Aya Wada1, Yasuka Nakamura, Yoko Sumikawa Tsuno, Keiko Nagasaka, Maiko Kawajiri, Yoko Takeishi, Mikako Yoshida, Toyoko Yoshizawa. 1. Department of Women's Health Nursing & Midwifery (Ms Wada, Dr Nakamura, Dr Kawajiri, Dr Takeishi, Dr Yoshida, Dr Yoshizawa); Department of Public Health Nursing (Dr Tsuno), Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi; Department of Health Sciences, Saitama Prefectural University, Koshigaya, Saitama (Dr Tsuno); NTT Medical Center Tokyo (Dr Nagasaka); NPO Improving the Lives of Pregnancy, Shinagawa (Dr Nagasaka), Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Working pregnant women experience physical and psychosocial changes, which are associated with two aspects of work productivity: presenteeism and absenteeism. We examined the factors that affect these two aspects. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in April to May 2019 through an online survey. Participants were 450 working women who were pregnant for the first time. RESULTS: Occupational stress (job overload sβ: 0.14, suitable jobs sβ: 0.16); physical conditions, such as pregnancy complications (sβ: 0.32) and gestational period (sβ: 0.18); and adjustment status in the workplace due to pregnancy, such as pregnancy disclosure (sβ: 0.11) and pregnancy discrimination (sβ: 0.18), were related to presenteeism. Meanwhile, pregnancy complications were the only factor associated with absenteeism (sβ: 0.32; all P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In addition to physical condition support, support for psychosocial conditions in the workplace is required.
OBJECTIVES: Working pregnant women experience physical and psychosocial changes, which are associated with two aspects of work productivity: presenteeism and absenteeism. We examined the factors that affect these two aspects. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in April to May 2019 through an online survey. Participants were 450 working women who were pregnant for the first time. RESULTS: Occupational stress (job overload sβ: 0.14, suitable jobs sβ: 0.16); physical conditions, such as pregnancy complications (sβ: 0.32) and gestational period (sβ: 0.18); and adjustment status in the workplace due to pregnancy, such as pregnancy disclosure (sβ: 0.11) and pregnancy discrimination (sβ: 0.18), were related to presenteeism. Meanwhile, pregnancy complications were the only factor associated with absenteeism (sβ: 0.32; all P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In addition to physical condition support, support for psychosocial conditions in the workplace is required.