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KMID : 0378019790220040075
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New Medical Journal
1979 Volume.22 No. 4 p.75 ~ p.82
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Depressive Trends and the Occupational Varieties
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백인호/Paik, In Ho
권영재/방승규/Kwun, Young Jae/Bang, Seung Kyu
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to estimate the depressive trends among unhospitalized normal people in accordance with occupations.
640 subjects including 189 bank clerks, 193 desk workers, 127 teachers, 57 judicial officers and 94 nurses randomely selected in this study.
Each subject was asked to check each items of the Zung´s Self Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Which was translated into Korean language.
The results were as follows.
1. Mean scores and standard deviations were 41.87±7.91 in total subjects including 41.73±8.32 in female subjects and 41.98±7.56 in male subjects. And no significant differences between male and female subjects were noted.
2. In depressive scores, there were significant differences among occupational varieties as well as difference between, the sexes in each group (P<.01, P<. 01).
Significant difference was also noted between male and female subjects in bank clerk group and desk worker group in contrast to the teacher group.
3. In male subjects, depressive score were significantly different in accordance with the types of occupation (P<.01). So was in female subjects (P<.05).
4. As for the frequency order of the items of the SDS, "constipation" "confusion" were the higher rank order among male group while "decreased libido" "sleep disturbance" were the higer ones among female groups.
However "crying spells" suicide rumination" were noted the lowest in the both sexes.
5. As for the depressive symptoms, physiological equivalent showed significant difference in accordance with occupational varieties (P<.01).
And physiological equivalent and pervasive affect were significant differences among subdivisional groups according to sex(P<.01, P<.05).
It was also noted that physiological equivalent showed significant difference between male
and female among bank clerk group and desk worker group when compared to teacher group(P<.01, P<.01).
6. In male subjects, pervasive affect and physiological equivalent showed in both sexes significant difference according to occupations (P<.01).
In the view of the above results based on the Zung´s SDS, depressive trends and
depressive symptoms were definitely more profoundly among: the types of the ones occupation. This might as well suggest that occupation and occupational environment may influence to the depressive tendency.
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