Exploring New Perspectives on 'Effectively Utilizing' Stress Checks! Releasing a Post-Project Report Focusing on the Relationship with Women's Health Issues
With Midwife Inc. released a report on a METI-subsidized Femtech project, confirming a correlation between women-specific health issues and stress check indicators (BJSQ) among 506 employees.
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With Midwife Inc. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka; Representative Director: Mizuki Kishihata; hereinafter 'With Midwife') conducted a verification on the relationship between women-specific health issues and stress check indicators, as part of the FY2025 Subsidy for Femtech and Other Support Service Demonstration Projects.
Anticipating the expansion of mandatory stress checks scheduled for FY2028, companies are required to shift from merely 'conducting' stress checks to 'utilizing' them. In this demonstration, we focused on the relationship between women's health issues—which have traditionally been overlooked—and poor mental health.
As a result, a certain correlation was suggested between indicators showing 'mental and physical stress reactions' and women-specific health issues.
## Project Background and Issues
### Expansion of Mandatory Stress Checks and Corporate Challenges
In FY2028, the obligation to conduct occupational stress checks at workplaces is scheduled to be expanded to include workplaces with fewer than 50 employees. Consequently, it is expected that more companies will be required to implement mental health measures for their employees in the future.
On the other hand, the following issues have been pointed out in the field:
- Stress checks are already being conducted but are not fully utilized.
- Responses to individuals with high stress are limited. Few people undergo consultations.
Moving forward, it will be important not just to conduct the checks, but to implement operations that lead to specific support and workplace improvements based on the results.
### Hard-to-See 'Women-Specific Health Issues'
In recent years, women-specific health issues such as menstruation, PMS, and menopause have attracted attention in many companies, and support for them is expanding as they can potentially affect work performance and mental health. However, because it is a highly sensitive topic, it is an area that is difficult for companies to grasp.
Considering the expanding obligation of stress checks, the challenge of utilizing them effectively, and the approach to women's health issues—which is our area of expertise—we embarked on this demonstration project believing that an integrated perspective is required for the future.
## Survey Overview
This demonstration was conducted under the following structure:
- Number of participating companies: 5 organizations
- Number of target employees: 506
└ Women: 368 / Men: 138
## Current Initiatives
In this demonstration, the following were implemented for the target employees above:
1. Survey
- Questionnaire on specific health issues due to physical sex differences
- Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ)
2. Support
- Individual support by medical professionals (online consultations via app chat, video calls, etc.)
- Provision of e-learning
3. Effectiveness Verification
- Quantitative and qualitative effectiveness verification as an evaluation of 1 and 2.
## Main Results
Among the targets, response data from female employees (n=27...
Anticipating the expansion of mandatory stress checks scheduled for FY2028, companies are required to shift from merely 'conducting' stress checks to 'utilizing' them. In this demonstration, we focused on the relationship between women's health issues—which have traditionally been overlooked—and poor mental health.
As a result, a certain correlation was suggested between indicators showing 'mental and physical stress reactions' and women-specific health issues.
## Project Background and Issues
### Expansion of Mandatory Stress Checks and Corporate Challenges
In FY2028, the obligation to conduct occupational stress checks at workplaces is scheduled to be expanded to include workplaces with fewer than 50 employees. Consequently, it is expected that more companies will be required to implement mental health measures for their employees in the future.
On the other hand, the following issues have been pointed out in the field:
- Stress checks are already being conducted but are not fully utilized.
- Responses to individuals with high stress are limited. Few people undergo consultations.
Moving forward, it will be important not just to conduct the checks, but to implement operations that lead to specific support and workplace improvements based on the results.
### Hard-to-See 'Women-Specific Health Issues'
In recent years, women-specific health issues such as menstruation, PMS, and menopause have attracted attention in many companies, and support for them is expanding as they can potentially affect work performance and mental health. However, because it is a highly sensitive topic, it is an area that is difficult for companies to grasp.
Considering the expanding obligation of stress checks, the challenge of utilizing them effectively, and the approach to women's health issues—which is our area of expertise—we embarked on this demonstration project believing that an integrated perspective is required for the future.
## Survey Overview
This demonstration was conducted under the following structure:
- Number of participating companies: 5 organizations
- Number of target employees: 506
└ Women: 368 / Men: 138
## Current Initiatives
In this demonstration, the following were implemented for the target employees above:
1. Survey
- Questionnaire on specific health issues due to physical sex differences
- Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ)
2. Support
- Individual support by medical professionals (online consultations via app chat, video calls, etc.)
- Provision of e-learning
3. Effectiveness Verification
- Quantitative and qualitative effectiveness verification as an evaluation of 1 and 2.
## Main Results
Among the targets, response data from female employees (n=27...