Organizational Justice and Refraining from Seeking Medical Care Among Japanese Employees: A 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Informa Healthcare Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9421097 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7558 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10705503 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Behav Med Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: London : Informa Healthcare
      Original Publication: Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1994-
    • Subject Terms:
      Organizational Culture* ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care* ; Social Justice*; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Japan ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Odds Ratio ; Prospective Studies ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    • Abstract:
      Background: Using a 1-year prospective design, we examined the association of organizational justice (i.e., procedural justice and interactional justice) with refraining from seeking medical care (RSMC) among Japanese employees.
      Methods: We surveyed 2695 employees (1994 men and 701 women) from two factories of a manufacturing company in Japan. A self-administered questionnaire comprising scales for measuring organizational justice (Organizational Justice Questionnaire) and potential confounders (i.e., demographic and socioeconomic characteristics as well as health-related behaviors) was administered at baseline (from April to June 2011). At 1-year follow-up (from April to June 2012), a single-item question was used to measure RSMC during the follow-up period. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted by gender.
      Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, low procedural justice and low interactional justice at baseline were found to be significantly associated with higher odds of RSMC during the 1-year follow-up for male employees (odds ratio = 1.33 [95% confidence interval = 1.16-1.52], p < 0.001 and 1.15 [95% confidence interval = 1.02-1.29], p = 0.019, respectively). Similar patterns were observed for female employees (odds ratio = 1.37 [95% confidence interval = 1.08-1.74], p = 0.009 and 1.23 [95% confidence interval = 1.02-1.50], p = 0.035 for low procedural justice and low interactional justice, respectively).
      Conclusions: The present study provided evidence that the lack of organizational justice is positively associated with RSMC among Japanese employees, independently of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics as well as of health-related behaviors.
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    • Grant Information:
      JP17K09172 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; JP26253042 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; 180701-01 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; JP21119001 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Access to medical care; Interactional justice; Longitudinal studies; Procedural justice
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20181129 Date Completed: 20190429 Latest Revision: 20200225
    • Publication Date:
      20240105
    • Accession Number:
      PMC6435618
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/s12529-018-9756-6
    • Accession Number:
      30484083