Health-related Quality of Life and Related Factors in Full-time and Part-time Workers.
10.4082/kjfm.2012.33.4.197
- Author:
Byungsung KIM
1
;
Wonjoon KIM
;
Hyunrim CHOI
;
Changwon WON
;
Youngshin KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. byungskim@naver.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Quality of Life;
Manpower;
Health Surveys;
Korea
- MeSH:
Female;
Health Surveys;
Humans;
Korea;
Logistic Models;
Male;
Nutrition Surveys;
Quality of Life;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2012;33(4):197-204
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: There has been a rapid increase in the number of part-time workers in Korea with little information available on associated changes in quality of life. This study was designed to compare part-time and full-time workers in terms of the quality of life and related factors. METHODS: Data were extracted from the 4th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted in 2008. Of the 1,284 participants selected, 942 were females (range, 20 to 64 years). Based on the information provided by self-administered questionnaire, subjects were categorized according to the working pattern (full-time and part-time) and working hours (<30 and > or =30 hours). Differences in socio-demographic characteristics, health-related behaviors, and job characteristics were assessed by t-test and chi-square test. EuroQol-five dimensions (EQ-5D) index was implemented in order to measure the quality of life. Differences in the EQ-5D index scores between the groups were compared by t-test, stepwise multivariate logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: Quality of life did not differ by work patterns. In males, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development part-time group was associated with poorer quality of life (odds ratio [OR], 0.49; P = 0.028). For both sexes, the non-stress group was linked with superior quality of life in comparison to the stress group (OR, 2.64; P = 0.002; OR, 2.17; P < 0.001). Female employees engaged in non-manual labor had superior quality of life than those engaged in manual labor (OR, 1.40; P = 0.027). CONCLUSION: This study concludes that working less than 30 hours per week is related to lower quality of life in comparison to working 30 hours or more in male employees in Korea.
