Association between place of dental check-ups and work absenteeism among Japanese workers.
J Occup Health
; 65(1): e12415, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Dental check-ups at the workplace provide the opportunity for early detection of dental diseases. Dental check-ups during working hours could reduce the number of days of absence from work due to visits to dental clinics outside the workplace. Although health check-ups are provided to workers in Japan, dental check-ups is not mandatory. This study aimed to determine the association between the place of dental check-ups and absenteeism due to visits to the dental clinic.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study used data from an online self-reported worker survey conducted for 2 weeks in March 2017. We applied linear regression analysis with robust variance to determine the association between the place of dental check-ups and absenteeism due to dental clinic visits while adjusting for sociodemographic, health, and oral health covariates.RESULTS:
The average age of the 3930 participants was 43.3 ± 11.7 years, and 52.3% were male. The number of days of absenteeism due to dental clinic visits in the past year for those who received check-ups only at the dental clinic and at the workplace were 0.57 ± 2.67 days and 0.21 ± 1.20 days, respectively. After adjusting for covariates, it was found that those who received dental check-ups at the workplace had 0.35 (95% CI, 0.12-0.58) fewer days of absence than those who received dental check-ups at the dental clinic.CONCLUSION:
Workers who received dental check-ups at the workplace were associated with fewer days of absence due to dental visits than those who received at the dental clinic.Palabras clave
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Lugar de Trabajo
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Servicios de Salud Dental
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Absentismo
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Atención Ambulatoria
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Pueblos del Este de Asia
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Occup Health
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Año:
2023
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Article