Effects of work-family conflict on mental and cardiometabolic profiles and sleep disorders among Japanese and Egyptian civil workers

• Project/Area Number: 19K10621
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58030:Hygiene and public health-related: excluding laboratory approach
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Frag Ehab Salah Eshak 大阪大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 招へい准教授 (40835021)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 八谷 寛 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (30324437) ; 磯 博康 国立研究開発法人国立国際医療研究センター, その他部局等, グローバルヘルス政策研究センター長 (50223053) ; 馬場 幸子 地方独立行政法人大阪府立病院機構大阪母子医療センター(研究所), その他部局等, 母子保健情報センター・母子保健調査室・室長 (90532987)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: Work-Family Conflict / Mental health / Physical Health / Ikigai / Workability / Sleep / mental / Japan and Egypt / Depression / Sleep disorders / Civil workers / Comparative study / Work-family conflict / workability / Physical/mental health / Work-family stress

Outline of Research at the Start

Humans spent their day in work, sleep, and family activities. Reducing sleep hours appears to maintain the work/family balance that can lead to physical and mental stress. We will compare the impact of WF conflict on physical and mental health among civil workers in Egypt and Japan.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the PY 2023, We published five research articles.1- A comparative study of the work-family conflicts prevalence, their sociodemographic, family, and work attributes, and their relation to the self-reported health status in Japanese and Egyptian civil workers : DOI:10.1186/s12889-022-13924-0. 2-The mediating role of work-family conflicts in the association between work ability and depression among Egyptian civil workers: DOI:doi: 10.1007/s10935-022-00690-3. 3-Work and Family Conflicts, Depression, and "Ikigai": A Mediation Analysis in a Cross-Cultural Study Between Japanese and Egyptian Civil Workers. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20210338. 4-Minimal Contribution of the Social Determinants of Health to the Prevalence of Hypertension among Egyptian Public Servants. Curr Hypertens Rev. 2023. DOI: 10.2174/1573402119666230302090924 5-The prevalence and determining factors of sleep disorders vary by gender of the Egyptian public officials. DOI:10.1186/s42269-022-00927-5

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

We showed the prevalence of work-family conflict and poor health among Japanese and Egyptian civil workers. We need to alleviate WFC sources and improve the Ikigai to reduce the risk of sleep disorders and depression and increase the workability of civil workers.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Minia University(エジプト)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Minia University(エジプト)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Minia University(エジプト)
• [Journal Article] Work and Family Conflicts, Depression, and “Ikigai”: A Mediation Analysis in a Cross-cultural Study Between Japanese and Egyptian Civil Workers (2023)
  • Author(s): Eshak ES, Baba S, Yatsuya H, Iso H, Hirakawa Y, Mahfouz EM, Chifa C, Sakaniwa R, El-khateeb AS.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Epidemiology Volume: 33 Issue: 7 Pages: 360-366
  • DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20210338
  • NAID: 130008159459
  • ISSN: 0917-5040, 1349-9092
  • Year and Date: 2023-07-05
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Minimal Contribution of the Social Determinants of Health to the Prevalence of Hypertension Among Egyptian Public Servants (2023)
  • Author(s): Eshak Ehab Salah、Kamal Nashwa Nabil、Kamal Nashaat Nabil
  • Journal Title: Current Hypertension Reviews Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Pages: 130-138
  • DOI: 10.2174/1573402119666230302090924
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Depression in Public Servants of Upper Egypt: Gender- specific Prevalence and Determining Factors (2022)
  • Author(s): Ehab Salah Eshak. Tarek Ahmed Abd-El Rahman.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Prevention Volume: 43 Issue: 5 Pages: 623-638
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10935-022-00690-3
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] The prevalence and determining factors of sleep disorders vary by gender in the Egyptian public officials: a large cross-sectional study (2022)
  • Author(s): Eshak Ehab Salah
  • Journal Title: Bulletin of the National Research Centre Volume: 46 Issue: 1
  • DOI: 10.1186/s42269-022-00927-5
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] The mediating role of work-family conflicts in the association between work ability and depression among Egyptian civil workers (2022)
  • Author(s): Abdelrehim MG, Eshak ES, Kamal NN
  • Journal Title: J Public Health (Oxf) Volume: －
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Antecedents of work-family conflict among Egyptian civil workers (2021)
  • Author(s): Eshak ES, Elkhateeb AS, Abdellatif OK, Hassan EE, Mohamed ES, Ghazawy ER, Emam SA, Mahfouz EM
  • Journal Title: Journal of Public Health (Z Gesundh Wiss) Volume: － Issue: 7 Pages: 1081-1090
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10389-021-01641-8
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research