Applied Study and Case Report
Mental health status in railway female workers and its occupational influencing factors
Fuling Ji, Zhenmei Liu, Zhisheng Liu, Jianfan Zou, wenlan Yu, Hongmei Li, Juan Li, lingmin Kong, Qian Jiang
Published 2018-02-20
Cite as Chin Ind Hyg Occup Dis, 2018, 36(2): 102-105. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2018.02.006
Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate the mental health status of railway female workers and related influencing factors, and to provide a scientific strategy for labor protection regulations in railway female workers.
MethodsCluster sampling was used to select 5033 female workers from Jinan, Nanning, Qinghai-Tibet, and Wuhan railway systems in China from January to August, 2016. A uniform reproductive health questionnaire, as well as the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) , was used to investigate their general information (age, marital status, education level, and family income) , work type (day shift, night shift, or work on shift) , work position, and the presence or absence of exposure to occupational hazardous factors. The score on each factor of SCL-90 and the positive rate of mental health status were calculated.
ResultsThe positive rate of mental health status was 10.6% in railway female workers. The workers exposed to occupational hazardous factors had a significantly higher positive rate of mental health status than those not exposed to occupational hazardous factors (14.20% vs 8.02%, P<0.01) . There were significant differences in the positive rate of mental health status between workers with different ages, marital status, education levels, histories of abortion, or annual family income levels (P<0.01) . The scores of somatization (1.54±0.62) and horror (1.28±0.47) in SCL-90 were significantly higher than the Chinese adult norm (P<0.01) . The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that exposure to occupational hazardous factors, night shift, overwork, and carrying heavy objects were associated with mental health problems (OR=1.797, 95%CI: 1.393-2.318; OR=0.641, 95%CI: 0.498-0.827; OR=0.586, 95%CI: 0.439-0.783; OR=0.580, 95%CI: 0.378-0.890) .
ConclusionRailway female workers have lower levels of mental health than the general population and are under significant occupational stress. Exposure to occupational hazardous factors, night shift, overwork, and carrying heavy objects are associated with the development of mental health problems in railway female workers.
Key words:
Railway female worker; Mental health status; Occupational influencing factor
Contributor Information
Fuling Ji
Qingdao center for disease control and prevention, Qingdao 266033, China
Zhenmei Liu
Zhisheng Liu
Jianfan Zou
wenlan Yu
Hongmei Li
Juan Li
lingmin Kong
Qian Jiang
