Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회지)

Korean Academic Society of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회)
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Experience of Depression regarding Psychosocial Factors in Middle-class Korea Workers: Comparison of Life Cycle Analysis

한국인 중산층 근로자의 사회심리적 요인에 따른 우울경험: 생애주기 별 비교분석

  • Kang, Borah (Hospital of Eulji University) ;
  • Oh, Heeyoung (College of Nursing, Eulji University,) ;
  • Seo, Youngju (Hospital of Eulji University) ;
  • Gil, Eunha (Department of Nursing, Daejeon Institute of Science And Technology) ;
  • Jo, Ahra (Department of Nursing, Songho University)
  • Received : 2019.06.18
  • Accepted : 2020.01.02
  • Published : 2020.02.28
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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to identify and compare the risk factors of depression among middle-class Korean workers. Methods: A cross sectional study was designed for secondary data analysis. From the 8th Korean Medical Panel Survey (2008~2013), a total of 3,056 data was drawn and analyzed. With SPSS version 24, a developmental stage comparison, with the stage being young adults (20~39), middle-aged adults (40~64), and older adults (65+) were conducted. Frequency, percentage, 𝑥2 test and logistic regression analysis were statistical tools used to analyze the data. Results: In all developmental groups, experience of frustration was found to be a common risk factor of depression. Stress from excessive task, peer-compared subjective health status, and self-perceived social class were risk factors of depression in the young adults and the middle-aged adults. Anxiety for the future significantly influenced depression in the middle-aged adults and older adults. Conclusion: Experience of frustration was a major risk factor of depression among Korean middle-class workers. Interventions to reduce depression need to be developed focusing on the specific risk factors by developmental stages such as experience of frustration, stress from task burden, poor peer-compared subjective health status and anxiety for the future.

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