A study of job stress, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in display manufacturing workers: a cross-sectional study.

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Author	Ahn, Seung-hwan Lee, Yong-Jin Jang, Eun-Chul Kwon, Soon-Chan Min, Young-Sun Ryu, Seung-Hoon
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the association between job stress and suicide ideation/attempts among display manufacturing workers.MethodsData were collected from 836 workers in a display manufacturing company who participated in health screenings from May 22 to June 16, 2017. The data included general characteristics, night work, job tenure, previous physician-diagnosed chronic diseases, suicidal ideation/suicide attempts, and job stress. We investigated suicidal ideation/suicide attempts that covered the past year by using a self-reported questionnaire. Job stress was measured using the 43-item Korean Occupational Stress Scale. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between job stress and suicidal ideation/suicide attempts. The mediator effect of depression on suicidal ideation/suicide attempts was tested using a series of logistic regression by applying Baron and Kenny's mediation method.ResultsIn the model adjusting for variables (e.g., age, body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, regular exercise, shift work, job tenure, chronic disease and depression), physical environment (OR: 3.60, 95% CI: 1.08–12.02), lack of reward (OR: 5.31, 95% CI: 1.54–18.34), and occupation climate (OR: 7.36, 95% CI: 2.28–23.72) were correlated with suicidal ideation/suicide attempts in women. However, all subscales of job stress were not significantly correlated with suicidal ideation/suicide attempts in men. In mediation analysis, job instability and occupational climate were correlated with suicidal ideation/suicide attempts and were mediated by depression in men workers.ConclusionsIn women workers, the experiences of suicidal ideation/suicide attempts were significantly correlated with the physical environment, lack of reward, and occupational climate that were subscales of job stress. In men workers, depression rather than job stress was correlated with experiences of suicidal ideation/suicide attempts.
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Journal	Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine [Ann Occup Environ Med]
Volume Number	32
DOI	10.35371/aoem.2020.32.e16
PubMed Central reference number	PMC7332350
PubMed reference number	32676194
e-ISSN	20524374
Language	English
Publisher	Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Publisher Date	2020-06-02
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © 2020 Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Subject Keyword	Suicidal ideation Suicide attempt Job stress Occupational stress Manufacturing sector workers
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health