Insufficient workplace infection control and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors are related to poor self-rated health during COVID-19 pandemic
Yukiko Inoue, Akinori Nakata, Seiichiro Tateishi, Kosuke Mafune, Mayumi Tsuji, Akira Ogami, Kiminori Odagami, Ryutaro Matsugaki, Yoshihisa Fujino,- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Abstract
Objective
This study investigated whether workers who practiced unhealthy lifestyles but worked under organizations with insufficient control against COVID-19 would pose a synergistic risk for poor self-rated health (SRH).
Methods
A total of 22,637 workers (men, 48.5%) were extracted from an online survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan (December 2020). Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate adjusted odds ratio (AOR) against poor (poor, fair) SRH.
Results
Accumulation of unhealthy lifestyle behaviors (AOR 1.49 to 4.40, p < 0.05) and insufficient infection control (AOR 1.80, p < 0.05) were independently related to poor SRH; however, when these factors were combined, SRH was additively worsened (AOR 2.14 to 7.72, p < 0.05).
Conclusions
This study highlights that not only unhealthy lifestyle practices but also poor organizational management against infection would worsen workers’ SRH during the COVID-19 pandemic.