Baseline survey of psychosocial factors levels and their health effects in a cohort study of natural gas field workers.
10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20220331-00167
- Author:
Hui WU
1
;
Jian Zhong SHAO
2
;
Gui Zhen GU
1
;
Fu Ran LI
3
;
Wen Hui ZHOU
4
;
Shan Fa YU
5
Author Information
1. President's Office, The Third People's Hospital of Henan Province (Henan Hospital for Occupational Diseases), Zhengzhou 450052, China.
2. Department of HSE Supervision and Management, Puguang Branch of Zhongyuan Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Dazhou 635000, China.
3. Office of Zhongyuan Oilfield Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Puyang 457001, China.
4. Department of Occupational Health, The Third People's Hospital of Henan Province (Henan Hospital for Occupational Diseases), Zhengzhou 450052, China.
5. Department of Scientific Research and Foreign Affairs, Henan Medical College, Zhengzhou 451191, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cohort studies;
Health effect;
Natural gas;
Psychosocial factors;
Workplace
- MeSH:
Humans;
Male;
Adult;
Middle Aged;
Natural Gas;
Cohort Studies;
Prospective Studies;
Oil and Gas Fields;
Workplace/psychology*;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2023;41(3):183-188
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the level of psychosocial factors in workplace and their health effects among workers in a natural gas field. Methods: A prospective and open cohort of natural gas field workers was established to study the level of workplace psychosocial factors and their health effects, with a follow-up every 5 years. In October 2018, a cluster sampling method was used to conduct a baseline survey of 1737 workers in a natural gas field, including a questionnaire survey on demographic characteristics, workplace psychosocial factors and mental health outcomes, physiological indicators such as height and weight, and biochemical indicators such as blood routine, urine routine, liver function and kidney function. The baseline data of the workers were statistically described and analyzed. The psychosocial factors and mental health outcomes were divided into high and low groups according to the mean score, and the physiological and biochemical indicators were divided into normal and abnormal groups according to the reference range of normal values. Results: The age of 1737 natural gas field workers was (41.8±8.0) years old, and the length of service was (21.0±9.7) years. There were 1470 male workers (84.6%). There were 773 (44.5%) high school (technical secondary school) and 827 (47.6%) college (junior college) graduates, 1490 (85.8%) married (including remarriage after divorce), 641 (36.9%) smokers and 835 (48.1%) drinkers. Among the psychosocial factors, the detection rates of high levels of resilience, self-efficacy, colleague support and positive emotion were all higher than 50%. Among the mental health outcomes evaluation indexes, the detection rates of high levels of sleep disorder, job satisfaction and daily stress were 41.82% (716/1712), 57.25% (960/1677) and 45.87% (794/1731), respectively. The detection rate of depressive symptoms was 22.77% (383/1682). The abnormal rates of body mass index (BMI), triglyceride and low density lipoprotein were 46.74% (810/1733), 36.50% (634/1737) and 27.98% (486/1737), respectively. The abnormal rates of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, uric acid, total cholesterol and blood glucose were 21.64% (375/1733), 21.41% (371/1733), 20.67% (359/1737), 20.55% (357/1737) and 19.17% (333/1737), respectively. The prevalence rates of hypertension and diabetes were 11.23% (195/1737) and 3.45% (60/1737), respectively. Conclusion: The detection rates of high level psychosocial factors in natural gas field workers are high, and their effects on physical and mental health remain to be verified. The establishment of a cohort study of the levels and health effects of psychosocial factors provides an important resource for confirming the causal relationship between workplace psychosocial factors and health.
