Table 4. Comparison of time allocation by fields of service of the occupational physicians in 2016: current versus desired allocation.
| Field of services | Time allocation (hr) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Desired | Desired/current | Differencea | Wilcoxon test | ||||||||||
| N | AM ± ASD | Min | Med | Max | N | AM ± ASD | Min | Med | Max | % | p-value | |||
| 1 | Plan and advice for OSH policy | 46 | 1.3 ± 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 1.4 ± 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 109 | 0.1 | <0.05 |
| 2 | Attendance at the meeting of HS committee | 78 | 1.4 ± 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 78 | 1.6 ± 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 115 | 0.2 | <0.01 |
| 3 | Rounds of the work area | 78 | 1.2 ± 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 78 | 1.8 ± 3.4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 151 | 0.6 | <0.01 |
| 4 | Occupational safety and health management system | 30 | 0.4 ± 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0.7 ± 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 176 | 0.3 | <0.01 |
| 5 | Maintenance and management of work | 29 | 0.4 ± 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0.8 ± 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 194 | 0.4 | <0.01 |
| 6 | Maintenance and management of work environment | 33 | 0.4 ± 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0.9 ± 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 206 | 0.5 | <0.01 |
| 7 | General health examination | 52 | 2.1 ± 5.7 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 52 | 2.1 ± 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 100 | 0.0 | NS |
| 8 | Follow-up of examination | 64 | 1.9 ± 2.6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 64 | 1.9 ± 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 100 | 0.0 | NS |
| 9 | Specific health examination | 30 | 0.3 ± 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 0.5 ± 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 0.2 | <0.01 |
| 10 | Health and hygiene education | 34 | 0.4 ± 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0.9 ± 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 267 | 0.6 | <0.01 |
| 11 | Health promotion activity | 33 | 0.3 ± 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0.9 ± 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 271 | 0.6 | <0.01 |
| 12 | Mental health care | 57 | 1.4 ± 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 57 | 1.6 ± 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 115 | 0.2 | <0.01 |
| 13 | Prevention of health hazards due to overwork | 44 | 1.8 ± 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 44 | 2.3 ± 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 123 | 0.4 | <0.01 |
| 14 | Development of comfortable workplaces | 29 | 0.2 ± 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0.7 ± 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 332 | 0.5 | <0.01 |
| 15 | Guidance of workers on sick leave | 42 | 0.6 ± 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 42 | 0.9 ± 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 156 | 0.3 | <0.01 |
| 16 | Diagnosis for return to work and follow-up | 45 | 0.7 ± 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 1.0 ± 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 132 | 0.2 | <0.01 |
| 17 | Pre-employment health examination | 31 | 0.5 ± 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 1.0 ± 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 174 | 0.4 | <0.01 |
| 18 | Health examination at the start of employment | 37 | 0.6 ± 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 37 | 0.8 ± 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 142 | 0.2 | <0.05 |
| 19 | Stress-check | 59 | 1.6 ± 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 59 | 2.1 ± 2.4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 130 | 0.5 | <0.05 |
| 19-1 | Management of Stress-check system | 42 | 0.9 ± 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 42 | 1.2 ± 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 137 | 0.3 | <0.05 |
| 19-2 | Interview with high-stress employees | 49 | 1.2 ± 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 1.4 ± 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 126 | 0.3 | <0.05 |
| 20 | Risk assessment of chemicals | 27 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0.4 ± 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 232 | 0.2 | <0.01 |
| 21 | Others | valign="top"5 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0.0 | NA |
| Total (divided by answered subjects) | 102 | 9.1 ± 12.1 | 102 | 11.8 ± 15.9 | 130 | 2.7 | <0.01 | |||||||
OSH: Occupational safety and health; HS: Health and safety; AM: Arithmetic mean; ASD: Arithmetic standard deviation; Med: Median; Min: Minimum; Max: Maximum; NS: Not significant; NA: Not assessable due to insufficient number of data. aAM of Desired time − AM of Current time.