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KMID : 0378019850280080106
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New Medical Journal
1985 Volume.28 No. 8 p.106 ~ p.112
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A Study of Depression in Female Industrial Workers and Female College Students
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Abstract
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The authors studied depression using zung´s self-rating depression scales, in 277 female industrial workers, and compared the results with those of 387 female college students.
The results are as follows:
1) There was no significant difference in the total depression scores between the two groups.
2) The items relating to confusion, decreased libido, psychomotor retardation, decreased appetite, indecisiveness and diurnal variation were scored highly in both groups, and the items relating to suicidal rumination, psychomotor agitation, tachycardia, insomnia and weight loss were scored low in both groups.
But the items relating to decreased libido, dissatisfaction, hopelessness, irritability and suicidal rumination were scored significantly higher in female industrial workers than in female college students; and the items relating to tachycardia and indecisiveness were scored significantly higher in female college students than in female industrial workers.
3) The 107 (38.6%) female industrial workers showed a depression score over 50, while the 132 (34. 1%) female college students showed the same score.
4) Among these psychosocial factors, religion and age are significantly related with depression scores in female college students.
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