Association of work-related sedentary behavior with mental health and work engagement among Japanese white-collar and blue-collar workers
Keiko Sakakibara, Daisuke Miyanaka, Masahito Tokita, Michiko Kawada, Naana Mori, Fuad Hamsyah, Yuheng Lin, Akihito Shimazu- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Abstract
Objective
This study investigated the association of work-related sedentary behavior with mental health and work engagement among white- and blue-collar workers.
Methods
An Internet survey was conducted among 1,600 workers aged 20–59 years. A total of 1,213 valid responses were analyzed to examine the association of work-related sedentary behavior with mental health and work engagement.
Results
Higher level of occupational sedentary behavior significantly associated with poorer mental health and lower work engagement among white-collar workers. Considering the effect of occupation, association of sedentary behavior with mental health disappeared, whereas association with work engagement remained for white-collar workers.
Conclusion
Our result suggested the importance of decreasing work-related sedentary behavior for enhancing work engagement regardless of the occupation for white-collar workers. Further study is needed to confirm the association between these variables for blue-collar workers.