Association of Work-Related Sedentary Behavior With Mental Health and Work Engagement Among Japanese White- and Blue-Collar Workers.

J Occup Environ Med

From the Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Sociology, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan (K.S.); Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan (D.M., A.S.); Better Options, Inc., Tokyo, Japan (D.M.); Keio Research Institute at SFC, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan (M.T.); Gr

Published: November 2023


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Objective: This study investigated the association of work-related sedentary behavior with mental health and work engagement among white- and blue-collar workers.

Methods: An Internet survey was conducted among 1600 workers aged 20 to 59 years. A total of 1213 valid responses were analyzed to examine the association of work-related sedentary behavior with mental health and work engagement.

Results: Higher level of occupational sedentary behavior significantly associated with poorer mental health and lower work engagement among white-collar workers. Considering the effect of occupation, association of sedentary behavior with mental health disappeared, whereas association with work engagement remained for white-collar workers.

Conclusions: Our result suggested the importance of decreasing work-related sedentary behavior for enhancing work engagement regardless of the occupation for white-collar workers. Further study is needed to confirm the association between these variables for blue-collar workers.

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