Safety and Health at Work Vol. 10 Issue 4 2019
Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 10 Issue 4 2019
Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems (Original Article)
Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems (Original Article)
Subject
Cardiovascular disease, Depression, Employee, Osteoarthritis, Suicide
Description
Objectives: We evaluated the physical and mental health problems of waged workers in Korea who had different classes of occupation.
Methods: We used data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007e2017) to examine 22,788 workers who were waged employees and categorized these workers into 5 occupational classes.
Results: “Unskilled manual workers” were more likely to be older, less educated, have lower monthly
income, and work fewer hours per week. Among men and relative to “managers and professionals”
(reference group), “skilled manual workers” were more likely to have physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis, “clerks” were less likely to report suicidal ideation, and “unskilled manual workers” were more likely to report suicidal ideation. Among women and relative to “managers and professionals” (reference group), “service and sales workers” and “unskilled manual workers” were more likely to report physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis, depressive feelings, and suicidal ideation. However, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases did not differ among the occupational classes for men and
women.
Conclusion: We identified differences between men and women and among those in different occupa-
tional classes regarding employment status, physical health, and mental health. “Unskilled manual workers” of both genders were more likely to be older, less educated, have less monthly income, work fewer hours per week, and have suicidal ideation. Female “service and sales workers” were more likely to have osteoarthritis, depressive feelings, and suicidal ideation.
Methods: We used data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007e2017) to examine 22,788 workers who were waged employees and categorized these workers into 5 occupational classes.
Results: “Unskilled manual workers” were more likely to be older, less educated, have lower monthly
income, and work fewer hours per week. Among men and relative to “managers and professionals”
(reference group), “skilled manual workers” were more likely to have physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis, “clerks” were less likely to report suicidal ideation, and “unskilled manual workers” were more likely to report suicidal ideation. Among women and relative to “managers and professionals” (reference group), “service and sales workers” and “unskilled manual workers” were more likely to report physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis, depressive feelings, and suicidal ideation. However, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases did not differ among the occupational classes for men and
women.
Conclusion: We identified differences between men and women and among those in different occupa-
tional classes regarding employment status, physical health, and mental health. “Unskilled manual workers” of both genders were more likely to be older, less educated, have less monthly income, work fewer hours per week, and have suicidal ideation. Female “service and sales workers” were more likely to have osteoarthritis, depressive feelings, and suicidal ideation.
Creator
Jaeouk Ahn, Nam-Soo Kim, Byung-Kook Lee, Jungsun Park, Yangho Kim
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
December 2019
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 10 Issue 4 2019
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Citation
Jaeouk Ahn, Nam-Soo Kim, Byung-Kook Lee, Jungsun Park, Yangho Kim, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 10 Issue 4 2019
Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed September 20, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1959.
Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed September 20, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1959.