ホンノ　カツミ   Katsumi Honno   本野　勝己    所属   川崎医療福祉大学  医療福祉マネジメント学部 医療情報学科    職種   准教授
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Near misses and presenteeism among paramedics.
掲載誌名	正式名：Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) 略　 称：Occup Med (Lond) ISSNコード：14718405/09627480
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	69(8-9),pp.593-597
著者・共著者	T Ishimaru, T Kubo, K Honno, Y Toyokuni, Y Fujino
発行年月	2019/12
概要	BACKGROUND:Paramedics need to be in good physical health to be able to respond to emergencies. We hypothesized that near misses by paramedics and unanticipated incidents that cause no harm may be associated with presenteeism during emergency rescues.AIMS:To examine the association between presenteeism and near misses among paramedics.METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 254 paramedics using a self-administered questionnaire. Presenteeism was measured using the work functioning impairment scale (WFun).RESULTS:Twelve per cent of respondents experienced high work function impairment indicating presenteeism. The rate of near-miss experiences steadily increased with increasing work function impairment among paramedics (WFun score category: middle, odds ratio (OR) 3.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.62-8.11; high, OR 4.36, 95% CI 1.37-13.84; very high, OR 8.62, 95% CI 2.09-35.48).CONCLUSIONS:This study demonstrated a positive relationship between impaired work function indicating presenteeism and near misses among paramedics. This suggests that presenteeism may be associated with errors that have the potential to cause serious accidents. Improved access to treatment for frequent health problems may reduce the number of incidents among paramedics.
DOI	10.1093/occmed/kqz076
PMID	31206581