work engagement, especially among white-collar workers. |
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