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KMID : 0897520230230020033
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2023 Volume.23 No. 2 p.33 ~ p.40
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The Mental Health Characteristics of Municipal Personnel with Depressive Symptom
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Kang In-Woo
Jon Duk-In
Hong Hyun-Ju
Jung Myung-Hun
Hong Na-Rei
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Abstract
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Objectives: Depressive symptoms among employees reduce their quality of life and cause loss of work competence. The importance of mental health is not only applied to private workers but also to municipal personnel. However, studies on the characteristics of mental health among municipal personnel in Korea are limited. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate depressive symptoms and attitudes toward suicide among municipal personnel in a metropolitan city near Seoul, and to identify the characteristics of municipal personnel with depressive symptoms.
Methods: In this survey, short messages were sent to 1,012 municipal personnel in the city. The survey included sociodemographic characteristics, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, and perceptions and attitudes toward suicide.
Results: The survey was conducted in one city among 367 municipal personnel who voluntarily agreed to participate. Forty percent of the participants had depressive symptoms. Although the prevalence of depressive symptoms did not differ by sex, the number of participants with younger age was higher in the depressive symptom group (p=0.017) than that in the control group. Additionally, in the depressive symptom group, there were more participants with psychological stress (p<0.001) and anxiety symptoms (p<0.001) than those without depressive symptoms. Many participants in this study showed a permissive attitude towards suicide. The ratio of agreeing to the rationality of suicide (p<0.001) and accepting attitude towards suicide (p<0.001) was higher in the depressive group than that in the control group.
Conclusion: Many municipal personnel had depressive symptoms and permissive attitude towards suicide. The results of this study can be used to develop more appropriate mental health services targeting individuals with depressive symptoms among municipal personnel in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Municipal Government, Depression, Suicide
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