Provision of information about and changes in help-seeking intentions for balancing medical treatment and job content among employees of small- and medium-sized companies: Focusing on cooperative work climate

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  • Yamauchi Takashi
    Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine
  • Shimazaki Takashi
    Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine
  • Yanagisawa Hiroyuki
    The Jikei University School of Medicine
  • Suka Machi
    Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine

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  • 中小企業労働者への両立支援の情報提供による申出意図の変化：協働的風土に注目して
  • チュウショウ キギョウ ロウドウシャ エ ノ リョウリツ シエン ノ ジョウホウ テイキョウ ニ ヨル モウシデ イト ノ ヘンカ : キョウドウテキ フウド ニ チュウモク シテ

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<p>Objective: The present study aimed to examine the association between a cooperative work climate and a positive attitude toward seeking help from others and the change in help-seeking intentions for balancing medical treatment and job (BTJ) before and after providing information about the support system to employees of small- and medium-sized companies. Methods: In October 2021, we conducted an online survey among 3,200 full-time employees aged 20–64 years who worked in small- and medium-sized companies, had no experience of work restriction due to illness, and did not know the contents of the support system for BTJ in Japan. First, as a condition of “before information provision,” respondents were asked to imagine a situation in which they suffered from cancer or stroke and their doctor indicated that it would be difficult for them to work regularly and, subsequently, were asked about their help-seeking intentions for BTJ under such circumstances. Next, as a condition of “after information provision,” they were shown a leaflet on the support system for BTJ in Japan and asked about their help-seeking intentions for BTJ again. A binomial logistic regression analysis was conducted with help-seeking intentions for BTJ as the dependent variable. Results: In total, 2,531 respondents (79.7%) indicated that they would seek help for BTJ both before and after receiving information. In logistic regression analyses, help-seeking intentions for BTJ were more frequently reported when there was a strong cooperative climate and a precedent for support in the workplace. Among participants who indicated that they would not seek help for BTJ before receiving information, those who worked in a company with 50–299 employees and experienced a cooperative climate and/or a precedent of support in the workplace demonstrated significantly more changes in their responses that they would seek help for BTJ after receiving information. Conclusions: Approximately 80% of employees in small- and medium-sized companies indicated that they would seek help for BTJ both before and after receiving information. In employees who had a cooperative climate and had a precedent of support regarding BTJ in their workplace, there was a significant change in the response that they would seek help for BTJ after receiving information. These findings suggest that workplace environmental factors such as a cooperative work climate and supported cases regarding BTJ may increase the usefulness of information provision on BTJ and help-seeking intentions for BTJ among employees working for small businesses.</p>

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