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Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey
BACKGROUND: The present study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms in older Koreans and identified associations between depressive symptoms and occupational factors. METHODS: Data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V (2010–2012) were used to analyze 7320 p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27182442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-016-0107-2 |
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author | Park, Hyun Hwangbo, Young Lee, Yong-Jin Jang, Eun-Chul Han, Wook |
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description | BACKGROUND: The present study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms in older Koreans and identified associations between depressive symptoms and occupational factors. METHODS: Data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V (2010–2012) were used to analyze 7320 participants aged 55 years or older. Complex sample logistic regression analysis was performed after adjusting general characteristics to determine associations between depressive symptoms and occupational factors. RESULTS: Among older Korean men, the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the employed and the non-employed groups were 9.9 % and 13.7 %, respectively. Employment status was significantly associated with depressive symptoms after adjusting for general factors (OR: 0.69, 95 % CI: 0.49–0.97). Among older Korean women, the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the employed and the non-employed groups were 17.4 % and 20.3 %, respectively, but employment status was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Second skill level occupational groups (clerks, plant and machine operators) in particular showed significantly lower prevalence of depressive symptoms than the non-employed group of men (9.3 % vs 13.7 %). By occupation type, the odds ratios were 0.31 (95 % CI: 0.10–0.97, clerks) and 0.47 (95 % CI: 0.23–0.86, plant and machine operators) adjusting for general factors. CONCLUSIONS: The employed group showed lower late-life depressive symptom prevalence than the non-employed group among older Korean men. In addition some second skill level occupations (clerks, plant and machine operators) were significantly associated with a lower risk of depressive symptoms after adjusting for general factors in older Korean men. |
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spelling | pubmed-48670822016-05-15 Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey Park, Hyun Hwangbo, Young Lee, Yong-Jin Jang, Eun-Chul Han, Wook Ann Occup Environ Med Research Article BACKGROUND: The present study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms in older Koreans and identified associations between depressive symptoms and occupational factors. METHODS: Data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V (2010–2012) were used to analyze 7320 participants aged 55 years or older. Complex sample logistic regression analysis was performed after adjusting general characteristics to determine associations between depressive symptoms and occupational factors. RESULTS: Among older Korean men, the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the employed and the non-employed groups were 9.9 % and 13.7 %, respectively. Employment status was significantly associated with depressive symptoms after adjusting for general factors (OR: 0.69, 95 % CI: 0.49–0.97). Among older Korean women, the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the employed and the non-employed groups were 17.4 % and 20.3 %, respectively, but employment status was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Second skill level occupational groups (clerks, plant and machine operators) in particular showed significantly lower prevalence of depressive symptoms than the non-employed group of men (9.3 % vs 13.7 %). By occupation type, the odds ratios were 0.31 (95 % CI: 0.10–0.97, clerks) and 0.47 (95 % CI: 0.23–0.86, plant and machine operators) adjusting for general factors. CONCLUSIONS: The employed group showed lower late-life depressive symptom prevalence than the non-employed group among older Korean men. In addition some second skill level occupations (clerks, plant and machine operators) were significantly associated with a lower risk of depressive symptoms after adjusting for general factors in older Korean men. BioMed Central 2016-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4867082/ /pubmed/27182442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-016-0107-2 Text en © Park et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Park, Hyun Hwangbo, Young Lee, Yong-Jin Jang, Eun-Chul Han, Wook Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey |
title | Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey |
title_full | Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey |
title_fullStr | Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey |
title_short | Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey |
title_sort | employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older koreans: a cross-sectional population survey |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27182442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-016-0107-2 |
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