Workers' sleep condition and related disorders in Japan: an analysis based on health insurance claim data and questionnaire. Issue 4 (2nd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Toyoshima, Ayako; Moriyama, Michiko; Asano, Kenichiro; Mitsuhashi, Keiko; Rahman, Md Moshiur
• Is Part Of: International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics. Volume 24:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 614
• Page End: 623
• Publication Date: 2018-10-02
• Subjects: sleep disorders -- descriptive statistics -- psychotropic drugs -- health insurance claim data -- autonomic imbalance; Human engineering -- Periodicals; Industrial safety -- Periodicals; Human Engineering -- Periodicals; Occupational Health -- Periodicals; Ergonomie -- Périodiques; Sécurité du travail -- Périodiques; Human engineering; Industrial safety; Periodicals; 620.8
• DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2017.1339440
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1080-3548

Abstract

Abstract : The purpose of this study was to clarify the sleep disorders and sleep conditions among workers in a company through descriptive statistics. We analyzed the data of individuals with suspected sleep disorders based on the 1-year outpatient health insurance claim data of 2803 employees in a company in Japan. We conducted a questionnaire survey to determine the sleep condition and drug usage of the same participants. Claim data of 339 employees (12.1%) were selected for analysis, and the breakdown of diseases comprised 153 (5.5%) with sleep disorders, 149 (5.3%) with headache, 119 (4.2%) with depression and 17 (0.6%) with autonomic imbalance. We recovered 2608 questionnaire responses (93.0%) and found that 1852 subjects (71.0%) were aware of insomnia symptoms within 1 year. Our findings highlight the prevalence of sleep disorders and drug usage among workers in a company, and the conditions of these disorders, including awareness of insomnia.