Experience of Depression regarding Psychosocial Factors in Middle-class Korea Workers: Comparison of Life Cycle Analysis
10.5807/kjohn.2020.29.1.49
- Author:
Bo rah KANG
1
;
Hee young OH
;
Young ju SEO
;
Eun ha GIL
;
Ah ra JO
Author Information
1. Nurse, Hospital of Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2020;29(1):49-57
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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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, x 2 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.
