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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2019.07.007

Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems  

Ahn, Jaeouk (Department of Medical IT Engineering, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University)
Kim, Nam-Soo (Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
Lee, Byung-Kook (Department of Preventive Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
Park, Jungsun (Department of Occupational Health, Daegu Catholic University)
Kim, Yangho (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
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Safety and Health at Work / v.10, no.4, 2019 , pp. 504-511 More about this Journal
Abstract
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 (2007-2017) 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 occupational 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.
Keywords
Cardiovascular disease; Depression; Employee; Osteoarthritis; Suicide;
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