Poor psychosocial safety climate increases teleworker vulnerability to suicidal ideation
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2024
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Kikunaga, K.
Nakata, A.
Tondokoro, T.
Dollard, M.
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2024; 66(7):e306-e311
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Objective: Suicide is the leading cause of death among the working-age population in Japan. Unlike task-level occupational factors, the relation between suicidal ideation and psychosocial safety climate (PSC), a crucial organization-level factor to protect workers’ psychological health, is understudied, especially among teleworkers.
Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was used to select 1988 participants. A series of multivariable logistic regression analyses with the interaction term of PSC and teleworking arrangements was performed.
Results: Poor PSC was associated with a higher risk of having suicidal ideation (adjusted odds ratio = 1.57, P = 0.008), and its relation was pronounced among teleworkers (adjusted odds ratio for the interaction term = 1.96, P = 0.035), even after adjusting for task-level occupational factors.
Conclusions: This empirical study highlights the heightened risk of suicidal ideation by poor PSC, especially among teleworkers.
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Data source: Supplemental digital content, https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003122
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