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KMID : 0389420100180020087
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Korean Journal of Stress Research
2010 Volume.18 No. 2 p.87 ~ p.97
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The Influence of Stress on the Change of Health Behavior among Industrial Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up Study
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Seo Hwa-Jeong
Kim Hye-Hyeon
Ha Myung-Hwa
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to see if stress affects health behavior risk factors such as smoking, drinking, exercise and obesity. Periodic medical examinations of the workers were performed and a survey of self-answered questionnaire - medicalhistories, histories of smoking, drinking and physical activity with calculating BMI (Body Mass Index) - were conducted both in 1999 and 2002 to 7,471 male workers. We utilized a measuring tool for stress; PWI (Psychological Wellbeing Index) which is a reduced form of GHO-60 (The General Health Questionnaire). It has 5 stress levels with 4 specific factors, i.e., social performance and self-confidence, depression and so on. Type A Behavior Pattern (TABP) is formed with results by 19 questionnaire of social personality type. Higher average age was observed in lower PWI and lower average pack-years of smoking and alcohol consumption with its frequency were observed in the lower PWI, and higher frequency of exercise and BMI were observed in higher PWI. During the 4-year period, the rate for smoking cessation was lower compared to the score for stress which was higher and a higher frequency of regular exercise was observed in lower PWI. The proportion of TABP was higher in higher PWI, but the proportion of Type B behavior pattern was decreased in 2002. Levels of stress appear to be closely related to health behavior. As the score for PWI increases, the proportion for improper health behaviors tended to be higher and the rate of change to the good health behavior was lower.
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KEYWORD
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Decision support system, Health behavior factors, Psychological Wellbeing Index (PWI), Body Mass Index (BMI), Sleeplessness
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