Study on mental health of workers of Thai Nguyen steel factory
- Author:
Tran Viet Nghi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mental health
- MeSH:
Mental Health;
Epidemiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2005;0(11):22-30
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Studying on 870 workers who are working at 3 works of Thai Nguyen steel factory showed that mental-related disorder prevalence was 20.6%, in which 9.3% workers had asthenia, 7.1% had insomnia disorder, 2.2% had anxiety, 2% had depression. These rates increased with age, working duration and in the workers who have lower educational level. There are several occupational hazards could cause harm for workers: risk of getting accident in working 85.5%; boring, repetitive work 83.2%; work requires exactly observation or choice 82.1%, exhausting work 63.1%
