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Associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: Strategies and measures for fighting occupational stress in China are inadequate. This study aimed to determine the level of occupational stress in coal miners and to assess the associations between occupational stress and job burn-out, depression and hypertension. The results could provi...

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Autores principales: Yong, Xianting, Gao, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Zhe, Ge, Hua, Sun, Xuemei, Ma, Xiaofan, Liu, Jiwen
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7375507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32690741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036087
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author Yong, Xianting
Gao, Xiaoyan
Zhang, Zhe
Ge, Hua
Sun, Xuemei
Ma, Xiaofan
Liu, Jiwen
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Gao, Xiaoyan
Zhang, Zhe
Ge, Hua
Sun, Xuemei
Ma, Xiaofan
Liu, Jiwen
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description OBJECTIVE: Strategies and measures for fighting occupational stress in China are inadequate. This study aimed to determine the level of occupational stress in coal miners and to assess the associations between occupational stress and job burn-out, depression and hypertension. The results could provide clues for preventive measures and strategies to improve the psychological well-being of this population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Xinjiang Coal Administration Bureau. PARTICIPANTS: Four coal mines were selected randomly (computer-generated random number-based selection process) from the 21 coal mines of Xinjiang, and all miners with >1 year of employment were screened for participation. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: A general demographic questionnaire, the Self-rating Depression Scale, the Effort–Reward Imbalance (ERI) model and the Maslach Burn-out Inventory. RESULTS: A total of 1400 questionnaires were collected, including 1334 (95.3%) valid questionnaires. This survey indicated that 1107 (83.0%) participants with an ERI score >1 (high occupational stress) and 227 (12.8%) had ERI ≤1. Severe depression was found in 21.7% of the participants. Job burn-out was positively correlated with occupational stress, which was, in turn, associated with depression. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that depression (β=0.006, p=0.012), sex (β=0.358, p<0.001) and occupational stress (β=0.702, p<0.001) were independently associated with job burn-out. Working years (β=−0.086, p=0.015) and job burn-out (β=0.022, p<0.001) were directly associated with depression. CONCLUSION: This study highlights that occupational stress may affect job burn-out, depression symptoms and hypertension. A higher degree of occupational stress was associated with poorer mental status and hypertension.
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spelling pubmed-73755072020-07-27 Associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study Yong, Xianting Gao, Xiaoyan Zhang, Zhe Ge, Hua Sun, Xuemei Ma, Xiaofan Liu, Jiwen BMJ Open Occupational and Environmental Medicine OBJECTIVE: Strategies and measures for fighting occupational stress in China are inadequate. This study aimed to determine the level of occupational stress in coal miners and to assess the associations between occupational stress and job burn-out, depression and hypertension. The results could provide clues for preventive measures and strategies to improve the psychological well-being of this population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Xinjiang Coal Administration Bureau. PARTICIPANTS: Four coal mines were selected randomly (computer-generated random number-based selection process) from the 21 coal mines of Xinjiang, and all miners with >1 year of employment were screened for participation. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: A general demographic questionnaire, the Self-rating Depression Scale, the Effort–Reward Imbalance (ERI) model and the Maslach Burn-out Inventory. RESULTS: A total of 1400 questionnaires were collected, including 1334 (95.3%) valid questionnaires. This survey indicated that 1107 (83.0%) participants with an ERI score >1 (high occupational stress) and 227 (12.8%) had ERI ≤1. Severe depression was found in 21.7% of the participants. Job burn-out was positively correlated with occupational stress, which was, in turn, associated with depression. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that depression (β=0.006, p=0.012), sex (β=0.358, p<0.001) and occupational stress (β=0.702, p<0.001) were independently associated with job burn-out. Working years (β=−0.086, p=0.015) and job burn-out (β=0.022, p<0.001) were directly associated with depression. CONCLUSION: This study highlights that occupational stress may affect job burn-out, depression symptoms and hypertension. A higher degree of occupational stress was associated with poorer mental status and hypertension. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7375507/ /pubmed/32690741 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036087 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Yong, Xianting
Gao, Xiaoyan
Zhang, Zhe
Ge, Hua
Sun, Xuemei
Ma, Xiaofan
Liu, Jiwen
Associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study
title Associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study
title_full Associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study
title_short Associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of Xinjiang, China: a cross-sectional study
title_sort associations of occupational stress with job burn-out, depression and hypertension in coal miners of xinjiang, china: a cross-sectional study
topic Occupational and Environmental Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7375507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32690741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036087
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