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BACKGROUND: Presenteeism refers to the phenomenon of working while sick. Its development can be attributed to not only somatic symptoms but also underlying social agreements and workplace atmosphere. In this study, we analyzed presenteeism among workers from various industries, focusing on job-related stress with stratification on the presence of depression. METHODS: We conducted the study with data from questionnaires filled in by different enterprises enrolled in the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. Workers' depressive symptoms were investigated using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2, while questions on job-related stress and presenteeism were derived from the short form of the Korean Occupational Stress Scale and the official Korean version of the Work-Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire-General Health, respectively. Multilevel logistic analysis was conducted to determine the statistical differences derived from the differences between companies. RESULTS: In total, 930 participants (753 men and 177 women) from 59 enterprises participated in the research. We conducted multilevel logistic regression to determine the association between the variables and presenteeism, with stratification by the presence of depression. Higher job demands and higher interpersonal conflict showed significantly elevated odds ratios (ORs) in univariate models and in the multivariate multilevel model. In the final model of total population, fully adjusted by general and work-related characteristics, higher job demands (OR: 3.29, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.08–5.21) and interpersonal conflict (OR: 1.87, 95% CI: 1.29–2.71) had significantly higher ORs—a tendency that remained in participants without depression. CONCLUSIONS: This study reflected the factors associated with presenteeism among workers from various enterprises. The findings revealed that job-related stress was closely related to presenteeism in both the total population and in the population without depression. Thus, it emphasized interventions for managing job stress among workers to reduce presenteeism in general workers' population.
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Humans , Male , Atmosphere , Depression , Labor Unions , Logistic Models , Odds Ratio , PresenteeismABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Sleep disorder is a disease that causes reduction in quality of life and work efficiency of workers. This study was performed to investigate the relationship between job-related stress factor and sleep disorder among wageworkers in Korea. METHODS: This study was based on analysis of the 3rd Korean working conditions survey. We analyzed 35,902 workers whose employment status is wageworker. We classified the job-related stress factor into 12 sections. Logistic regression was performed to estimate the relationship between job-related stress factor and sleep disorder and Odds ratio and 95 % CI were calculated using the SPSS version 23.0 program. RESULTS: Many categories of Job-related stress factor were correlated with sleep disorder (8 of 12 for women, 10 of 12 for men). The results of the regression analysis, corrected for general and occupational characteristics, indicated that sleep disorder was significantly correlated with the following categories of job-related stress: discrimination experience (OR 3.37, 95 % CI = 2.49 ~ 4.56 in women, OR 1.96, 95 % CI = 1.53 ~ 2.51 in men), direct customer confrontation (OR 2.72, 95 % CI = 1.91 ~ 3.86 in women, OR 1.99, 95 % CI = 1.45 ~ 2.72 in men), emotional stress (OR 2.01, 95 % CI = 1.30 ~ 3.09 in men), work dissatisfaction (detailed) (OR 1.99, 95 % CI = 1.36 ~ 2.93 in men), work dissatisfaction (overall) (OR 2.30, 95 % CI = 1.66 ~ 3.20 in women, OR 2.40, 95 % CI = 1.88 ~ 3.08 in men), expression of opinion difficulty (OR 0.66, 95 % CI = 0.48 ~ 0.92 in women, OR 0.57, 95 % CI = 0.45 ~ 0.73 in men). CONCLUSION: A number of studies have reported that stress affects sleep disorder. In this study, many factors suspected to increase the risk of sleep disorder were added to previously known job stress factors. In particular, this study found a strong correlation between work-associated sleep disorder and relational and organizational job stress factors. Sleep disorder may lead to large decreases in workers’ quality of life and work efficiency. Awareness and interventions are therefore required to reduce workplace stress; additional research of this topic is also required. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40557-016-0131-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Female , Humans , Discrimination, Psychological , Employment , Korea , Logistic Models , Odds Ratio , Quality of Life , Sleep Wake Disorders , Stress, PsychologicalABSTRACT
O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a Síndrome de Burnout em profissionais que atendem vítimas de violência em instituições. Também procurou identificar associações das dimensões de burnout com variáveis demográficas, laborais e psicossociais. Foi utilizado como instrumento de pesquisa o MBI - Maslach Burnout Inventory e um questionário elaborado especificamente para este estudo para as demais variáveis. A amostra de conveniência foi constituída de 30 profissionais que atendem diretamente vítimas de violência. Resultados obtidos através da prova t de student, ANOVA e correlação de Pearson revelam que as dimensões de burnout se associaram à carga horária desenvolvida, ao tempo de experiência na função e no local, ao pensamento de desistir da profissão, a satisfação percebida no trabalho e a percepção de que a profissão é estressante.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the Burnout Syndrome in professionals who work in caring for victims of violence. It also tried to identify associations of burnout dimensions with demographic, professional and psychosocial variables. The MBI- Maslach Burnout Inventory and a questionnaire specially designed for this study and other variables were used as a research tool. The sample was made up of 30 professionals and a protection foundation. Results obtained through the test of t de student, ANOVA and the correlation of Pearson reveal that the burnout dimension is associated with the amount of hours spent, the experience in the position and in the place, the thoughts of giving up the profession, job satisfaction, and the perception of how stressful the profession is.
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Burnout, Professional , Mental Health , DepersonalizationABSTRACT
El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el síndrome de Burnout en monitores que actúan en una fundación de protección especial. También buscó identificar relaciones de las dimensiones de Burnout con variables demográficas, profesionales y psicosociales. Se utilizó como instrumento de investigación el MBI (Maslach Burnout Inventory) y un cuestionario elaborado específicamente para este estudio, con el fin de evaluar las otras variables. La muestra fue conformada por 37 monitores de una fundación de protección. Los resultados obtenidos a través de la prueba t de student, ANOVA y correlación de Pearson, revelaron que las dimensiones de Burnout se asociaron a la carga horaria desempeñada, al tiempo de experiencia en la función y el lugar, a la idea de desistir de la profesión, a la satisfacción percibida en el trabajo y a la percepción de que la profesión es estresante.
O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a síndrome de Burnout em monitores que atuam em uma fundação de proteção especial. Também procurou identificar associações das dimensões de Burnout comvariáveis demográficas, profissionais e psicossociais. Foi utilizado como instrumento de pesquisa o MBI- Maslach Burnout Inventory e um questionário elaborado especificamente para este estudo para as demais variáveis. A amostra foi constituída de 37 monitores de uma fundação de proteção. Resultados obtidos através da prova t de student, Anova e correlação de Pearson revelam que as dimensões de burnout se associaram ... carga horária desenvolvida, ao tempo de experiência na função e no local, ao pensamento de desistir da profissão, a satisfação percebida no trabalho e a percepção de que a profissão é estressante.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the Burnout syndrome in monitors that act in a foundation of special protection. It also tried to identify associations of burnout dimensions with demographic, professional and psychosocial variables. The MBI- Maslach Burnout Inventory and a questionnaire specially designed for this study and other variables were used as a research tool. The sample was made up of 37 monitors and a protection foundation. Results obtained through the test of t de student, Anova and the correlation of Pearson reveal that the Burnout dimension is associated with the amount of hours spent, the experience in the position and in the place, the thoughts of giving up the profession, job satisfaction, and the perception of how stressful the profession is.
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OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the transient effects on the risk of occupational injuries as acute events and establish an alternative proposal. METHODS: The study population comprised a total of 302 workers randomly selected from applications for occupational injury compensation reported to the Inchon local labor office from January 1, 1999 to December 31. A case-crossover design, where each case serves its own control, was applied to this study. Through a telephone interview, workers provided useful data concerning five job related stressful events such as company transfer, work load change, overtime work, exchange duty, and work-part transfer. They were asked whether there were stressful events within a week of the occurrence of injury and the degree of stress. Exposure status from one year prior was used as control information. In the end, the data provided by 158 of selected persons was used for the analysis based on the quality of the data provided by the participants. A conditional logistic regression was used to discover the transient effects on the risk of occupational injuries as acute events. RESULTS: The effect of a company transfer and work load change on occupational injury was statistically significant on the risk of occupational injuries as an acute event(RR=5.5, 95% CI=2.501-12.428; RR=3.1, 95% CI=1.963-5.017, respectively). Other stressful events were found to elevate the risk factor for the occurrence of occupational injury, but were not significant. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggested that transient stressful events elevated the risk factor for the occurrence of occupational injury.