Is Higher Work Engagement Associated With Healthy Behaviors? A Longitudinal Study
Hoichi Amano1, Yoshiharu Fukuda, Ichiro Kawachi
1Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Massachusetts (Dr Amano, Dr Kawachi); Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan (Dr Amano, Dr Fukuda).
Objectives:
We conducted a longitudinal study to examine whether work engagement promotes healthy employee behaviors (smoking cessation, drinking moderation, and regular exercise) among Japanese workers.
Methods:
The study was part of the Japanese Study of Health, Occupation, and Psychosocial Factors Related to Equity (J-HOPE). The survey measured work engagement of 8050 employees from 12 workplaces. A multivariable logistic analysis was used to examine the odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals after adjusting for job stress, psychological distress, and other confounders.
Results:
The mean age of the sample was 40.6 years and 77.4% of the participants were men. The mean work engagement score was 2.9. Higher work engagement was significantly positively associated with drinking moderation and weekly exercise behavior, but not smoking cessation.
Conclusions:
Higher work engagement was associated with healthier employee behaviors after 1 year.
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