When a research group led by Professor Aya Takeda of the University of Tsukuba's Department of Physical Education investigated the relationship between corporate employees' work performance and lifestyle habits, they found that lack of rest through sleep had the biggest impact.This was followed by a lack of exercise habits and eating dinner before bed.
According to the University of Tsukuba, the research group analyzed specific health checkup and labor performance survey data from domestic companies in 2016, and investigated the relationship between lifestyle habits and labor performance for approximately 1 people.
Lifestyle habits were measured using 11 standard health checkup items, including smoking, exercise habits, walking speed, and dinner before bed, while work performance was measured using World Health Organization indicators.
The results revealed that for both men and women, lack of rest due to sleep had the biggest impact, followed by lack of exercise habits and dinner before bedtime.It was also associated with slower walking speed, smoking, and skipping breakfast in men, and faster eating speed in women.The results also showed that men have more lifestyle habits that affect their work performance than women.
In Japanese society, the working-age population is decreasing significantly due to population decline and aging society, and improving productivity has become a major issue.The research group concluded that improving rest through sleep is the first step to preventing a decline in work performance, but that support measures that take into account gender differences are needed.
Paper information:【Journal of Public Health】Relationships between lifestyle habits and presenteeism among Japanese employees
