ストレスチェック制度における集団分析，職場環境改善について

抄録

“The Stress Check program” based on the amendment of Industrial Safety and Halth Law, Japan (1972) has been introduced since December 1, 2015. As this program focused on primary prevention for job-related stress measures, it is considered that improving the workplace environment following on the scientific efficacy of which has been shown. However, the process of the stress check program, group analysis of the stress check survey and workplace environment improvements are positioned as an additional components on this system. Therefore, in this paper, authors provide a brief overview about the group analysis and workplace environmental improvements as stress management measures. And we discuss the effective of workplace environment improvements and important points for realizing the initiative. In addition, in utilizing the stress check program, we are aiming to consider how occupational health practitioners approach to employer/employees and how they contribute to promoting the creation of an ideal workplace.

The results of group analysis have been recommended for the use for conducting the training for managers and for discussing at the workplace environment improvements in occupational safety and health committees. Occupational health professionals should pay attention that the group analysis results only show an aspect of the stress conditions in the workplace, it is recommended to conduct an assessment of the health condition of the entire workplace together with other multifaceted information (physical examination results and workplace inspections). As for the group analysis results, observing the results that change over time as a monitoring index of various interventions such as the workplace conditions and the workplace environment improvements is important.

Improving the workplace environment is an effective methods for primary prevention of mental health relying on scientific evidence. In all processes of workplace environment improvements in terms of promoting better workplace culture, occupational health practitioners should facilitate the strategic approach to managers and workers by using an effective tools. They have important role of ascertaining the priority of initiatives using their specialized knowledge and assessment, and must also support the initiatives in the workplace with a comprehensive approach. Moreover, it is necessary to develop systemic evaluation methods for workplace environment improvements as a primary prevention of stress management.