[Relationship between working-life satisfaction, health practices and primary symptoms/problems].

This study examined the relationship between Quality of Life (QOL) among workers of a major manufacturing company, health practices and primary symptoms/problems. To examine subjective assessment of the quality of life, we designed a comprehensive working-life satisfaction scale. Similarly we designed and assessed Health Practice Index (HPI) and scores for primary symptoms/problems. The results are summarized as follows: 1) Scores for primary symptoms/problems tended to be lower as the Health Practice Index (HPI) were higher. 2) Working-life satisfaction tended to be higher as scores for primary symptoms/problems were lower. 3) Working-life satisfaction tended to be higher as the Health Practice Index (HPI) were higher. The findings pointed to strong correlations between working-life satisfaction as a subjective index in order to assess the Quality of Life (QOL), the Health Practice Index (HPI) and scores for primary symptoms/problems.