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Aya Wada1, Yasuka Nakamura, Yoko Sumikawa Tsuno
1Department 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.
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.
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