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KMID : 1021120110230020213
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2011 Volume.23 No. 2 p.213 ~ p.224
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Job Stress and Self-perceived Fatigue in Korean Farmers
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Lee Ki-Hyun
Koh Sang-Baek
Kang Dong-Mug
Chung Jin-Joo
Kim Hyoung-Ryoul
Kim In-Ah
Lee Kyung-Suk
Hyun Sook-Jung
Lee Kang-Myoung
Yoon Jin-Ha
Kim Sung-Kyung
Cho In-Jung
Choi Jung-Kyu
Oh Sung-Soo
Cha Bong-Suk
Chang Sei-Jin
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Abstract
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Objectives:A growing body of research has documented that job stress has a pivotal role in developing adverse health outcomes. However, little is known about the relationship between farmers’job stress and health outcomes. This study was undertaken to identify the relationship between job stress and selfperceived fatigue in Korean farmers.
Methods:A total of 526 Korean farmers were asked to participate in this study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the participants’general characteristics, job stress and self-perceived fatigue. Job stress was measured using a forty-eight item Farm Stressor Inventory (FSI), and the self-perceived fatigue was estimated by Multidimensional Fatigue Scale (MFS). Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between job stress and self-perceived fatigue.
Results:The result showed that job stress was associated with self-perceived fatigue. For the farmers with high job stress, the risk of self-perceived fatigue was more likely to increase compared to those with low job stress. For males, labor intensity (OR, 3.88; 95% CI, 1.91~7.89), job environment (OR, 2.45; 95% CI, 1.22~4.93), social support (OR, 2.10; 95% CI, 1.07~4.13), social isolation (OR, 2.45; 95% CI, 1.15~5.60), financial problems (OR, 3.25; 95% CI, 1.53~6.91), uncertainty (OR, 2.48; 95% CI, 1.30~4.75) and health problems (OR, 5.77; 95% CI, 2.46~13.53) were associated with self-perceived fatigue. For females, job environment (OR, 2.23; 95% CI, 1.22~4.08), social isolation (OR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.05-4.15), physical environment & weather condition (OR, 2.61; 95% CI, 1.33~5.12), financial problems (OR, 2.87; 95% CI, 1.55~5.32), uncertainty (OR, 3.65; 95% CI, 1.95~6.83) and health problems (OR, 3.38; 95% CI, 1.57~7.27) were associated with self-perceived fatigue.
Conclusions :This result suggests that farmers’ job stress plays a role in the development of fatigue, and job stressors related to fatigue are slightly different according to gender.
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KEYWORD
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Agriculture, Farmer, Job stress, Fatigue
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